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ValueSubtracted, 1 hour ago

Okay, that was unexpectedly dark.

I was expecting the RTD silliness that I’m not too fond of, but I thought the actual episode walked the line very well - the cynical undercurrent goes a long way.

If it had just been a social media satire, I don’t think it would have worked, but the pivot into “these people are all naive assholes” was actually pretty successful. In that way, it reminded me of “Voyage of the Damned,” in which all the “good people” were killed off by the end.

ValueSubtracted, 7 hours ago

I’m the first person to defend Health Canada having standards for scientifically-validated treatment, but there is clearly work to be done in actually making sure the science happens - ideally, cases like this where the treatment is being recommended by licensed doctors should be considered opportunities for research, even if it is only a case study.

ValueSubtracted, 2 hours ago

It looks like they’re doing a better job of retaining props from shows once they’ve wrapped, so maybe there’s a chance they’ll put the sets in storage in case they decide to use them again - either in a movie (the rumour is/was that they want to do a streaming movie every two years), or for the occasional guest appearance on the Academy show.

But what was up with Detmer and Owo being side lined for the second half of the season.

Michelle Paradise said yesterday that both actors were unavailable during filming, having booked other projects.