7th December, 2020.
Are you much of a Doctor Who fan … ?
I have to admit, I am.
Which you’d possibly worked out, watching through those!
Well … I have to admit, I’ve just caught BBC America’s Still to Come trailer.
And, at twenty-three seconds in?
We have redesigned Cyberman.
Complete with new helmets … !
Heigh … ho … !
~≈†≈~
At ANY rate … ? And talking about TV shows?
Unemployment has one — just one — upside for me.
It makes I can watch a lot of TV.
And, over the past couple of weeks?
And can happily say I’ve caught episode nine, tonight.
The penultimate one.
Yeap …
It’s still looking good.
~≈†≈~
Episode 9 — Bent Bird — show us that Karen (Shantel Vansanten) is badly affected by by The death of her son, Shane.
And is keeping herself occupied both by arranging his funeral … and watching the coverage of the launch of Apollo 24.
Apollo 24 — crewed by Ellen Wilson, Deke Slayton and Harrison Liu (Jodi Balfour, Chris Bauer and Stephen Oyoung) — have to get to the Moon, man the Jamestown Base … and rescue the stranded Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman.)
After one hundred and fifty-nine days, Ed is slowly losing his mind: increasing the isolation he feels, and increasing the grief he feels at the death of his son.
The only thing stopping him going complete out of his mind?
Is keeping an eye on the Soviet base …
~≈†≈~
On the way to the Moon, Apollo 24 has issues.
The engine that’s supposed to take it into orbit around the Moon?
Refuse to fire: due to a failed computer.
The only way to save the mission?
Is to launch Apollo 25, early: and get it’s crew to take up a replacement.
A replacement that’s easy to put in …
Assuming that the Apollo 24’s engine is turned off.
Every get the feeling there’s trouble ahead … ?
~≈†≈~
Now …
My eyeballs are definitely feeling the strain of a late night staring at a screen.
Regardless of that, I can here you asking me if I’ve seen another good episode?
Yes, I have, actually.
Bent Bird is …
Well, for starters, there’s a certain amount of irony when one character uses the phrase: you’ll possibly know it, when you see it!
There’s a pile of tension: watching the Apollo 25 crew trying their best to rescue not just the crew of Apollo 24, AND one of their own crew-mates.
On top of that?
Karen is starting to heal.
Her husband, Ed, on the other hand? Quite definitely isn’t.
I’m assuming he’s going to be rescued in the next episode, episode ten.
But I’m also aware — very aware — that his rescuers are in for a shock when they get to the airlock.
Just as much as I was shocked at Ed’s actions.
He’s grieving, and been isolated from a lot of human contact.
Which possibly explains the dead body …
Frankly?
I want to see what happens next.
Because it looks like World War Three is a distinct possiblilty …
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