This isn't my first foray into talking about Flux, but my first taste of the real episodes. Some have some value and fun to them - this one really, really doesn't.

I had no issue with purging away UNIT or doing whatever they were going for earlier, but this episode handles that follow-through in a very vapid way. This episode, and much of Flux in general, is a bit of a master class in how NOT to handle a longstanding franchise. The fan service feels so cheap and transparent, the stuff around the Division is just boring, and the whole Tecteun reveal, which absolutely should be a big deal (are these the last surviving Time Lords? Why does Chibnall not seem to care?).

The Grand Serpent and Kate Stewart were pretty cool, and save this episode from being ranked at the bare bottom, but really, that content ultimately goes nowhere like the rest of Flux. There's some creativity to the production here and not everything feels devoid of value in that regard. Everything else is just so easy to forget as it is extremely lacking in substance. Oooh, the Division is all pouty so they're destroying the universe. Who didn't see that coming? Seriously, did anyone not see that coming?

Swarm had a cool introduction but Flux beats the intimidation out of him and by the point he starts making moves here I'm half-asleep.