Reviews

This was an above average episode with suspense. How can Seven possibly save the day (and the Voyager)? With all but 3 characters brainwashed into thinking their journey would finally come to a happy end with all their wishes coming true, How can Seven save them all after she's zapped? With Naomi's help, as well as the Doctor's, she contacts the alien, Quatai, also trapped in the Monster. Together they work out a way to get the Monster to vomit their ships free. What really puzzled me, and what I didn't see in other viewer reviews, was why did Quatai turn around and go back to the Monster to be eaten? Was he in a symbiotic arrangement with the Monster? Or did he still want to try and destroy it??

My TiVo machine recorded this episode without my knowledge, so definitely was a surprise for me. The menu only called it "Murdoch Mysteries" and TiVo considered it a new episode. As soon as I started watching, it appeared a bit strange as the characters seemed younger and more stilted than the most recent episodes. Inspector Brackenreid's presentation was definitely more stilted with lots of shouting and demands for Murdoch to solve the case. He became much more amiable as the episodes progressed.

Ms. Phillips did an excellent job portraying the Charlotte character, with the contrasts involved in the various characters she portrayed. The ending was somewhat confusing to me when the Taylor family tree was being explained, including the mother's name change and status of siblings. This was the weakest part of the show to me. All in all, very entertaining and definitely a great who-done-it!

I agreed completely with Metaflix's review of 24 April 2019. So many unanswered questions. Was the mission to explore the black hole or to test out ways to strengthen the human genome against the rigors of space (radiation, etc.), or all of the above? Everything came to a head when crazy Boyse killed the pilot and took the shuttle to survey the black hole, or whatever. She seemed to explode when sucked up in the vortex. This leads to more violence aboard the ship when the Doctor is attacked, etc. Ultimately, the doctor walks out of the airlock without a spacesuit, leaving her body intact (goof noted). We note the major effort of Monte putting all the bodies into spacesuits before dumping them into space.

How did Boyse's body end up in the cryochamber (apparently otherwise intact)? Did the shuttle return to the ship on autopilot? Did they have a spare shuttle as seen at the end of the film?

The last 20 minutes or so of the film was the most peaceful, just Monte and the now teenage Willow. Some reviewers referred to the "sad ending," but I couldn't be sad because I didn't really know what ultimately happened. The both get in the shuttle (suited up appropriately for space) and assume to head for the black hole. The last we see is the couple in their normal cloths, Monte asking Willow if she was ready and she replying in the positive. Then we see the white screen, we hear Pattinson's sad song, and then see the ending titles.

In conclusion, this was a film that one would either love or not care about. It was so confusing and the dialog sparse, as Metaflix noted. Hard to feel for any particular character, except baby Willow.

This episode was full of energy from the get-go, starting with "the incident" and then showing a prequel of what led up to the incident. With interviews of each major member of Gil's NYPD team, we get more insight into Bright's personality and his apparent driving force. Great surprise ending!

Spoiler: I had an issue with the ending, however. Why was the electroshock machine plugged in on the desk between the doctor and Bright, and within easy reach of Bright? This was a major goof by the NYPD, if not an episode production goof. Without this makeshift weapon readily available to Bright, there would have been a shootout and who knows who would have been killed.

A gave 5 stars as this was the director/writer's first effort and I was able to watch the whole movie through with some curiosity of what the ending would bring. Where was the package from Mom for the previous 20 years. The Post Office that far behind? The "Jane of all trades" girlfriend was almost comedy relief. Also, how was this handful of "evil aliens" to colonize Earth with just a few pregnant "one time use" women taking 9 months each to bring a half-alien to Earth? Not too practical. How did the aliens get here? No ship shown. How did they bring all those gas tanks of their atmosphere with them?

In summary, I'm glad I didn't pay money for this video. Watched "free with ads" on a streaming service. I won't be looking for any future movies from this director.

I continued watching this movie as I hoped for a positive, clever conclusion. However, we find the Robot committing suicide at the hands of Frank, supposedly to help Frank. However, Frank ends up in assisted living anyway (a luxury jail cell, if you will). We see one happy picnic scene with the family and Frank is left all alone, seeing other residents with their robot helpers. He appears to yearn to have his robot friend/partner back. The one surprise was to find out that the librarian is actually his ex-wife, though this is not told in words but in images/photos and actions. It was truly a sad ending for me, seeing no happiness for Frank at all!

The positive notes didn't last long in this episode (i.e. illegal to attack "green eyed" synths). Sam brought a breath of fresh air to the family, with the help of Sophie and the rest of family. However, by the end of the episode darkness overshadowed the Hawkins family, Mia, Max and the other synths at the Rail yard.

Having not seen the last two episodes or read any spoilers, I'm hoping for something positive to happen by the end of this season. Wondering about the green-eyed synths in hiding, found by Mia when she delivered a package to the proper person. Will they become a force for right? And was Sam's wish to resurrect Karen (his mom) more than just a child's emotional words?

The critic review linked here to Louisa Mellor of "Den of Geek" echoes the majority of my feelings about this episode and the third season to this point.

Indeed, there is more than one plot in the series to date. The story gets a bit bogged down at times, but still keeps the audience in suspense.

My nagging question, however, is how did Luna become the suspect based on the DNA? If she'd not been arrested before, what would the crime scene DNA be compared to? DNA isn't magic!

After the last several excellent episodes, we're back to the romance/relationship game. Even with the time travel touch, still the same issues between Kelly and Ed. Ed's attempts to make things "right" by dating the young Kelly don't work as he had hoped.

The redeeming factor was the surprise ending. We'll probably see followup from this episode, no doubt in another season (if allowed).

The meat of this episode could have been made into a 30-minute episode rather than the 1-hour it took up (actually about 45 minutes minus the advertisements). I almost found myself reaching for the remote to fast-forward through the idle chatter! The Bortus and partner instant cigarette addiction added a bit of humor. Of note, couldn't the doctor check the reference texts and find the formula for Nicoderm?

Also, I doubt Social Media found on a phone such as Facebook or Instagram, along with a collection of selfies, texts, emails and music, would give enough foundation to create a simulation good enough to produce sensible dialogue. I certainly wouldn't want an autobiography made using my cell phone's data!

All-in-all, romance is The Orville's weakest link!

After the opening scene I thought to myself that there would not have been a show if the father had only walked his daughter outside and waited until she got safely into a taxi. However, that's where all the action began, with the help of Social Media. This was a fast paced episode, trying to keep up with who the culprit(s) might be, interspersed periodically with Kristen's dilemma about applying to be an FBI special agent and if this would be approved. Lot of emotion at the end. Better than average episode.

Agree for the most part with what jimdarling and MrGoog have said in their reviews. Best episode for me since "Home." Pleased to see no significant emphasis on romance in this episode. What impressed me most was the music. There were many threads of melody which appeared to me to be from such Trek masterpieces as "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and the Klingon segments in several of the movies. I honestly don't know how they got around copyright laws, this music was so similar, especially in the space flight scenes.

SPOILER SECTION: This show also paralleled the original Star Trek in its portrayal of social inequalities and prejudices. We have prison camps for people with the wrong astrological sign rather than unfavored national or religious origins. Surprised at the apparent machine-gun killing of prison guards by Bortus and Kelly. No mention of this in the balance of the episode. Doubt the Union would favor this.

Weak points as mentioned in other reviews include the pseudo star made and launched within 12 hours, and literally just seconds before Bortus and Kelly were to be executed by firing squad! See jimdarling's scientific explanation. Also, if negotiation by the captain could have prevented Bortus and Kelly from being sent to the prison camp in the first place, there wouldn't have been a story.

Overall, if one doesn't overthink the science or logic of the episode, it was best of season to date.

Right during and after Bull's meeting with the defendents, I kept saying to myself: "Get to when the niece told her boss on phone her combination to safe!" They all knew it was her combo which was used, yet no one asked her if anyone else had access to her combo. She seemed concerned about verbally telling this to her boss, but then did it! Doesn't she know about texting?? Of course if Bull, et al had this info, show would only last half an hour. Would have left a lot more time for the subplots of Bull's heart attack history and his on again/off again romance.

Quick ending as well, so "easy" to find the real robber. Usually this show has much better plots and action.