Psycho-Pass - Season 3

I grumbled a lot, and mostly contentedly, when I learned there would be a 3rd season. This world, its laws, rules, lifestyle, and mild associated depression has a lot to offer and in my opinion, good fun can still be wrung out of it if skilled hands take over. And as much as I like Akane, I didn't mind that she was pushed aside to focus on the new inspectors because the beginning was damn promising. A cop show aura everywhere you look: some death (of course), doubts about the system, imperfections of the main characters? A perfect segue to 5th gear. I also welcomed the double length of the episodes and considered the quality of the visuals praiseworthy. The first holes in the plaster appear after Episode 5, when you discover that the plot simply doesn’t satisfy and more and more storylines are being added while critically failing to address the existing ones. The viewer is then not surprised that nothing gets resolved by the end, there are more question marks in the air than clouds in a storm and the final impression goes very sour. The issue of immigration, while sensitively topical, is slightly annoying here, and what hurts the story most is the strange ability of one of the main characters to make everything smoother, which is a pain in the ass of the detective genre. Despite the open ending, I enjoyed the return to Psycho-Pass: The dominatrixes are still incredibly sexy, the fights are classy, the atmosphere is thick, and the cameos by the older characters tug at nostalgic heartstrings. (18.02.2020)