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Kitten

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Beyond any doubt, "Kitten" was a terrific episode especially for Christopher Gorham. My initial reaction to the promo for this episode was that of "oh man, looks like a comedy or possibly a lame attempt at doing something different." I am glad I was wrong; I totally enjoyed this episode for its uniqueness and interwoven stories while teasing much bigger things in the overall arc. Before all of those things though, Christopher Gorham stole the show. He had some genuine funny moments such as when he first meets Kitten, they talk about his heart shaped boxers, and then Chuck and Neil get into an interesting exchange regarding who buys his underwear. Then he was able to turn around and delve into the frustrated and dramatic moments involving Kitten and Holly. I can almost relate to Neil and Holly's relationship from my high school experience so, what is going between them is very real and believable. Writers can only do so much with dialogue, it takes a quality actor to turn those words and emotions into the real thing and Christopher Gorham and the girl that plays Holly have a great chemistry and bring out the best in each other. It is just too bad their relationship is a little rocky right now; they make a great couple.

Leslie Silva is continuing to impress me and win me over with each passing episode. At first, I could see she had talent but I did not like the character too much. As we get to know her things changed and I began to identify with her. This whole custody battle and trying to save little Corey from cancer is extremely unique and working very well to make this show much more realistic and higher in quality. This time Paul really starts to become the idiot as he truly thinks Sara is mentally ill. In situations like these, the writers could fall into the formula solution and have Sara pull a "predicting the future" twist. They are not doing that and avoiding the pitfalls of doing the typical answer, such as life, nothing is ever that simple. Leslie Silva is handling Sara very well; she is not overly dramatic nor is she the iron maiden with no emotion. Leslie plays it just right, and that is easier said than done with a character as complex as Sara is. The parts I liked the most in this episode were when Sara and Paul's mother discussed their sons. Paul's mom helps bring Paul back into a semi-likable state, even though he is not off the hook with us. They scenes came across very natural and dramatic and brought a level of maturity and realism to a story already focused on Neil and his cyber-stalker Kitten.

The under-rated part of this episode, easily overlooked with everything else going was Angela dealing with ramifications of what her father did to her career on the ISS. The development left a little to be desired, as we have only seen the "daddy's girl" comment once in a previous episode. It would be great if this problem with credibility and Angela was a little more prominent and then possibly twist into really interesting, almost as if she has a hand in what happens to the Earth or just something dark. I liked the tension and suspense that Angela and her tension with the Captain created, she really is a tough lady.

This episode ended with another one of those particular interesting endings involving Kurt. I have seen the boards and everyone thinks he has gone to the other side. I tend to think that Kurt is actually up to his own game. He is stock piling this and that and storing it away as if he's preparing for battle. For instance, what if the crew encounters a synthetic building again and Kurt is the only one who can help them. He grabs kitten and lets her loose in the building, it would maybe give the crew enough time to get out while Kitten is struggling to take over a synthetic. It might be stretching it, but Im thinking of the simplest answers to what Kurt is doing. I think he wants a Nobel Prize, but we barely know anything about what is truly going on with sentients and synthetics, so this could serve as a way to save the earth in some weird way. It leaves open the possibility of Kitten's aggressiveness to possibly help. Then I have a third possibility, just what if he remembers an incident from the original timeline that was only centered around him that right now he looks back and realizes it had a hand in the destruction of the Earth. The only way he can fix that mistake is by getting answers and possibly "storing' possible solutions or answers in preparation for that one event. Ah well, we will just have to wait and see. One thing we can be sure of though, that last look he had before he closed the door to the hidden closet said he wasn't sure if what he was doing was the right thing or not.

Overall, we all benefited from a very well written and well-done episode period. All the sub-plots played out beautifully, which made for a better episode than you or anyone would think at first look. The previews for this episode had me think this was going to be one of the lesser quality episodes and in truth, it turned out to be one of the best. The f/x work on the ISS was simply stunning and I was also pleased with the scoring of the episode, it truly created an urgent and desperate atmosphere for us to be sucked into. This episode proves with an emphatic yes, that the show has found it's niche and grove and is hitting it There is no better time than now to join the rest of the Odyssians or whatever name we end up calling ourselves.

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