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It was painful to watch. The father’s narcissism and bullying is awful. Setting someone up for failure for his own benefit, using his position of power to intimidate colleagues, what are the writers thinking? It’s 2022 not 1950! I watched the third episode to hopefully see some growth but when the storyline of the chairman blaming his son’s potential relationship implications on her, even when he was the pursuer, coupled with the audacity of the “learned lesson” focus of the episode, I’ve abandoned it. Seeing these storylines (she’s going to play dirty versus standing up for her position when he undercuts her? He would have been fired by now!) just shows these old school mentalities are alive and well and the writers have a pretty poor view of women in the workplace. Terrible writing.

It seems the reviews are mostly from men who seem to have a problem with a diverse female forward cast and have embarked on a campaign of negativity (who give themselves away with their “OMG it’s so WOKE” narrative). I’m enjoying The Ark, it’s a good mix of improbable science fiction and atypical drama. Of course it’s not reality…and that’s fine, indeed welcomed as isn’t TV supposed to give you that escape occasionally? There is a fabulous absurdity to this series and I’m here for it. Even more for the women that kick a*s sending the haters into an alpha pack frenzy of online review ranting. I hope Syfy keeps it going solely for the feedback, cause guess what? They’re still watching.