I understood that, but if the parasite can essentially replicate David's world perfectly, doesn't that at least slightly open the door for some skepticism towards his world in the beginning? It's very hard to square that door opening shot with 'reality' (especially since in the first place, Syd never had any powers…

Hang on a second….

This seems as good a place as any to plug Macula Dog, who are pretty much a cross between Devo and Buster-&-Glen era Residents with a bit-crushed aesthetic:
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The show lost me a little with the second and third episodes, which I thought were overly ponderous and elliptical - but this had a fine sense of direction and was helped by some decent reveals.

This seems like a good place to repeat what I said in the Legion premiere comment box: man, someone get this guy to do a Phillip K. Dick adaptation. Ubik, Flow My Tears, Palmer Eldritch etc. all strike me as a natural fit for his visual style, humor and existing thematic preoccupations on truth and reality.

Nothing wrong with that, my friend. I'm definitely watching it to the end in any case.

That's a very good point that I noticed in quite a few episodes: the lack of tension due to poor sequencing (e.g. presenting a solution immediately in the very next scene after a problem is introduced like with the gunpowder transportation).
I would also add the writing of the show generally saps the aura of 'mystery'…

I actually agree with you on that, and I'm probably a lot more critical of Westworld than you are, which I thought largely failed in what it was trying to do, but my point still stands. Shouldn't a show about cannibalism and incest and international conspiracies be a bit more thrilling than this?

I'm amazed this show is getting such a positive reception here. Come on, guys, it's a deeply flawed show in ways that cut to the heart of what it's trying to do.

Now I would really like to see Hawley adapt a Phillip K. Dick book.

Great finale, and that ending song won't be leaving my head anytime soon.

I enjoyed it but far more offensive than any representational issues here is the implication that this is really an exceptional piece of work. I remember being weirded out by the insistence that "they don't really make movies like this anymore!" (which sure, might be true for Hollywood but I'm confident a good portion…

I don't see that as a problem, the show invalidates its own lessons all the time. For example, what is anyone supposed to conclude of Josephine's character arc here? "You have to stick up for yourself, except for when you really shouldn't"?

I can't agree with this review at all, this was the best episode of the season so far. The hypnotism, the labour element, the fire conspiracy, all coalesced into something very dense, mysterious and wonderful. And I love that for the first time we got signs of internal tension between and within the Baudelaire…

No, I agree, Sheridan has built up an unusually dedicated critical following for someone who just writes mildly competent genre scripts (note that there's nothing wrong with working in a "genre" here, it's just that nothing Sheridan's done has proven to be really all that memorable).

Another fine outing, but not really a patch on the excellent movie adaptation of this plot. I feel like Alfre Woodard wasn't used to her full capabilities and Captain Sham wasn't quite as entertainingly funny a disguise as Stefano. Also it did feel quite deflating for them to get back and defeat Olaf only by knocking…

I was disappointed they didn't keep the whole "Josephine's fears coming true" bit when the house collapsed. That still sticks in my memory after all these years as the most inspired sequence in that film.

One of the best drummers ever and definitely one of the best bands of the 70s.

Much better than the last episode and aside from the deflating menace surrounding Olaf a fairly solid outing all in all. I hope some of the set-pieces from the movie get brought into the conclusion of this two-parter, which I thought were generally the most imaginative in that film.

The only major flaw I can say about the season at this point is that Olaf as a villain suffers from over-exposure. I couldn't help but think it would have been a lot better if he simply first appeared in the Captain Sham disguise at the episode's halfway point. Instead we get two arguably unnecessary scenes that lean…