#DarkMatter S2 E07, “The Pyramid” is yet another incredible episode. Hard-hitting from the first to the last, a necessary reminder on accountability that more peoppe need to hear. Emotionally rich, exploring all new layers of Leighton, Blair, Amanda, Ryan, Daniela, Jason, and Charlie. Circling in on a subject that can’t easily be approached directly. Even more quotable than Episode 3. By the end of it, at the cliffhanger, I was silently screaming “FUUUCK!”, but, y’know, I sure wanted to scream it out-loud to myself. I normally can’t stand cliffhangers, but this one was executed so perfectly.
I’m sad about the “Kinder” universe going full-authoritarian under its pandemic. But it was real nice to see at least one version of Leighton as an honest-to-God real Empath, instead of just someone who only uses shallow, surface-level empathy as a sort of fake-charisma just to manipulate people, the way psychopaths do but more effectively than any psychopath can. The thing that makes the other Leighton’s so evil and yet so lovable.
I also appreciated how this episode introduced us to the problem of identifying parallel universes in a sensible and consistent manner. Oh, and how it was the PI version of McNamara from the eternal-70s universe that got to go through the box first, before the federal agent version. Nice nod to the noir genre, there.
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