Major F up by the detective and ops running the raid. To protect the informant, you just zip tie her up like everyone else transport them all together and separate her out like a regular interrogation. The way they did it, they should have just stenciled "SNITCH - Kill me first!" on her forehead.
@Vassilis - All narcissistic demagogic psychos from Jim Jones, to David Koresh, to the Heavens Gate Cult think that what their doing is justified because only "THEY" are in possession of the secret / sacred knowledge that will save humankind. They are blinded by their own ego and hubris, and, those who follow such deluded people are made to feel "privileged" and special because they are in possession of knowledge the peons don't have, thus, the peons become expendable as collateral damage when "the revolution" comes, whether the end comes at the point of a gun, the hangman's rope, the killing fields, or intergalactic aliens scheduled to arrive eons after they have become dust. "If ONE of us survives..., ALL of us survive". ....SO SAY WE ALL!
So the super duper smart aliens thought Hansel & Gretel was real when he was reading it before?
@aars26 A light year is a unit of distance, not time. That’s how far you can travel in one year at the speed of light. So they’re traveling at 1% of the speed of light which is still extremely fast.
If that wasn’t the messiest police raid I’ve seen… like, why would you separate her in front of everyone??? you are branding her as the snitch! And then I don’t see the point in that raid cause that was a scientist summit, I don’t think those were the real followers or like the operatives, those are in the ship, so they just murdered and arrested a bunch of scientists whose biggest crime was being part of a cult
And also was it realistic for Jin to be there after that lady murdered her friend?
Dr Ye being there was actually surprising, it was obvious she was involved but maybe Evans relegated her to the sidelines but I’m glad she’s running the show, tho that means her daughter’s suicide was almost like a sacrifice, and she showed Jin the helmet on purpose
And 400 YEARS AWAY??? Then I don’t see the point, that’s not our problem
Also I’m pretty sure at some point dr yen says they are 4 light years away… isn’t that 4 years?
And I like the idea that the aliens are choosing which scientists they partner with and which scientists they are gonna threaten to stop their work cause probably that work would be a threat for them
From being somewhat intelligent this turned into a shitshow of stupidity. Like that completely idiot old fart or the botched attack by supposed trained special forces. And that Chinese bitch should be hanged for treason against the entire human race.
That crazy B should be executed in public for betraying humanity.
Such BS the whole ok please save us from destroying the planet and ourselves. we are incapable to survive so yes come and kill us all.
Ye Wenjie's coming out as the leader of the ETO is perfect. But the raid of the ETO summit is just meh. I'll reserve judgment about Evans kissing Ye for now. Even though it feels wrong to me in multiple dimensions…
They’ll be here in 400 years, but the very last line of the episode is Ye Wenjie saying when they arrive, you’ll be glad they did.
Not sure he’ll have many opinions either way in 400 years.
I don't like the forced inclusion, or is that how it is in the books?
It goes well...
You’d think that after communicating with extra terrestrials for this long, Evans would have covered lying and metaphors with them.
Just no! There was absolutely NO need for the use of the c word in this episode! I'm no prude and have a mouth like a sewer, but since when was that an acceptable word to be used on tv? Could he not just have said, "Go catch the bastards", rather than that word? No other comment yet, but I'm only 5 mins in. I'll be very firmly out if it crops up again cos this is not THAT good.
So Ye is in charge. Wasn't expecting that.
It seems like it going to be 400 years before the Aliens arrive. :thinking: Interesting thought :thought_balloon:.
Review by FLYVIP 2BlockedParent2024-03-31T00:59:28Z
That, was weird. Little made sense in this one. Even if it's interesting to see the story progress, for a show that started about very smart people, with complex stories and concepts, this episode is a full-time shit show of stupidity.
Why did they not bother making it look like a suicide this time ? Specially since he was tightly playing with another player. And that the mastermind personally knew both of them.
The ... the what exactly ? It's not clear what agency they're working for. Anyway, basically Wade and Clarence to simplify. They did not think that it would be very suspicious to infiltrate her as if the alien lovers didn't just murder her friend ? Well, turns out that they don't think it's suspicious, which is even weirder.
They just gathered all these people they want to recruit and they just go full cult on them directly, without any prior warning or explaining. I mean we left at "it's an alien species that needed a place" and next time it's already "we welcome our new alien overlords". WTF. Are all the new recruits supposed to be into that shit immediately ? The "lol, it's weird it makes us look like a cult" remark is priceless. Girl, if it was only that that make you look like a cult... Also announcing the San Ti are coming to save us, while talking to people who have been through the game and have seen that they're actually just escaping their own world.
Then there's the raid. Ye Wenjie just tells everybody to calm down and let it happen because it's the Lord's will. But most are not cult followers, they're potential new recruits that have no idea what is happening and why they're involved in it. Why could they calmly obey ? Then they just immediately single out the mole and make her a target, again: what. the. fuck. How insanely stupid is that ?
Now about Evans. Looks like he's been talking and reading stories to the Lord for years, probably decades. Are you gonna tell me that it's never come up that stories are not real ? That he never once spoke with metaphors or in an imaged way ?
It kinda look like it's made to be a turning point, maybe make us think that the aliens had good intentions before, and that's when they realize they need to get rid of us, but... the first message was actually "shut up, it's bad for you if we find you", so...
So yeah, everyone turned stupid in this episode. This really feel like a letdown after the start... Hoping this was just a bad writer and doesn't go on this way.