Alright... after watching Black Museum I didn't really think anything could make me feel more uncomfortable to write about... then I watched the first few minutes of this and I was like "Huh... that'll be an interesting recap."
So this episode is about an unknown person that kidnaps a Princess and says he will only release her if the prime minister has sex with a pig on live national television... and that's when things get crazy... They show the prime minister's first reaction to this which is "no way in hell am I doing that." Everyone else's reactions saying "Yes... definitely don't do that." The polls all pretty much say "No don't do that." Until the kidnapper sends a finger and everyone says "Yes... do that save the princess." And the whole thing is more about what the Prime Minister needs to do for his own approval rating vs. what he's doing for his safety or for the princess... and everyone's reactions to the news- just glued to their tv... and then the aftermath of what all happens and how everything has changed. It's just all completely crazy and I kind of loved watching it all.
This episode was good on suspense factors as well as being genuinely scary without being too scary- if that makes sense. The big difference between this episode and all of season 4 that I just watched is that this technology actually exists now... videos can go viral very easily and youtube is not so great at taking down their content when they should take it down...as we just kind of saw with the Logan Paul video controversy. This is something that seems like a believable enough headline while still being completely absurd.
So I'm giving this 4 out of 5 stars for that... It probably deserves 5 out of 5 stars because this is an incredible way to start the series... so yeah I guess 5 out of 5 stars. Even if this hadn't been the first episode I still think this is that strong just for how realistically absurd and terrifying it is.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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