"Another Life" Through the Valley of Shadows (TV Episode 2019) Poster

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5/10
Just one question.
jaydavismcse29 July 2019
Others have questioned the validity of the science, and rightly so. I have just one question or maybe two. Is there traveling faster than light how were they able to communicate? Some unknown subspace channel like Stargate? And traveling faster than light as far as they are going how old will her daughter be when she gets back? The same age as her mom?
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7/10
A solid second entry
Hillius26 July 2019
Episode 2 picks up where the pilot left off. The now damaged ship is running low on oxygen so the crew must source it somewhere close to their position in space in order to survive. Back on earth Erik & his team make little headway trying to figure out the purpose of the terrestrial alien that seems to mimic music.

To me, this episode felt right out of Star Trek Enterprise. A crew that has not yet melded together, a great unknown and of course danger everywhere. A new addition makes an appearance. I can understand why folks might be frustrated at this point.

I will agree with some that the crew is questionably assembled. For being supposedly military organization, or perhaps more fittingly the science arm of a military organization it seems to me that it would have been easier for some folks if they had gone with uniforms and military style space command, but perhaps they were trying to break away from shows like that which have already been done plenty.

Sure I have lots of questions, some of which should have been answered already like what year is it, and who or what William actually is. Some of us however like mysteries we have to solve for ourselves and do not appreciate nor need every detail spoon fed to us. I for one am going to soldier on and keep watching. No show is ever perfect in its first few episodes. At this point I will say without spoiling anything that if they go in the direction where the end of this episode seems to lead, I will be very disappointed.
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5/10
Tell William for goodness sake!
bhmarsh4 November 2019
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I'm tolerating the show despite some of its problems. However, when the producers/writers include things that clearly insult our intelligence, that is where I draw the line. For example, Niko does something to Ian that shocks the crew. William seems very confused by this act and even somewhat distracted. Later, William is confronted by Niko, and rather than just telling him why she did what she did, Niko basically changes the subject and walks away, leaving William even more bewildered. This is NUTS! Anyone else clearly would have told William that there were no other options available, and also explaining why there were no other options (which I will not reveal here).
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6/10
Another Life: Through the Valley of Shadows
nebohr27 May 2022
Niko comes through, once again, to save her crew. Even though some of them don't deserve it. She is most likely the only professional on board. Meanwhile back on Earth: basically nothing.
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3/10
So bad it's not good
rssutor26 July 2019
Bad science. Bad casting. Bad acting. Bad writing. Bad premise.

Seriously, the idea of having such a pouty, inexperienced, yet good looking crew with no discipline is ridiculous. The scientific mistakes are so frequent that this series seems to have been written by science deniers.

Watch if you have 10 hours to waste.
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2/10
Still terrible
molvich29 July 2019
As none of my friends were foolish enough to watch this past episode one, I feel the need to review to properly share the contempt and horror I feel for this production.

This second episode improves nothing over the first.

Again, the crew are completely unlikable and shockingly insubordinate. Again, every single person manages to disobey the most minor orders attempting to keep them alive without a single valid reason to do so. There remain massive science errors any technical adviser should have caught.

At this point, the best hope for all of humanity is probably for William to vent the atmosphere and handle the mission himself.
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1/10
Proof that Woke culture means the destruction of mankind.
richard-llewellyn-jones21 December 2020
What a waste of wonderful technical effects and space age sets. The crew are just a bunch of squabbling kids ,where expressing their feelings matters more than fixing the oxygen leak. They all deserve to die and if they behaved like that in a real situation they would.

There are dozens of talented people out there with good storytelling skills so why waste all the money on this bunch of clowns?
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4/10
A HAIR SALON IN SPACE
lopezpatricia-0613931 July 2019
The first show I reviewed and slated it, but I must confess it's growing on me. Despite the actors being totally annoying and over made up there is the bones for a good sci fi series. What won't grow on me is the unprofessionalism of a team of astronauts sent to save the world, put a uniform on and say yes sir.
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1/10
The reason why the average rating is above 2
fboecom-145419 February 2020
Is because all remaining viewers did not care about the ridiculousness and errors in science and space technology.. nor were they bothered by the terrible dialogues and childish behaviour of the crew. At least after the mid section bullying the commander I decided to leave this series for good.
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3/10
Why do they make it out like
machrf24 May 2023
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Katee's character Niko is battling the crews thought of her as a killer. Yerxa the wanna be captain goes after Niko with a knife and through the whole second episode the drama is whether or not Niko could have let Yerxa live. When someone comes at you with a knife behind your back you don't think nor should you think of protecting the other persons life. You protect yours and she knows this. Even if she did not know about the knife she would have seen it when it fell out of his hand and to the floor. But that would have stopped the drama of everyone thinking she was a killer. They build on this until she has a talk to his holo asking him a question. If she is that indecisive and vulnerable she has no right being captain of the ship. It makes no sense. This one point really kills this episode.
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