Beacon 23, Season 1 Episode 5 - Rocky

This is a fantastical episode that goes a little further to explain the mysteries of the rocks and the beacon. There seems to be no more exposition on the AI personalities, which I find an extremely interesting part of the show. But with only three more episodes to wrap things up, I can see the need to use what film time there remains on the story ...

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Beacon 23, Season 1 Episode 4 - God In the Machine

We are at the midpoint of the season! And the show takes a turn away from our main protagonists to focus on the beacon's history and to do what I had hoped would happen, give us a glimpse into the AI's. The show starts with a flashback to 180 years earlier where a shadowy man with two briefcases docks at the beacon. It turns out to be Milan Al...

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Beacon 23, Season 1 Episode 3 - Why Cant We Go On As Three?

Warning! this contains spoilers!  I find myself looking forward to this show from midweek onwards and luckily, episode 3 arrives. This episode is much darker than the previous episodes as next week e quickly get to the midpoint of the season.  We seem to not know who really anyone is but find ourselves cheering for our hero and heroine&nb...

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Beacon 23, Season 1 Episode 2 - Wreckers

The episode continues with cool tech from body implants to sonic guns. In the end, it is the story of being together or alone that is on display. Show Summary and Recap The cliffhanger from episode 1 is resolved through the course of the whole episode as some thugs from QTA (unclear what it stands for) invade the Beacon looking for "something ...

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Beacon 23, Season 1 Episode 1 - Corbenic

Starvation is an interesting phenomenon, as the directors and screen actors guild strike finally come to a close, I feel starved from good sci-fi since Silo season 1 ended. Sure, there were some good morsels, such as Star Trek Strange New Worlds and Ahsoka, but I miss the intricate writing of Hugh Howey as he builds a new world for us to discover. ...

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