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Review of End of the Road by dema1020

26 May 2024

Eh, it's alright. End of the Road is a solid example of Miracle Day's worst problem - it is a five-episode story stretched out into ten episodes. It's just so clear to me that Miracle Day has about five solid episodes (and about that many ideas worth exploring) and the whole thing ends up being bogged down by being twice as long as it needs to be. This episode reveals a lot and sets us up for the end game of the story, but even that feels like we're only getting wisps of what is to come, and this, along with a handful of other episodes, comes down to basically just a bit of a waste of time, overall. I definitely started checking out of the story during this episode after a while - it's not very exciting.

Still, our characters are good and there's just enough energy to the series at this point I didn't exactly find it hard to keep going. Bill Pullman's character really stands out as this complex figure that helps make Miracle Day feel a little special against the rest of the Torchwood show, for example, but I also really like Esther and Rex. They're all just really well performed and interesting characters I am always keen to learn more about, and wish they had a life beyond Miracle Day. The show wasn't engrossing me at this point, but it wasn't nearly bad enough to make me give up entirely. Miracle Day still looks cool and there are enough memorable sets and locations that it at least is a pleasant enough viewing experience.

Review created on 26-05-24