Have been enjoying #ThePeripheral, but I found Episode5 to be frustrating.
Enjoying the series, but character's action/motivation writing has been frustrating this ep.
@ottaross Just got around to watching it today… Yeah, it didn’t seem to advance the story at *all*… But now we know how Conner lost his limbs, I guess.
@MichaelPorter I though Burton's behaviour was out of sync with the character they had crafted for him. Rather than razor-sharp commando, he was bumbling and awkward. And the last scene seemed badly laid out and implausible.
Still a fan so far. I hope they didn't turf a key writer in the middle of the series or something.
@ottaross Yeah, given the skill set of Flynn and Burton, it was odd that “truck lady with a shotgun” is the one who saved the day. But, America…
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@ottaross @MichaelPorter I'm a bit put off by them using a violently hemmoragic filovirus for their "pandemic", and not a subtle respiratory virus like we have now. We're almost 4 years into a pandemic, everyone knows you aren't out spreading blood droplets if you're writhing around with an exploding abdomen. R 1.02 tops.
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@johnefrancis @MichaelPorter indeed, could've been more of a nod to the current situation.
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@johnefrancis @ottaross Yup, missed opportunity there, unless they end up looking wonderfully prophetic when a hemorrhagic virus *does* wipe us all out...
Spoiler, it will be something easily avoided as long as we can convince 80%. of the population to adopt simple preventative measures... We all die 😄
@MichaelPorter yes!
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He runs past the knocked-down assailant at some point too, which really bugged me.