Writers: Ashley Edward Miller and Zach Stentz
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Grade: B+
I somewhat enjoyed this episode, but the imaginary Kyle bit didn’t really work for me. If I were more into the movies, maybe it would have, but it felt a tad too overwrought in a show that already takes itself very seriously. I do think that the things HeadKyle said were all very true about Sarah, and I liked the acknowledgement that Sarah keeps Derek at arm’s length (I hope there’s some progress on that front soon). But it was also, technically speaking, Sarah’s own subconscious telling Sarah stuff about herself, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. Could have done without the childbirth metaphor, as well.
I did, however, want to, erm, hug John Henry when he was playing with the robot toys. C’mon, he was adorable! I also got the impression that John Henry “likes” Ellison and “dislikes” Weaver. I’m not sure how possible that is, but Dillahunt’s demeanor with each of them felt subtly different, particularly once he started questioning Weaver about ZeiraCorp. When he asked her what she was doing, he didn’t sound nearly as innocent and ambivalent as he had up to that point. It could just be a sign that he understands that he needs to manipulate Ellison because Ellison is human (thus playing up the innocence angle) but doesn’t feel the need with Weaver because he knows she’s a machine? Either way, Dillahunt deserves an Emmy nom for his work on this show, though I know it will never happen.
If Derek questioning John’s choices was meant to indicate that he thought John had other options, like dropping Riley off at the ER and bailing, fine. But if he meant that John should have let his girlfriend bleed out and die, he can suck it.
I’m also working on the assumption that Derek being John’s uncle is out in the open now? It’s kind of hard to be sure what’s going on with the characters when they don’t actually talk to one another, but if it turns out that Sarah somehow thinks Derek didn’t figure it out from that exchange, I will probably scream.
I’m not even going to speculate on what Weaver is up to. She’s obviously not trying to build your standard “kill all humans” SkyNet—if that’s all she were doing, having Ellison teach John Henry (Christian-based) morality would be beside the point. Whatever she’s doing, she certainly doesn’t want to get caught. And of course, she quoted Bryan Adams almost word for word when she told John Henry, “Everything I do, I do for you.” Add another “it” in there and it would have been exact. I thought it was funny, since Weaver herself has no real understanding of pop culture or jokes.
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