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Rating: 8.5/10

Impressions:

I’m slightly disappointed with this episode, since the drama and emotional build-up have just disintegrated with the tone change. Not to mention the plot just crashed into a brick wall too, and it slowly started seeping through again by the last third of the episode. It’s kind of sad how now it looks like Sara’s back to her old self again, which means there will less likely be many more deaths, betrayals and serious confrontations (within Sara’s ship I mean, not against the enemy). The battles should remain and only get more significant, though it looks like the series might be taking a break from everything and focusing on character development. The storyline might be picked up again after a few episodes and cruise along to the dramatic climax, then for a grand finale at episode 13…or was it 12? Hopefully, that is. Still, there hasn’t been nearly enough focus on the Deague, Ralph or Emily – the real Emily. She and her mimic are bound to cross paths sooner or later, and I hope the drama can be spread out evenly through the course of the series.

The party is pretty ridiculous if you ask me, though it did provide the basis for some expressive interaction between characters, and especially, the coaxing of our main character, Sara. It seems that since the last episode, she has opened enough to actually take notice of her peers, enough to remember their details and convey them to Emily. Carris warms up to Sara somewhat by engaging in something she is rather familiar with: dancing. However, he ruins it by asking her about her teacher, which obviously reminds her of Ralph’s betrayal and the death of all her previous friends. Even so, by the end of the episode, she seems to have accepted her new team mates as her friends. Oh and, while accidentally wandering the Omni’s post on the seventh episode, it seems like there will be some…changes to the style of this show. It also shows how close Emily is to meeting/returning to her mimic, as well as Ralph’s and Sara’s in-person confrontation. That will surely bring some weird twist in the plot, or at least a kick to jump start it again.

Plot Outline:

- In a Deague ship, Emily is running through the halls, accompanied by Ralph
- A confrontation involving Ralph and a Deague operative reveals Ralph’s misplacement on the vessel
- Back on Libertad(?), the Reasoners are having another simulation battle, though Sara once again strays from the agreed formation to destroy the enemy
- This upsets Lottie, who runs to Sara’s Strain and tells her off
- Sara ignores her and takes Emily back to her room
- Later on, Carris and Dickon take a look at a drawing Sara is making, and are shocked to hear that it’s Emily’s clothes (apparently the drawing is so horrible it can’t be recognised)

- A little while after, Lottie decides to hold a party in Sara’s Strain’s hanger
- Sara sits with Emily and doesn’t really participate, but Carris sits down beside her and starts a conversation
- When the music starts, the two start dancing (Sara actually agrees to this since dancing was once her passion)
- Afterwards though, Carris asks her about who taught her how to dance, which reminds her of her dead friends
- Before any more words can be exchanged, a warning sounds, indicating the presence of danger
- Apparently, a number of Tumors have been detected on the ship and the Reasoners are sent out to investigate
- Lavinia is ambushed by the Tumors, but is saved by Sara
- Sara and Lottie team up to destroy the Tumors by themselves, before returning to the ship and resuming the party

Preview:

Next episode – #7
There WILL be nudity

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