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Message: <blockquote data-quote="damiller" data-source="post: 8274206" data-attributes="member: 10995">Jupiter's Circle answers this.Just finished EP 8. I give the series 8.5 out of 10 (a little more action would have given it a 10, I like supeheroes breaking stuff).The discussion about Sacrifice was interesting. And I appreciate that Utopian knows he has sacrificed a lot. And I really thought that Grace's point about questions was really a good point.Both Sheldon and Walt have stopped asking themselves questions about the Code. Only in different ways, Sheldon has solidified into platitudes and Walt considers himself the Code. The scene about Skyfox and the arguments about the Code were interesting. It seems he was the only one engaging with it rather than just revering it or ignoring it. Its all in the way they related to it. Sheldon is in an abusive relationship with the Code. Walter has left the relationship. Who knows about Skyfox. And the younger generation is just starting to do what I mentioned Grace said the Older Guard isn't doing anymore: asking themselves about what they are willing to do, and what they are not willing to do. And coming up with their own answers. And that kind of thinking seems to fly in the face of sacrifice (and by extension the Code). Sheldon was willing to sacrifice himself (and now others) to the Code. Walt was willing to sacrifice others to his own code. They both end up in the same place: people sacrificed. I hope brandon and the others don't stop asking how they want to relate to the Code.I know i've gushed about this series, and I am really surprised at how much I've liked it, given its authorship I am surprised. And I know that a lot of the themes I've mentioned aren't so boldly portrayed (ie I'm bringing a lot of my own internal experiences to the material), I've been reading a book called "Letting Go" by David Hawkins, and this series just happened to drop as I finished it, and they had me thinking about these things already.</blockquote>

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