Altered Carbon is more Fifth Element than Blade Runner - an interesting premise that is run into the ground with its emphasis on hi jinks or skylarking.

I maintain that the show is really (or also) about Michael earning his wings. He has basically taken on the role of guardian angel now.

It seems as if you might be mistaking the television series for the books. My reading of a tale told through alternating points of view is that we can’t really tell who is really the ‘hero’ or ‘villain’: each character imagines themselves as the main protagonist of the story struggling over control over the ‘narrative’

So...were “Crashing” reviews just dropped, with no notification or explanation given?

Maybe I should follow the show’s lead and disappear up my own wormhole.

What does this show have to do with anything at all?

Discovery is the dramatic equivalent of a broken hall of mirrors. The series failed to establish or develop its own universe, and then somehow spins off into a parallel universe...so it can return to a parallel universe equally devoid of a grounded reality or real stakes.

Discovery has merely made me long for the return of the Expanse.

The clue is that the whole show seemed to be set in an alternate universe to begin with.

It’s also borderline offensive because it indicates that some commenters (and comments) are inherently more valuable than others....and we get no indication how some people have been able to cross over to the other side whilst others remain marginalized.

Your screener seemed to have additional scenes: I don’t see the show finding a new groove but discovering another rut.

Cameos. He played all of those characters.

Great episode and great review - but you’re remiss for not mentioning the great Billy West’s voice work.

The final scene indicates that (on some level) Gordon knew that he was ‘leaving’ his family, and was feeling guilty for not be being able to keep his promise to Donna.

The irony is that the film is about the pitfalls of angry people needing to put their anger elsewhere, and how displacing anger onto other people or situations will only reap more anger in re-turn.

I’m sorry, but I respectfully disagree.

I thought this was the best episode because the women figured so centrally. But then the show goes on to marginalize  them and treats their stories (and the women) as mere decoration.

Dear White People is the best Spike Lee joint in years. It’s certainly better than this (better written characters and situations, more convincing and compelling, feels more genuine and contemporary).

I thought the writing would pick up when Lee handed duties over to female writers...but they seem equally hamstrung by his dated voice/perspective.