The Happiness of All Mankind (E04)

The fourth episode struck me as the weakest (up until now). Sure, showcasing the extensive efforts and scale of the task at hand makes sense. But delving too much into the political races and the final truth debate grated on me. It somehow broke the illusion of witnessing real events that the series had so skillfully built up. Instead, I found myself irritated by the all-too-familiar rhetoric that seems to saturate our present-day discourse. (18.08.2019)

Impressive in the sense that the creators didn't just focus on the explosion itself and the instant adventure that came immediately afterwards, but mapped out the wider context, even the longer time span of many months since the disaster and the piling up of more and more problems and issues that need to be addressed. It doesn't have that uncompromising drive and brutal authenticity anymore, but it's still a damn well made concept with lots of "dangerous" scenes. (16.06.2019)