By Volo on Sunday, 26 May 2024
Category: Sci-Fi

Beacon 23, Season 2 Episode 8 - Disintegration

The final episode of the season and perhaps the series! We get answers to lingering questions that have been ongoing for two seasons.

In this last episode, Halan continues in his pseudo world with Aleph as Harmony does what she can to rescue him. The Sybarra, left for dead with a dwindling supply of oxygen is rescued with heroic efforts by Iris. The anomaly makes another appearance and the mystery of what is , is reconciled as it reveals itself to be a lifeform.

The show has likely ended.

Analysis and commentary

The show has been somewhat controversial due to its many arcs and tangents throughout the series. The story telling has been somewhat disjointed but heavy on the sci-fi concepts and world building. The AI was a major part of the story and show, with an exploration on it as a life form in its own right with consciousness and evolution.  

Characters of interest

  • Iris - B67 - saves the Sybarran by cutting a hole through the hull of the Beacon and hammering a box to cause a spark to fly over to the 
  • Halan Kal Nielsen - Merges with Harmony, Aleph, Aster, Bart, Aster and the Anomaly
  • Helan's Father - in this episode, disappointed that he mistakenly convinced his son to be mutilated
  • Harmony - Aster's personal AI, no longer bound to QTA. Is an evolved AI with human emotions and ability to withhold information from humans and other AI alike. She is currently running the Beacon 23, merges with Halan (see above).
  • Sybarrans: Saghee, Yeiki, Xalterrica, Nybecca, Giciru, Tajiriki - professional sybarran wrecking crew, end up living and escaping from the beacon.
  • Aleph, the holographic transcendic consciousness, appears to be in the beacon computers. Exhibits his own cut throat features as well as a range of human emotions. Dresses like a farmer from Parsnip 8. Merges with Halan, Aster, Harmony, Bart and the anomaly (see above).
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