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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 5366599" data-attributes="member: 115">About halfway into the first battle, I knew this had to be some sort of dream or illusion or some crap like that.  Lo and behold.I think I would have liked this episode a lot more if it weren't for last week's terrible episode.  This episode was by far stronger than last week, but this makes two weeks in a row where nothing really happened.  As such, I found myself responding more negatively to the show than perhaps was warranted.  Compounding the problem was two things.  First, what little consequence of last week's episode was basically hand-waved in the scene.  Second, the battle dreams really felt like a tease, especially with the dearth of action.I really wanted to see Scott take over as leader.  I think it'd be amusing to see Young as the drunk commander who occasionally hands out advice and then falls over.  More over, I think it gives Scott some character development without sacrificing tactics all that much.On that note, I liked the callback to the failed coup.  I suspect it has to do as much with Scott being more charismatic than Young than the fact that they failed the last time.  Still, continuity always equals bonus points.I can let the simulation go for a number of reasons.  They have stones that allow people to swap consciousness, for one.  They have a chair that interfaces with the brain.  The ship is clearly guided by some sort of AI, be it simple parameter checks or what have you.  Plus, it's about time someone recognized Young is a crappy commander.I liked the scenes between Eli and Greer, and Eli and the various scientists.  First, it made Greer seem more like a person than a caricature, which is always good.  Second, the beats with the scientists added a bit of levity, especially all of them plus Scott staring at him.  My favorite bit of the episode was Park's throwaway line teasing Eli.DocMoriartty, good call on the ship testing Rush as well.  I didn't think of it like that, but I should have.</blockquote>

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