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Debris: Celestial Body (2021)
Excellent and exciting season ending episode
This is easily the best show on TV for science fiction fans and people who like a good mysterious TV.
The series started off slow and every episode has built to a mind blowing conclusion!
The time raced by at break-neck speed as threads laid in the first episodes -who is the head of Influx, what really happened to Finola's dad, what about those injections, and MORE - paid off!
The episode was creepy and mysterious in the tradition of episodic SciFi and included some of the most disturbing non violent horror on TV.
For every answer given, we need at least one more. There seem to be very few "good" characters with clean motivations; instead they are complex and difficult.
The cast was amazing with Jonathan Tucker and Scroobius Pip as the subtle standouts. Start at Ep1 and go all the way to this!
Debris: You Can Call Her Caroline (2021)
Caroline is not safe!
First of all, the child actor in the episode does a really good job conveying the fear and stress of the situation. No "look at me" garage we unfortunately see so often -she was great!
Scroobius Pip sold the idea of torture so well it made me anxious as did the casual and conversational tone of Norberto Leo Butz. I'm trying to lean into liking Maddox, but damn!
Bryan gets up to major sugar consumption and doubles down on the mysterious and possibly horrifying back story involving his time in the Marines.
For me the weakest link was the villain of the piece, who was great, but struggled to stand out in this crown of unfairly talented actors.
Debris: Supernova (2021)
Falling apart and coming together
Lots of highlights here! The Debris this week turns back the clock for the elderly, heartbreakingly for a long-term married couple separated due to dementia.
Kurt's entire motivation with the debris is lovely - save the woman he's loved for most of a century. But nothing is free and the price of succeeding is a pile of desiccated bodied.
All Kudos to Dr. Masekela as the least appropriate and most entertaining tech we've met!
Orbital pushes our hero just too far by treating Finola as a suspect and destroying her privacy and personal security. Bryan confesses what he knows and you can actually see the incredible Jonathan Tucker's Bryan in pain when he betrays his orders.
The acting in the show is seriously amazing.
Another great moment: Finola losing her temperature because she's passed passed and Bryan is sleeping. Such a real moment. Good for her for not accidentally stepping all over his I considered legs!
Most significantly, we learn Bryan is taking mysterious injections which he HIDES from Finola! What's that about?
Againz answers lead to questions and I love it!
Debris: Earthshine (2021)
Stakes are getting high!
Influx raises the stakes but refuses to provide answers - great choice! Scroobius Pip is wonderfully menacing in the most charming No Seriously, Don't Leave With Him way.
The plan is very murky and the science continues to be a bit questionable but does not detract from the large and small scale drama running through the episode.
Debris: Solar Winds (2021)
Setting the scene for more
Thus episode is chock full of information you don't even know you want until much later. Very clear writing, not good science (honestly don't care!)
Debris (2021)
Great show but benefits greatly with patience
Debris is not a full throttle show. It's a crawl into your brain and take root slowly kind of show. It's watching a good book with subplots and hints that surprise you later.
Each episode builds on the story arc while the weekly problems are solved. The two leads are not a romantic couple (thank you!) but do have a strong and believable bond that makes their interactions seem relatively and laden with importance.
Debris also benefits from and holds up to a re-watch. Passing comments in the first episodes and apprehnsive glances at (poorly constructed) model rockets pay off later and add to the multi layered storytelling.
I will grant you at a first view, episode one does not inspire confidence but episode 9 and 10 will have you biting your nails.
Don't skip the end credits voice over- they are not random! So far, nothing is random.
Very enjoyable TV.
Debris: You Are Not Alone (2021)
Amazing Rollercoaster of an Episode
First it cannot be overstated how excellent David Alpay is as the much cloned Eric. His performance in every version is different and startling. And on restoration, the full version of Eric was better than we've come to expect from a one-off guest on network television.
This episode expanded all the threads given in Ep1. We know who the people in the hotel were working for, we understand more about all the primary characters, and we have more questions.
A really great show gives answers that lead to question ans Debris does that all over.
The nearly silent exchange between Eric and Carmen at the end is, no joke, a more nuanced and emotional romance than most movies pull off in 90 minutes. It. Is. Everything.
This is the episode that hooked me. Ep1 intrigued me, this one caught me entirely!
Debris (2021)
Great show but benefits greatly with patience
Debris is not a full throttle show. It's a crawl into your brain and take root slowly kind of show. It's watching a good book with subplots and hints that surprise you later.
Each episode builds on the story arc while the weekly problems are solved. The two leads are not a romantic couple (thank you!) but do have a strong and believable bond that makes their interactions seem relatively and laden with importance.
Debris also benefits from and holds up to a re-watch. Passing comments in the first episodes and apprehnsive glances at (poorly constructed) model rockets pay off later and add to the multi layered storytelling.
I will grant you at a first view, episode one does not inspire confidence but episode 9 and 10 will have you biting your nails.
Don't skip the end credits voice over- they are not random! So far, nothing is random.
Very enjoyable TV.