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Lily and Jamie try to avoid its threat, but a visit from Kenton leaves Lily with no choice. It’s telling that in a show so dedicated to the infinite possibilities of computer engineering, Lily’s importance in the story never has anything to do with the fact that she is a computer engineer. We can’t skip through the commercials because we need the time to catch our breath and recoup. For me, it’s a frustrating missed opportunity. She cuts scars around her eyes, telling Octavia that Azgeda warriors do this to “symbolize the pain is over, the wound is healed.” Echo understands that the Disciples only care about the war — which means they’re all recruits, not prisoners. All that humorlessly hyperlinked self-importance removes Devs from the casual humanity of even the most ornate Black Mirrors. The fact that they are all on ONE EPISODE of television, it is unbearable. On tonight’s Survivor season, 39 episode 9 called “Two For The Price Of One,” as per the CBS synopsis, “An unexpected twist shakes up the game and sends two people home.. Another capital-c Choice is Mizuno’s performance as Lily. The first thing to grab me about Devs was an aerial shot from Lily and Sergei’s commute. Home to them is the people they love; they find identity, comfort, and acceptance in their clan. She’s certainly made some less than ideal choices. He then tells her that Echo and Octavia are there, but that Bellamy is dead. It’s a whole thing. From there, Devs becomes a shockingly dull exercise in violent prestige blandness, with half-formed conceptuality sprinkled atop a flat-out goofy thriller. “The lengths you’ll go.” Is that a little corny? “You’re just mad because I turned out to be a killer like you,” Hope says. The flagship project is Devs, a science-fiction miniseries premiering March 5 on Hulu. I suspect it would offend Garland’s tasteful sensibilities to make Forest a monster of capitalism enabling dictators via ad-targeting while snorting up real estate in New Zealand, like an actual tech CEO. In episode 7, one character starts reciting Philip Larkin; one episode later, the same character reads “The Second Coming,” by W.B. Devs recap: Blasts from the past By Matt Cabral March 26, 2020 at 01:13 AM EDT You know, the leader of the doomsday cult who also burned Becca, the mother of the First Apocalypse, at the stake. And that’s when Diyoza wants to know what Gabriel told her: Diyoza hears her daughter describe her life and her mistakes…like mass murder. It irritated me at first, especially in the early episodes, but over time it began to make sense: As the foundation of Lily’s world disintegrates beneath her, she overcompensates by speaking ever more slow-ly and de-lib-er-ate-ly. Still, what I love most about the show is that it tackles wonky, philosophical sci-fi tropes in wonderfully unpredictable ways. At the same time, Forest and Katie begin their day, with the familiar multiple instances of Forest and his daughter playing out again in the street. While we don't agree on the success of Devs’ storytelling, Darren, I'm guessing we share an appreciation for the cast. Which performances stood out to you the most? And she definitely doesn’t want Hope following in her footsteps. DARREN: As I boarded the floating elevator to the vacuum-sealed chamber inside the pyramid where I watch all my TV, I knew two things about Devs. I do love a good chilly Black Mirror-esque dreadfest, Kristen. Probably the most important part of that exchange was seeing Madi’s drawings, which look a lot like an Anomaly Stone opening up. Summary. Devs Episode 6 After a shitty couple of days of Russian handlers and doctored CCTV footage and brief psych ward stays, Lily finally confronts Forest to learn exactly what Devs is up to. Just then, they get an alert that someone is coming through from Nakara: Enter Clarke and her team (with guns, obviously). And honestly, I don’t really care. So is level 13 only for the Shepherd? “Doing the right thing the wrong way isn’t the right thing,” she tells her. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation. We know Bardo is underground… potentially very far underground, so far that neither the Mountain Men nor the Grounders knew they were there all along?? With James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison. Stay current on the buzziest shows with recaps from EW’s TV experts. His father isn’t too sure about this, though, and wants Daniel Prime’s blessing. If he loses, people will die. Devs season 1, episode 7 recap – a thrilling penultimate episode April 9, 2020 Cole Sansom 0 Room 104 season 4, episode 3 recap – “Avalanche” The first nine minutes of the pilot did more to hook me than months of FX’s aggressively cryptic ad campaign ever could. Apparently, this was one of OG Kaylee Prime’s plans, so no one should be the wiser that this is actually a deeply personal endeavor for her. Garland’s style approximates religious awe: choirs on the soundtrack, dialogue about Messiahs, the neon cathedral of Devs itself. Gabriel tells her that they’ve been waiting on them. His mother cries, hugs him, and tells him they had named him Sachin, which means “pure.” His father holds back. Anders is there and knows all about Gabriel’s work and research on the Sanctum stone. Her measured, meticulous delivery of every word only gets more and more pronounced as the craziness of the story progresses. The game is taking forever, and Murphy is just catching on that Sheidheda is ­purposefully dragging it out. Sam reveals more during her epic meltdown on “No Limit,” but she’s totally unwilling or unable to explore any significant area of her life, responding with winces and “Ew.” Need to catch up? Next door, Hope and Diyoza are having their own family reunion. And Zen, wise Octavia is there to take up her brother's mantle. Things seem to be going well at first. Grenier is one of the great character actors, and his bureaucratic bearing becomes oddly charming as he starts reigning general terror. You can take nothing at face value — in this case, literally. One scene I can’t get out of my mind comes in the second-to-last episode: As Lily and another prominent female character have a tense, pivotal discussion about What It All Means, Forest and another prominent male character sit outside and… talk about their feelings. I’m sobbing. EW.com TV ... Dev.” She explains that he showed up six months after Diyoza and Octavia left, and she did everything she could to get back to them. Directed by Kurt Kuenne. The actor’s sleepy eyes and immutable demeanor reminded me of Jonathan Banks’ Mike Ehrmantraut, though Kenton is almost more terrifying because he can actually pretend to be genial. Nelson tries to hug him, but he shouts out, “No, we did the right thing! It almost feels appropriate that the show will end its run next week, as it’s honestly difficult to imagine where it would go after all this. “Kaylee” assures him he’ll be there soon. A thought-provoking start to an exciting new series that raises a lot of questions but keeps its narrative clear and engaging. In case you needed a break from your own Thanksgiving festivities Almost Family Season 1 Episode 7, “Thankful AF,” is a clusterf*ck, for lack of a better word.. Maybe it's the multiverse's fault? She wants to take on an entire army to get them all out of there now. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Meanwhile, Lily spends too long trapped a very House of Cards-y version of techno-paranoia, complete with various exciting ways to strangle people. By Justin Curto overnights Dec. 7, 2020 S1, Ep8 “It’s an amazing thing where love will take you,” Forest says in episode 6. 10 funny mockumentaries to remind us about the absurdity of life, Family-friendly Halloween films for boos big and small. “They can burn for all I care,” he tells her. As Anders lifts the enclosure, you can just make out that it says “William Cadogan” underneath the triangle. She tells Octavia that they’ve all made mistakes in times of grief, but Bellamy’s death isn’t her fault. This is why Indra should never leave. Blessed Be Almighty Shonda and All Praises to the Holy Mother Kerry) I was TOO tired of reading those dry ass recaps over at EW and you can never have enough Luvvie recaps in your life. 19/04/2020 02/04/2020 by Greg Wheeler . This recap of Industry season 1, episode 5, “Learned Behaviour”, contains spoilers. Indra doing that again brought it all back, but she’s talking it through with Jackson and finally getting to play soccer for the first time in her life. So far, so whatever, right? My, aren’t we fancy! This is Dev, whom Hope has told us about. A computer engineer investigates the secretive development division in her company, which she believes is behind the disappearance of her boyfriend. BETTER THINGS “Toilet” Episode 7 (Airs Thursday, April 11 10:00 pm/ep) — Pictured: Pamela Adlon as Sam Fox. DARREN: We’re certainly overdue for a riotous female-forward thriller about the plight of womanhood in Silicon Valley. With Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier. EW.com. But back to the main action: When Murphy gives the Dark Commander his breakfast, he unwittingly delivers a note (baked into a cookie — c’mon, Murphy!) He's the Amaya head of security, which quickly makes him the go-to Action Man for the ever-more-elaborate set pieces. Yeats. It’s the drama that’s bananas. Liz and the Task Force investigate an infamous assassin who has a long history of weaponizing diseases, but has now turned to even more insidious activities. It’s been three months. Meanwhile, Red and Dembe travel to Cuba in search of a lead, and Aram considers a new relationship. Jackson is also playing psychiatrist this episode as he talks Madi through her panic attack. Allison Pill has cornered the market on playing smart-yet-shady scientists, and her role as Forest’s second-in-command, Katie, is a priestly alternative to her secretive turn on Star Trek: Picard. At least Julia agrees with everyone, or else this review might be completely different. Sheidheda lets Murphy go, and Nikki lets Emori get away as well. S7 E16 Recap The 100 series finale recap: It's the end of the world. First: Every episode is written and directed by Garland, a filmmaker I sort of admire. He explains that the Shepherd teaches them that “winning the final war brings about the final evolution of the species.” And they’ll find “transcendence through the stone.” The Disciples' leader wants Gabriel to join the cipher team to help them understand how to unlock it. But the show’s rigid focus on ultimate cruciality of Lily and Forest leaves Katie in a subservient position — and reflects my deeper suspicion that Devs is yet another two-hour movie idea stretched to miniseries length with blind-alley plot turns and nonsense personalities. Hope starts crying about how she lost her mother all those years ago. You can check out our thoughts on the. Hear me out, “From the ashes, we will rise” later becomes a Grounder prayer that expanded to “Old life and new. We'll have to circle back after the finale to debate the (to my eyes totally inane) final answer that Devs coughs up for its existential questions. We get a lot of portentous, opaque peeks into the Devs computer bay, where Cailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson play a show-stealing pair of computer engineers. After a nuclear apocalypse, a group of people who have been living in space return to Earth—and quickly learn they’re not alone. Avenue 5 recap: The wig is up Avenue 5 recap: The wig is up The passengers come up with a conspiracy theory to explain their dire circumstances as Captain Clark begins wigging out himself. Anders says their training starts tomorrow. Diyoza wants to see her fighting skills: If Hope can beat her, she’ll help her. By Kevin Yeoman Aug 13, 2012 The door opens. 4.5. Offers may be subject to change without notice. But, of course, Hope can’t…Diyoza grabs her and tells her she has to stop fighting with revenge. You’re an abomination — all of you are!” And then he starts to choke him, so Nelson pulls out a knife and stabs his father to death. The Devs team perfect the system, and Forest and Katie wait for the completion of the Devs project. 10 funny mockumentaries to remind us about the absurdity of life, Family-friendly Halloween films for boos big and small. DARREN: Well, my favorite character is Zach Grenier's Kenton. Her whole life, she’d been hidden away to avoid being forced into the conclave for Commander. EW.com. I really did enjoy the scenes with Spaeny and Henderson, though. Here are the basics: Lily and her boyfriend, an artificial intelligence coder named Sergei (Karl Glusman), live together in San Francisco. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Good thing Murphy knows how to play chess! Devs is an American science fiction thriller television miniseries created, written, and directed by Alex Garland that premiered on March 5, 2020, on FX on Hulu.. Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno) is a software engineer for Amaya, a quantum computing company run by Forest (Nick Offerman).Lily soon becomes embroiled in the mysterious death of her boyfriend, who died on the first day of his new job at Devs. To refresh your memory of where we left off, check out our recap of Watchmen episode 7… Also, I’m so happy Roxy is in rehab. Raymond Liu/FX. Lily and Jamie try to avoid its threat, but a visit from Kenton leaves Lily with no choice. How is this rele… Hope is trying to bang down the door and come up with a battle plan while Diyoza is content to sit back and watch her struggle. And the best episodes of that series paint with a complicated emotional palette, suggesting that the problems of modernity keep inventing new ways for humanity to implode. “Home” is a relative term on The 100. And the precise nature of her investigation requires some lazy writing, including a Very Important Computer with zero security protocols and a daring escape via open window. From the Earth, we will grow. The Devs team perfect the system, and Forest and Katie wait for the completion of the Devs project. Episode Recaps. Mizuno was a fun deadpan presence in Ex Machina and Netflix’s Maniac, but she’s just not compelling as a driven investigator. (Also, characters in the Devs lab spend a lot of time staring in awe at a powerful processor of some kind… but it just looks like an elaborate espresso maker.). This review contains spoilers for Watchmen episode 8, "A God Walks Into Abar." Murphy is trying to keep his head down and play this game, but Sheidheda wants to taunt him and talk about power and being a survivor and yada yada yada. A man on the team says the last discovery they had on the stone (when they discovered the 10-digit code that allows them to power the anomaly) happened before he was even born. That’s why it’s so difficult for Emori and Nelson to trust people. For too long, Lily’s stranded far from the essential question: What is Devs? Created by Alex Garland. KRISTEN: Here’s where I think our interpretations diverge: For you, the show’s essential question is “What is Devs?” For me, I got hooked on another question: Why is Devs? Bellamy is being classic Bellamy, telling Echo that he forgives her for the things she’s done in the past and that they’re a team now. That foreboding is juxtaposed with our first meeting with Forest himself, which is so maddeningly, hilariously obnoxious (and accurate, as anyone who’s worked at a tech company will tell you): He shows up late to a meeting, then proceeds to eat dry greens with his hands while Sergei gives the most important presentation of his young career. I’d be more convinced by all the predestination soliloquies if the plot didn’t feel tram-lined through so many clichés and phony notes of unearned catharsis. That massive metal child, staring dead-eyed over the Devs landscape, is our first indication that something is most definitely off about this place, and the guy who runs it. But for all his portentous prophesying and messianic leadership style, Forest is still absolutely leveled by a video of his daughter blowing bubbles. Most of these characters have never really had one: They’ve lived on rings in the sky, bunkers under the ground, or bounced around between the two. Here, cauterized grief is pretty much the only note Offerman gets to play. Which, in a strange way, turns Devs into propaganda for the technocracy. To be sure, Devs seems to have less to say about “weaponized private data” than it does about the very nature of existence: Do humans have free will, or do our lives run on predetermined “tram lines,” as Forest believes? As the bus travels out of the city to Amaya’s secluded campus, the camera zooms back to reveal something… strange looming over the tree line: a giant statue of a curly-haired little girl, her hands raised in a pose of excitement or wonder. As a mother, she only wanted Hope to see her as her mommy — not a killer. She relays all this to Nelson, who is refusing to join the ceremony. Lily and Jamie try to avoid its threat, but a visit from Kenton leaves Lily with no choice. Their odd-couple interaction feels beamed in from a Philip K. Dick-ian dark comedy of cyber-god manners. that says, “Unification Ceremony Today.” Sheidheda is getting intel from someone on the outside, and now he just has to keep Murphy there, which he does by challenging him to a game of chess. Check out last week’s Game of Thrones recap for Season 6, Episode 7 “The Broken Man,” here. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation. Could Madi be the real key?? Of course the characters don’t have free will. He wrote 28 Days Later, Sunshine, and Dredd, an essential trilogy of hard-R genre brainblows. She’s collected the Nulls’ DNA and is reuniting them with their families. Devs season 1, episode 1 recap – a thought-provoking start to an exciting new series March 6, 2020 Cole Sansom 4 Comments 2020, Devs, Sci-Fi. Two Conversations. Disney's newest we-own-everything initiative is FX on Hulu, a cable-streaming hybrid launching this week. And she forces a hug on her before saying, “You’re my family, too.” Echo is sobbing. May 19, 2014 at 12:20 pm I knew I wasn’t crazy! this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Almost Family Season 1 Episode 8, “Fertile AF” is OK. Donovan wins boyfriend of the year for coming to Julia’s fertility appointment even though we agree that it’s way too soon for him to make embryos with Julia. And then the episode ends with Anders: He heads to level 13, where he puts his hand on a Second Dawn triangle symbol and says, “From the ashes, through the bridge, the Shepherd will rise.” If you remember, there were 12 levels in Second Dawn before the First Apocalypse. There’s a thread about government interference that only exists to prove Devs has budget for a helicopter. I want a world where we can all have respectful and intensive arguments about mature sci-fi TV series, Kristen. Sheidheda says that Kaylee is too soft and the ceremony will fail without Daniel. Not to be deterred, Emori swipes his drinking glass from the tavern like she’s Olivia Benson and passes it off to Jackson, who's doing all the DNA testing. The episode itself is OK. At its best, this show is only about 2.5 stars. I think one too many Mind Drive swaps may have fried his common sense. That would require imagination, something Devs can only simulate. After giving a successful presentation involving a nematode, Sergei is promoted to Amaya’s special, highly secretive Devs division. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Echo and Octavia are put into a cell together, and we’re treated to an Echo memory: The first time she and Bellamy kissed on the Ring! Indra has gone looking for Clarke, Gaia, and all the others who are missing, so she put Emori and Murphy in charge. Am I missing something here, Kristen? Let’s not even get into the Chatty Homeless Guy. Emori, on the other hand, has big plans: She’s hosting a Unification Ceremony. (You love to see a good Lexa reference!) It’s a sweet memory that gives us a bit more insight into their relationship, which was (let’s be honest) thrust upon us initially. Below Deck Recap: Dinner and a Show A delicious episode serves up a tasting menu of all the different types of drama this crew has to offer. She says she’s drawing people and things she’s never seen. On some level, watching Madame de Maintenon get her comeuppance is cathartic, particularly after her wretched behavior in “Trust Issues” (Season 3, Episode 2). If you’ll recall, Emori was also considered a “null,” or a “frikdreina” as the Grounders referred to people with deformities, and was tossed out as a child. From the ashes, we will rise.” FROM THE EARTH, WE WILL GROW?? But from the start, it's clear that he really is a thoughtful, horizon-seeking philosopher-king opening the doors of perception in an expensively furnished dark room, so modest and self-flagellating that he still lives in his pre-billionaire house. She does deserve to be punished — at least a little — for having Liselotte’s son taken away from her. They’re alive now, but things are definitely not looking good for the Primes. If you cut through all the roundabout storytelling, though, the central sci-fi thing is, like, something Star Trek would’ve explored sans obfuscatory drapery in one hourlong episode 50 years ago. Directed by Alex Garland. TV Recaps . Then he made Ex Machina and Annihilation, dreamy science fiction featuring great performances and no small amount of Deep Thought navel-gazing. Offers may be subject to change without notice. All that pretty much goes out the window after the fatal incident that climaxes the premiere. I do not know about Anders or this war, but I am all about this badass female army they’re building. Forest’s intentions are shrouded in mystery and finale twists. Although Emori would jump at the chance to reconnect with the family that abandoned her, Nelson isn’t feeling the reunion vibes. Over at the Unification Ceremony, Nelson’s parents, who Emori tracked down, have shown up. When Sergei first gets the offer to join Devs, he’s so overcome that he tears up. S1, Ep8 this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Episode 7 of Devs begins with Lily and Jamie in bed together talking about mundane things, including the dishwasher and getting a cat. KRISTEN: For sure: Grenier just kills it as Kenton (heh heh). Devs sets you up to believe that it’s going to be some kind of chilly, Black Mirror-esque dreadfest, but the show starts undermining that idea almost immediately by infusing scenes with small and unexpected touches of emotion. There are at least seven separate parts of Evil Season 1 Episode 10, “7 Swans a Singin’,” that are cover your ears and look away screaming level frightening. The miniseries is either a moving sci-fi brainteaser or dull prestige claptrap. ... Dev. She yells out that they’re ready to fight. But forget that touching moment: We’re ripped back into the present, where Echo is deeply grieving Bellamy’s loss. ), with poor Lyndon as the loser. 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Episode 7: “The Reluctant Taxidermist” In a series full of complex twists and turns, “The Reluctant Taxidermist” - an episode that begins with Marius and Maggie fearing for their lives, and ends with them needing to steal a buffalo from a casino - is perhaps the most chaotic outing so far this season. That’s why Echo may never love anyone again. Next door, Octavia is reading a book while Echo is being very…Grounder. Every morning, they commute via luxury shuttle bus to their jobs at a tech company called Amaya, run by a long-haired bazillionaire named Forest (Nick Offerman). The Devs team perfect the system, and Forest and Katie wait for the completion of the Devs project. Were there other performances that stuck out to you? With Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Cailee Spaeny. The unfolding mystery, though, is almost comically hard to explain in a spoiler-free post (as this is), but here’s what we can say: Lily’s story comprises murder, romance, espionage, heartbreak, quantum physics. Tonight on CBS Survivor airs with an all-new Wednesday, November 20, 2019, Season 39 episode 9 and we have your Survivor recap below. (Do I believe Indra would really do this? Devs is a show I’ve been enthralled with since the opening episode. Instead of being like, “No way, you’re nuts!” Gabriel agrees. No, but episode budgets are a very real thing.) Then Nikki and the rest of the prisoners enter the room with guns and arm the Children of Gabriel. KRISTEN: The central premise of this eight-episode miniseries from Alex Garland (Annihilation) is simple: A computer engineer named Lily (Sonoya Mizuno) tries to figure out what happened after her boyfriend goes missing. And the decision to cast a woman — albeit one with beautifully androgynous features — in this role is just one more way that everything in Devs is designed to leave the viewer a little disoriented. December 8, 2020 December 8, 2020 Jonathon Wilson 0. Second: I knew that you really dug Devs, Kristen, which gave me hope. Y’all, JR Bourne plays evil so well! When Anders thinks people aren’t pulling their weight, he sends them to Sky Ring for an amount of time that counts down on their forearm. In episode 7, one character starts reciting Philip Larkin; one episode later, the same character reads “The Second Coming,” by W.B. But even the not-exactly-subtle Westworld nailed some trenchant commentary on weaponized private data, before everyone turned into revolutionary shape-changers. (Glusman is so good in that moment, delivering hours of backstory without saying a word.) Back at the Anomaly Stone, Gabriel and his cipher crew are working. “All I want to do is go back to the way things were, but we can’t,” she says. He even says that Murphy should be a god who has numerous women, not just a “frikdreina.” Murphy says the Dark Commander just hates women because his mother gave him up to fight in the conclave, and then Lexa became everyone’s favorite Commander after him. Forest shoving greens in his mouth is another telling detail: This is a guy so focused on his goal that he almost resents his body’s need for sustenance. My, aren’t we fancy! Diyoza tells her daughter that it wasn’t her responsibility to rescue her; it’s the other way around. And I absolutely love that Garland chose to cast actress Cailee Spaeny as 19-year-old Lyndon. She asks if Echo taught her to fight, to which Hope says, “No my father did that…Dev.” She explains that he showed up six months after Diyoza and Octavia left, and she did everything she could to get back to them. Inside the cryo chamber is ‘ol Bill himself, who Anders calls “Shepherd.” Bill assumes he’s being woken up because they’ve “cracked the code and the war has begun.” Anders says no, but they’ve found the key: Clarke. HBO TV Recaps . But Hope isn’t hearing it. Oftentimes, cautionary tales about the existential dangers of artificial intelligence and how machines will ultimately rob us of our humanity — well, they forget to make their characters feel human. And that’s when the Dark Commander says that a real survivor would get on his good side on the off chance he gets out and reclaims the throne. After his betrayal, Gabriel awakes in a cell before guards drag him out and take him back to the Anomaly Stone. Yeats. Sky Ring is actually a prison world for Bardo. But if you’re going to give me a sleekly designed not-quite-alternate reality featuring a terrifying computer code and a floating elevator, your story had better have a heart. She says she trained for 15 years under two different Disciples just to save her mother. I just don’t think this is it. What did you know about Devs going in, Darren, and what were your first impressions? Garland’s past work represents a not-always-stable balance between pulp thrills and cosmic inquisition, and Kenton feels like a delicious Dredd toughie beamed into doleful stare-at-reality seminar. Episode Recaps. Lily definitely spends much of the series trying to determine what Forest is doing with his Mysterious Software Code — and there are certainly some flagrant “Oh, come on!” moments, like that open-window escape you mentioned. This Devs review contains spoilers. — or it further validates my theory that this is Earth. Sure. Entertainment Weekly TV critics Kristen Baldwin and Darren Franich, have watched all of Devs; they do not agree on it. The look on her face when she learns this will haunt me all week… it’s a brief moment, but it’s brutal. 'Breaking Bad' Season 5, Episode 5: 'Dead Freight' Recap Walt, Jesse and Mike get to work trying to rob a train, while Skyler offers to make Walt a deal on 'Breaking Bad' episode 5: 'Dead Freight.' And then Diyoza and Hope’s doors open, too. Devs Episode 7 I think we can all agree that the clear winner of this week’s Devs is Pete (PETE! (In plot terms, he's a sibling to the random astronaut-slashing murderer in Sunshine.). Even after watching the season twice, I’m not 100 percent sure what Devs actually is or how it works. (And I, for one, feel a little bit smarter having Googled “the Everett interpretation” and “the de Broglie-Bohm theory,” so thanks for that, Devs.) A Teacher season 1, episode 7 recap – can Eric manage to move on? For me, the appeal of Garland’s story comes down to what drove Forest to build it. 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