James Woolard

The twists of the storyline have an almost addictive effect; however, the suspension of reality required to buy all of the rolling catastrophes goes a bit far at times. The powerful, female-forward writing is welcome, but appears to come at the expense of the male characters at times. There also feels to be too much focus on the robot and Wills' relationship with it; then again, much of the plot is reliant on this. Having now watched season 2, i can say that the subject of human motivation and agenda is very creatively dissected slowly across the series. There are moments where it makes you consider some values, that are typically considered noble, and whether even those aren't motivated by selfishness. Enjoyable to watch but some sub-plots feel a bit forced or heavy handed. The subject of Johns' 3 years of deployment on earth, for what he felt was the greater good, is treated more like a felonious assault on the family in the story. Yet, most "reflective" scenes show him engaging with the Children in a much deeper level that Maureen, who, herself really appears to be more absorbed in her profession. This leaves the viewer a bit confused at times as to why his character is so resented by the family at first. This is resolved by rather clumsy application of he "re-enlisted and volunteered to deploy again". This felt like it was thrown in, after the fact to explain the poor resentment setup.