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Away Review – Goodnight Mars (1×07)
We’re more than halfway finished with Away, so I thought it would be a good time to look at the series overall.
For a show about going where no man or woman has gone before, not much has happened since the pilot episode. Sure, the Atlas crew launched into space and yeah, they’ve spent months together getting closer and closer to their destination each day, but the pacing of the show has been very leisurely. I guess if we’re to get a sense of how they feel up there, then it’s hitting the mark because being stuck in a tin can for months has got to be draining.
I’ve seen plenty of criticism about the show pointing out its inaccuracies and that it seems like they never consulted NASA or even an astronaut, and I’ll admit, those inadequacies do add up. The whole mission control has been shown to be inept and it’s concerning how great their cell service has been even now when they can only communicate via email and texts. It’s astonishing considering I lose service every single time I drive down a heavily wooded road here on Earth.
But if you throw all those concerns out the window, you see the show for what it’s really meant to be. Space is used as a backdrop for the drama building up between family and co-workers. It’s about relationships and how they fluctuate far more than it is about space travel. And most importantly, it’s about hope and achieving your dreams. When I look at it from that perspective, I get especially peeved with Away Season 1 Episode 7 and with Emma in general.
From the beginning, she’s been weighed down by her sacrifices, but seven episodes in, she still hasn’t gotten a handle on her emotions proving that maybe Misha and Lu were right all along — she’s not fit to be Commander.
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Right now, she’s on a spaceship millions of miles away from her family. No one ever said it was going to be easy, but her priority right now needs to be the “family” on the ship, not the one on Earth.
There’s a difference between checking in with your husband and daughter and wanting to parent that’s in control at all times. When you’re in space, it’s impossible to be both. And if Emma didn’t realize that going into this mission then she was living in denial.
Lu said herself that she understands the task at hand and the circumstances she’s in. It doesn’t make her a bad mom or a less caring one, she’s simple looking forward and not stuck in the past, which seems to be Emma’s problem.
Even her advice to Lex about Isaac and “flying” was hinged on her own experiences of getting pregnant and thinking she’d ruined her future. Lex finally found something that made her happy, that allowed her to breathe, that made her feel free, and instead of getting some sound advice from her mother, she told her “boys are distractions.” It may have been well-intentioned, but it completely backfired.
Space takes a heavy toll on everyone and they’re supposedly in the “hardest part of the journey,” but it’s only Emma that seems to be cracking. And she shouldn’t be — she’s worked her whole life to be here. She prepared for this, she knew this was coming, and she’s supposed to be one of the best astronauts in the world.
It’s problematic that the episode found her coming to a revelation that there are more important things than Mars as she’s on her journey to Mars. Honestly, no, there’s nothing more important right now than the mission you signed up for and trained your whole life for.
It doesn’t mean that you don’t care about your family. Despite the struggles they’ve faced with Emma away, Matt and Lex are immensely proud of her and her accomplishments.
She needs to honor that.
If she didn’t care about Mars, she would’ve pulled a Melissa and given up the dream when she decided to have the baby. But she didn’t — she went ahead and proved that you can have a career and become a mother, which makes her a hero and an inspiration. It proves that women are just as capable as men even if it costs them a higher price. Emma needs to shine in that space and own it rather than trying to prove her belief that she’s “less of an astronaut” because she’s a mother. Otherwise, she’s just proving everyone right and last I checked, I signed up for a dose of female empowerment.
It would help if Emma trusted everyone around her and recognized that her family can take care of themselves. She’s not Melissa because she’s lucky to have had a better man than Scott. Scott bolted when things got tough, but Matt buckled down for the ride despite his own struggles.
There should never be a moment where the team has to worry about breaking any type of news to their Commander out of a fear that she’s not in the mental space to handle it. If it comes down to it, it means their leader is again, not capable.
There’s no denying Lex is Emma’s daughter — she’s just as reckless and irrational as her mother. They’re also both flying way too close to the sun and if they keep it up, they’re going to get burned.
She wanted to prove something after getting her mother’s email, which is why she got a little carried away on the dirt bike. She didn’t think about how dangerous it was or what could have happened to her.
She’s lucky the outcome was just a “small concussion.” Though, it doesn’t bode well for her seeing Isaac again.
Similarly, Emma made a poor decision when she began rationing her rations to keep a dandelion alive. Yes, proving that life can grow on Mars is one of their main missions but not at their own expense. She was careless and ignored the very real risks that came with dehydration, which could have hindered the mission for everyone.
Emma’s smart, but she can be so incredibly stupid. The whole family is their own worst nightmare. Surprisingly, Matt was tolerable during this episode probably because he was so focused on Emma and Lex. It’s beginning to become obvious that his recovery has been put on the sidelines as he dedicates all his time “consulting” at NASA.
It was funny how Lu and Kwesi both had different scientific theories for why the flower continued to grow when it was so obvious what was happening with Emma.
Ram missed the signs, which would have been surprising if he didn’t have such a blind spot for Emma. He has her back without hesitation, which can be a good and a bad thing. In this case, he didn’t see what was going on with her even though the symptoms were right in front of him. Towards the end, after he gave her saline, I couldn’t figure out if the “moment” between them was supposed to be something romantic and Ram’s realization that he has feelings for her or that he’d finally come to a point where he didn’t fully believe she was the best person to lead the mission.
It’s unclear, but I’m hoping it’s the latter for the sake of drama.
How are you enjoying Away so far? Are you just as frustrated with Emma as I am?
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Who Is Rhys Montrose on ‘YOU’ Season 4?

YOU Season 4 introduced a plethora of new characters as it revamped the series with a murder mystery format.
*Warning – stop reading if you haven’t finished YOU Season 4 – Spoilers Ahead *
The shakeup made sense considering Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) uprooted his life following the fiery events in Madre Linda that killed Love Quinn and started over in London, assuming the identity of Professor Jonathan Moore.
Rather quickly, he got pulled into an elite group thanks to his co-worker and neighbor, Malcolm Harding (Stephen Hagan), who was the season’s first victim. Joe/Jonathan naturally despised Malcolm’s group, though he did find Rhys Montrose (Ed Speleers), an author running for Mayor of London, to be a bit of a kindred spirit. They came from the same broken background and shared many of the same views.
As the first half of the season unraveled, Joe sought out advice from Rhys on a handful of occasions, engaging in plenty of long heart-to-hearts with him, so it was kind of shocking when it was revealed that Rhys, as audiences have come to know him, was never real.
Rhys Montrose existed, yes, but he was never friends with Joe, nor was he the Eat the Rich Killer. The version of Rhys that Joe bonded with was a hallucination conjured up by his subconscious to protect himself and eliminate his darker, more deranged thoughts.

You. (L-R) Ed Speleers as Rhys, Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 410 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
For much of the season, we saw Joe desperately trying to set himself free from Rhys’ grasp. At first, he saw him as public enemy #1, who somehow figured out Joe’s real identity and roped him into a murder spree by threatening to frame him for the deaths if Joe refused to participate.
However, once Joe realized that Rhys was a figment of his imagination, he began to look for ways to silence the evil little voice forever, while also trying to figure out a plan to cover up the death of the real Rhys Montrose.
Joe was tasked with killing the mayoral candidate, who he assumed at the time was the Eat the Rich Killer, by Kate’s (Charlotte Ritchie) father, Tom Lockwood. When he arrived at Rhys’ secret countryside hideout and tied him up, he was infuriated that Rhys claimed not to know who he was, nor would he admit to kidnapping Marienne (Tati Gabrielle). Eventually, Joe’s rage and anger took over, and he “accidentally” killed Rhys, which is when fake Rhys showed up and revealed that Joe was having a semi-psychotic break.
In the end, Joe’s suicide attempt ensured that his hallucinations were forever gone, though he did embrace the darkness he was trying so hard to snuff out, making him more dangerous than ever.
As for the real Rhys Montrose’s killer, he pinned it all on poor Nadia (Amy-Leigh Hickman), a fan of Rhys’s from the beginning, who flew too close to the sun in her attempts to bring down Joe Goldberg. If only she just listened to Marienne’s advice.
A huge congrats to the YOU team for pulling off yet another jaw-dropping twist, and to both Badgley and Speleers for completely immersing themselves in their dual characters.
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YOU Review – Best of Friends (406)

Just when you thought you figured out where the season was headed, YOU pulls out the rug from under you yet again.
I’m definitely starting to feel the whiplash that Joe/Jonathan must be feeling right about now.
Things have gone from crazy to crazier rather quickly, as Rhys unveiled his true plan—along with how Joe is involved—while Joe came out victorious in front of the elite group once again, and all while a new suspect started piecing things together and realizing that Joe knows way more than he’s led on.
While Joe spent numerous hours trying to figure out a plan to get close to Rhys, Rhys just appeared at Joe’s place one night without so much as lifting a finger. Joe may think he’s the invisible one in the city, but for a man who’s so well-known and loved, Rhys seems to get around without anyone noticing.
And he made the rules of the game very clear—either Joe finds someone to frame for all the deaths or he goes down as the Eat-the-Rich killer, which isn’t exactly ideal. A little incentive goes a long way, so while Joe tried to distance himself initially, he couldn’t shake the desire for self-preservation and took the bait. He took the task rather seriously as it was either kill or be killed; he knew someone had to go down for it, but it had to be the right person.
With time running out, he genuinely began to consider Connie, but despite being an irrelevant character, he couldn’t justify pinning it on someone who was struggling with addiction and trying to turn their life around. Connie wasn’t a threat to anyone, except for maybe himself, so Joe couldn’t justify destroying his life.
But Dawn, well, she fell right into his lap. The few times we saw her snapping photos of the elite, and focusing on Joe–including when she spotted him at Rhys’ mayoral rally—I was convinced that she recognized him from his previous life. And that seems to be what the series wanted me to think so that they could pull a fast one on us because when Dawn pulled Phoebe aside to a “safe room” to keep her protected from the killer, it was revealed that Dawn was just an obsessive stalker who was connived that she was friends with the elite, Phoebe in particular. Dawn was a threat to a lot of people, so Joe took advantage of it. He framed her by planting Simon’s ear in her belongings, and since no one would ever believe a word she said over Phoebe’s accounts of what happened, Dawn couldn’t prove her innocence. Plus, she made an ideal suspect since she was at nearly every single event where a murder occurred as she was stalking the group. I mean, it couldn’t have been any more perfect if Joe had tried to plan it himself.
However, his heroics did raise some questions from Nadia, his student and the lover of all murder mysteries. She noticed that Jonathan seemed to be at the center of every single scenario, oftentimes being championed as a hero, though he’s not actually connected to any of these people in any meaningful way. It’s a dangerous thing to play detective, especially when you’re setting your sights on Joe Goldberg. Jonathan seems to like Nadia, but if she threatened him, I don’t think Joe would hesitate to take her down. Self-preservation is his M.O., remember?
Once Joe thought he finally got Rhys off of his back by framing Dawn, he decided to give into his desires and pursue a relationship with Kate. Honestly, Kate makes some really poor decisions, starting with just accepting Jonathan for who he is now and promising never to ask questions about his past. She wants someone to see her for who she is in the moment so badly that she’s letting logic take a backseat. Why would someone want to deny their past so badly unless they did something truly unforgivable? Kate wants to shed her past because of her connection to her father and she thinks that makes her and Jonathan equal, but they are not the same.
By the time she realizes the truth about who Joe is, it might be too late.
As for Rhys, did Joe think he was really going to get rid of him that easily? Rhys has always wanted a friend to help him get to the finish line so to speak. He believes that they are the same, so he wasn’t going to just let Joe slip away.
And while his motive wasn’t evident at first, he seems hellbent on taking out those who don’t deserve their success and wealth. The three victims, Malcolm, Simon, and Gemma, all threatened his mayoral run in some way, so they were taken care of, and now, he’s setting his sights on the ultimate villain–Kate’s father. She may have a complicated relationship with her tycoon dad, but I don’t think Kate would ever want to see anything bad happen to him, let alone at the hands of the man she’s in love with.
However, Rhys doesn’t seem to give Joe much of a choice as he still holds all of the cards. One might think that Joe could just handle this in the same way he always does, but well, you can’t just try to kill a killer. He’d see that coming from miles away. Joe needs to be strategic and deliberate in his plan, so for now, he has to play along. I, for one, am curious to see what all the hubbub is about Kate’s father–is he really as terrible as she makes him out to be?
As for Rhys, what is the catch? Fans were disappointed with the first half of the season since his reveal as the killer was obvious—and his motives, including his desire to kill Kate’s father–are exactly shocking or game-changing. What are we missing?
What did you think of the episode?
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What Time Does Netflix Release New Shows?

Netflix has become one of the most popular ways to consume new movies and TV shows.
The streaming giant has not only dominated the TV and movie landscape but it’s changed the way content is released.
While primetime TV still adheres to a weekly episodic release schedule, Netflix—and many of the streamers that followed—adopted the idea of dumping a full season on fans, creating a binge-watch model.
Most Netflix Originals are released in bulk, with the full episode order arriving at one time. A handful of shows, most recently Firefly Lane and YOU, has been split up into two parts—with the first half arriving a few months prior to the second half of the season, which definitely helps build up some anticipation and makes for more digestible viewing.
Of course, as you anticipate new seasons and episodes of your favorite shows, you naturally want to know what time they are going to premiere.
The good news is that Netflix’s release times are pretty standard for original TV shows and movies.
All titles are typically released globally at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which is 2:00 a.m. Central Time and 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Netflix noted that some titles are considered an original in one country but not in another, and in that case, if they are premiering in a country where it is a licensed title, it will premiere at 12:00 a.m. local time.
However, when it comes to those big-name shows like Outer Banks or Stranger Things, it’s safe to say that all episodes will be loaded in late in the evening, so you can either stay up and binge-watch or take the day off and squeeze them in bright and early!
Happy watching!
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