This Friday on Odyssey 5 ep 11: Dark at the End of the Tunnel

After watching this, I'm left with a feeling Odyssey 5 is running around in circles and not really moving forward. OK, so we learn that sentients are developing and trying to transcend their cyberspace limitations and manipulate, but isn't that what we learned last week when another sentient named Kitten started controlling electric can openers and trafic lights and was set to manipulate another member of the Odyssey 5 team? How many isolated incidents do we need to get the picture?

It was nice for Angela to have a story line of her own, and it was especially nice that they didn't talk about Corey and Marc this time, but Angela's plot seemed sort sterile. We already knew her father had had an affair, and we had never heard of him running over someone in a rainy night to really care about it, so that part showed nothing we didn't know already. OK, OK we got to learn that human connection (with the help of a fire extinguisher) kills sentients. Meh...

OK, at least now Chuck's wife is on board with the O5 big plan, whatever it might be. That means she won't be annoying and nagging him all the time. But what will the writers have her do then? What happens to that character next? Somehow I don't see Neil's mom (Paige! I finally remembered her name!) involved in some mission up against sentients and synthetics. Maybe she's bake some cookies while they fight evil.

I'm sorry if I sound too negative. The episode itself wasn't that bad, and it was entertaining to see Kurt so involved with religion, and Chuck trying to get him out of his trance precisely by questioning his fanatic religious views with biblical arguments. The problem is the whole Odyssey 5 story, which at that point should be getting way more involving; instead the writers don't seem to know where they are going, or are just stalling on purpose.

Because of the overall picture, and in honor of the 5 who should be saving the world, but are not doing much, I give this one the 5 in the Odyssey 5 scale.

I like Angela's dad even less than I did before. Did he know it was a horse and not a man when he hit and ran the first time around? Either way, the way he tore his daughter apart with it was inexcusable. Good on her for putting a stop to it this time around.

Paige is coming around, but of what value is that really? Nice to see less drama on that front anyhow.

Intriguing to see the things these sentients come up with. They certainly bear dedicated opposition whether they turn out to be what destroys the world or not. Just so the opposition to them doesn't destroy the world.

Kurt seems to be paying a price for the life he leads. Who would have known he misses having intelligent conversation with a woman considering the type he fools around with?

I'll be disappointed when we get to the end of the series, as it's clear the writers were expecting multiple seasons to develop their story and giving us good stuff along the way.

I like this episode. I'll give it a 7.

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I enjoyed Flux and Kitten. It started to reveal more information about the sentients and the synthetics. It didn't spend a tremendous amount of time on character development.

But 'Dark at the End of the Tunnel' was a little strange. I don't think that I like the mind control stuff. So the sentients can hypnotize people? How is that explainable? Are they really aliens? I didn't think so. I put them as a form of 'artificial intelligence' that realized self existence and wants to experience the world outside of cyberspace. I didn't like the 'close encounters' type of episode.

So was the sentient going to take a physical form when it exited the machine?

I'll give this one a 4 for asking more questions than it answered.

hmmm well it's all starting to run together for me. I am still enjoying the show but It seemingly is going no where.
Once again the sentiants are trying to gain the physical realm again. This time through the guise of Jesus returns. I have slowly changed my opinion of Kurt over time and now I like him. I also like him because he brings the nudity to the show :) I liked Sarah's story line this week as she had no dealings with her son. I thought the weatherman thing was kind of funny, especially when he really was an excellent meteorologist.
I couldn't figure out why the sentiants would need it to be hot and dry everywhere else so they can manifest themselves.
Now for Chuck...holy mackerel he has become the overcusser. He has gotten so cartoonish with his language. It has become comical, I personally don't mind and get quite a chuckle from but wow.
Paige now knows that chuck is telling the truth, that is a relief and now maybe she will get to go on an adventure with them, though I don't see what exactly she could other than be a hostage.
I don't know I found myself becoming bogged down with all the plodding along of the actual story. All in all watchable but forgettable. I give it a 5 on the 05 scale.

On A side note....I have become aware our good friend WLCEBTG had to have surprise surgery, I wish him a speedy recovery and back to blogging soon. Hope you feel better buddy.

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Re: This Friday on Odyssey 5 epp 11: Dark at the End of the Tunnel

Not much to say about this week’s episode that hasn’t already been said. They are now all running together or at least that’s the way I see it. I kept wondering how did this sentient originally contact the little girl and start taking over the town. If they are so powerful why not start with the state of Texas. Last week they seemed to be in control of everything electronic but this week they go after a small town in Texas. Someone out there fill me in nothing they write about me make any senses to me. All they are to me now are just stand alone episodes their entertaining but no continuity in the story lines. Kurt still has an embryo at his apartment will we ever see it come to term in season one. There stuff on the moon fill me in.

Now what I learned from this episode is why it’s been so hot in Texas this summer that dam machine is still running somewhere in the heart of Texas. When I feel better I’m off with my fire extinguisher and pistol to put an end to this darn drought. The weatherman guy was pretty funny Guy and he was smart enough to figure out where the source of the bad weather was. Let’s make him a member of the team and kill him off in a lighting strike in a couple of episodes.
Angela and her father seemed to be making up that’s nice but let’s move on no more distractions. The little kid with cancer well that story line is dead glad for that. Paige is now on board so let’s get rolling and save the world.

This one gets a six on the O5 scale kept me on the edge of my seat but I want to learn more about how they’re going to save the world.