thoughts on Praxeus

[grassangel]

there wasn’t much to liveblog about, so more thoughtsy?

Super slow episode. A dud, a real 3-4 out of 10. 

But then again McTighe isn't high up on the list of writers I like. And Chibnall co-wrote so like ?? you contributed nothing except maybe an awkward speech about micro-plastics. Maaaybe some of that excellent Ryan&13 friendship which has surged to the fore this season.

But yeah. Super slow, enough that I was fiddling on my phone towards the end. Not that there was that much plot. Which isn’t bad, just... it needed a bit more of the group dynamic to make it more interesting, and there wasn’t enough of it to pull it through that hurdle. 

Don’t get me wrong, I do love all the companion stuff we got, especially what Ryan got, but comparing this to Tesla... the characters just weren’t used to the best of their ability.

I think Jamila is another for the bury your gays trope 😬. And in general this episode was a miss for who got to survive.
Like cool. Gabriella survives to have adventures and Jake and Adam get to repair their marriage, and it was very nice to see such a diverse guest cast but like... the two white (British) guys and the cute black girl got to live while the others... didn’t. Like hey, there are two whole other (very wide) demographics in BAME and I am feeling distinctly left out.

Also Jake and Adam’s actors are just familiar enough that their faces were distracting.

Nice to know that Chibs likes the name Adam though.

Saw some Stezna prop reuse too! And the plastic scales/praxeus were a really cool effect.