I feel this would have been better placed last season, as we actually get some more insight into Ruby as a character which I’d been hoping for. I thought looking at the companion experience from a PTSD angle was very interesting. I could tell Conrad was a bit pathetic and weird from the beginning but the twist still got me. Pete McTighe once again fails to stick the landing though by muddling the clearly political message he’s trying to make. It starts solid as a criticism of toxic masculinity and podcast culture but loses its steam by the end.