Teresa Pérez

I still cannot understand why the book in the story was so compelling that the characters read it a million times to the point of ignoring all else, even the safety of their most beloved companions. We received only a few lines of the book and nothing was so terribly profound to warrant such religious devotion. … SPOILER… At the point I realized Tyler was Arthur’s son, before the big reveal in a future episode and where we were introduced to a child-brainwashing pseudo-cult leader, I thought the book was meant to be an allegory on the bible and how different groups can real the same religious text but get completely different messages; however, their obsession with the book really had no carry-over into the story. Next, why was Tyler so angry at technology? Did it cause the flu? Did he blame it for his withdrawn childhood? The weird reveal that Rose was not his wife and he met her when he was only maybe 9 is also off and never explained. And why is he harvesting children? The actors, with a few exceptions, both in the series and in the troupe are awful. If they had nothing but time on their hands and performed year round, wouldn’t they be better? They are all so ridiculous, it’s hard to imagine them surviving in that world. It’s also unclear why in 20 years no one has figured out how to get the power plants working. You can have smaller-scale electrical grids. The infrastructure is already there and the majority of it runs itself. AND AND AND there are books on any topic anyone could possibly want ALL OVER CHICAGO AND THE SURROUNDING AREA if you need to learn about it. The flu didn’t affect tech, so why didn’t people just clean up the city and live there? They can still act. There are theatres and costumes and everything they needed. They were all whinging about finally “having a toilet” and a roof over their heads” when they got to the airport, yet they chose to live outdoors. Why? Finally, after obsessing on Jeevan her whole life, she finally finds him and he tells her how his whole family has heard about her. Even though throughout the entire series she runs off on her own because she can always find the troupe (not to mention they are back on their circuit-no mystery there), she doesn’t bother to spend a bit of quality time with him and meet his family. Just, see you next time round the lake! What are we to make of that and how can we not feel betrayed by this lack of connection after having it shoved down our throat episode after episode? The time jumping only served to hide loose ends and keep you confused enough not to focus on details. Disappointing all around.