Here's episode 2, in which we talk about about the push-pull of using narrative magic trickshttp://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-2-autofac.html …
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In episode 3 we get some terrific drama and performances (Cranston!), but let's a have a big talk about the trouble with extended metaphors...http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-3-human-is.html …
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Will have recaps up later, but just to let you know that episodes four and five are absolutely stellar (in very different ways) and make this entire show worth it.
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Episode 4.... A bonkers coen-esque future noir from the director of Utopia!!??! Yes please! http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-4-crazy-diamond.html …
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Episode 5... I'm happy to report that the "Hoodmaker" is absolutely stellar stuff on the emotion cost of surveillance and these two episodes make the entire show worth it.http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-5-the-hood-maker.html …
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And after two great epsiodes we get... maybe one of the most problematic episodes of television I've ever seen...http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-6-safe-and-sound.html …
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Seriously, we need to have a giant conversation about the way race gets portrayed in sci-fi.
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And for the last of today's recaps, a haphazard slog that should be way, way more fun than it ishttp://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-7-father-thing.html …
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After the last two weaker episodes, we get a nice strong entry with "impossible planet" - Geraldine Chaplin, everyone!http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-8-impossible-planet.html …
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And ninth, we have an amazing Timothy Spall performance! It's not the best executed episode of the stand-outs but it is the one that's stuck with me the mosthttp://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-9-the-commuter.html …
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And lastly, Electric Dreams a monotonous look at the monotony of everyday horror.http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/electric-dreams-recap-season-1-episode-10-kill-all-others.html …
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I ended up loving writing about this show, and also loving the act of watching this show. Screw the perils of "hit and miss" ratio, but that very possibility is the thrill of watching. But if you want the hits: "Crazy Diamond" "The Hoodmaker" and "The Commuter" are your ones!
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