Our Lord

A major summit takes place, Jin is invited to attend, she is stunned to learn the identity of the founder member of The Organisation, and what its plans are.

Episode three gave us the reason for the game play, it also gave us those dazzling special effects, and some real excitement, this fourth, a bit more casual in terms of pacing, but still highly enjoyable, and very revealing.

The Little red riding theme is wonderfully intriguing, what part will it have to play, only time will tell.

Great action sequences, this whole series is expertly produced.

It is as though a complex jigsaw puzzle is being pieced together, and we're along for the ride, I'm so impressed with how it's being pieced together, the story is outstanding, and this one gives us possibly the biggest twist in the game so far.

It's great entertainment.

8/10.

Episode four definitely could've been better that what we saw here.

Here, the episode takes us into the aftermath of a death of a main character and reveals some secrets about those "aliens".

As the story kept going, i kept thinking that its true that the episode offers intriguing revelations and progresses in the overall plot, it hugely misses opportunities to fully give us that aliens sci-fi we see in movies for example.

Ignoring this, this episode maintains momentum and sets the stage for deeper exploration of the series central mysteries regarding the aliens and the VR game and more on!

The series and especially this episode suffers from some serious wooden acting. Flashbacks to the past with the actor of younger Dr. Evans clearly show what I mean: pretending to be composed and poised he was jittery sitting at the table revealing how much shabby of an actor he is. The producers could have chosen a better actor for this and many other roles. It's so sad to see many of current younger actors do not comprehend what comprises good acting and living the character on the set. There are so many of these kinds of mishaps in casting throughout the entire series that make it jarring to watch and enjoy as some of the younger actors truly believe this is the proper way of acting. It is not.

I'm hoping that something will come from this series. There is so much science fiction that involves powerful overlords. Generally, the normal population is subdued by them. At this point it's hard to imagine some species so powerful can be anything but overwhelming. Their "Lord" is a voice that asks questions. They are literal in their discourse. A metaphor means nothing to them. They are learning. They have a representative who is not afraid of death and she has drunk the Koo-aid. Numerous people have been chosen, seemingly to bring about the extermination of the world's population so the new guys can just walk in. I'm hoping that there more to the story than that.

I read this book a few years ago and while it is far from perfect it certainly has potential. And yet somehow this tv series has taken a group of very talented people and made something utterly mediocre. There's zero excitement or energy to this episode. Almost nothing happens and I don't mean that things are developing slowly or that they're setting the stage for future events, that would be fine. Just... nothing is happening in this episode. Oh we get a bit of a look at the larger picture but the entire episode could be cut down to about four minutes without losing anything important.

And then we have the main characters being stupid. That's what turns this from a 6 or 7 rating down to a generous 4. Everyone knows when you have someone go undercover and you bust the group they infiltrate that you arrest them along with the rest of the group to keep their cover. It is THE most basic principle of undercover work that the most amateurish police group in the world would understand and follow. And yet in a ham-fisted decision by someone involved with the show, the characters decide to make it blazingly obvious to the villains who among their new recruits is working against them. They couldn't have been more obvious about it if they'd called her up in front of the group and thanked her for her help. And we're supposed to believe these guys are experienced and high ranking police? A good writer could have found a way for the villains to figure it out without making the cops seem like clowns. It's hardly the only mistake they make in their attempt to arrest the bad guys, the whole bust is one /facepalm after another, it's just the most obvious and annoying.