Sweet bit of sci-fi right here folks! Brill :)
That fight, I was left with my mouth open, I had never seen something like that
In a world where bodies are cheap, disposable, and replaceable, being a Meth makes one not just a metaphorical but literal God. Sharing their "bone and blood" is seen as a blessing, where their artificial immortality allows them to take the same shapes for centuries to come. Ghostwalker's rambling about his faith and the closing fight scene tread on this theme of body and mind, Altered Carbon's strongest suite. Between this theme of bodily significance we are shown the way truth and lies closely interwoven, as the Bancroft case seems to end soon.
However the intricate plot rests on a bit shaky acting. The reveal from previous episode needs better acting from the parts of both Kinnaman (Takeshi Kovacs) and Lachman (Reileen Kawahara). The mind-shattering should have given devastating impact to Kovacs, yet we barely see its effect. The same can be said with Ortega-Takeshi interaction, which we're not given enough time to feel the strong emotions between the two.
The rest of it seems to be nicely knitted though, as subplots begin to show their entanglement to each other. Perhaps not the easiest to follow - as the other comments seem to suggest - but that's just what you have with cyberpunk in the vein of Blade Runner.
Why did Rae respawn at that specific moment? Why would Rae would want to fight her in there and not use her goons? Why a samurai sword on the wall and not a gun? Why not a gun in the pod incase of danger, like this kind of situation. She even kept a sword on the wall in case of danger, why not the pods. Do she have other places to back up her consciousness? Surely so, incase of fire or explosion of that facility.
Why would Cortega not think about the person putting their consciousness in the kid, since it would be a good backup, and the kid is in this top secret secured facility, and right next to the cloning bodies.
This is what i mean about not everything making sense and there being contrivaces.
I don't like how the case was solved, but ok, i'll roll with it. I hope we find out the truth in the end.
How awesome was that fighting scene at the end? I never saw this coming, that’s exactly why I love this show.
Tell me you saw that coming…I didn’t see that coming.
Is it just me or does the Ghostwalker look like Natalie Tran when she dresses up as a man?
Kovacs, Kovacs, Kovacs, Kovacs, Kovacs, Kovacs...Kovacs. How many times are they going to say his name in this episode?
Shout by Mircea VladBlockedParent2018-02-18T07:43:24Z
It seems to me that it's getting worse with each episode. :(