Episode 4 - It’s Been a While
Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.
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Didn’t think about that with Eve in Africa, good point. My hope and train of thought was >!they’d tie why Mark goes on his diplomatic redemption arc for villains partly due to what he and Eve were trying to do in Africa. Using powers outside of fighting.!<
Yeah seems we are in the minority with the Nolan and Mark change atm but man it’s the same with Debbie briefly blaming Mark exchange where the comics got to show the really complex and sometimes ugly parts of emotions which I felt were kinda lost.
Still though at least it didn’t go full blown fight and they still kept the intial hug.
Something I love about the comic is the way it handles those emotional complexities in a very sincere and genuine way despite the outlandish circumstances.
How the series has been dealing with Mark and Debbie this season has me worried for other big moments down the road like >!Mark getting raped.!< TV show is definitely dumbing down the emotional maturity and has me scratching my head.
Yeah for me my first concern was Amber, not the debate of what she did but more so the show showing her as the only issue when I thought a more nuanced take would be Eve with her stance on dating civilians and how she did say only reveal when the relationship was serious.
The Debbie change I want too concerned but now with Nolan and Mark I’m curious how it will continue. for >!Mark getting raped I do feel that changing even just Nolan’s response!< and giving more time for that would be needed but it has me concerned on the situation of say >!Oliver’s view of humanity when he starts being Kid Omni-Man!< or say when >!Mark leaves Eve to confirm Angstrom Levy was dead.!<
It was one of those parts in the comic that I didn’t like on first viewing, but that was when I had a very naive understanding of how grief works. Grief doesn’t just consist of crying. There’s blaming, self-projecting all from despair.
I kind of wish when Debbie was destroying the dishes two episodes ago, she should’ve blamed Mark for trying to take the fall because SHE wanted to. A brief moment of weakness despite not understanding that she could have been killed if not for Mark.
I did kind of like what they were going for last episode where Debbie’s obviously untrue thoughts that she was responsible for Nolan’s violence are validated by one of the victims’ loved ones. I loved that part because it was something that you could fear the most and it could happen to you anyway. But it just kind of feels repetitive in this episode. Debbie just gets visited by another person who feels sympathy towards her, but I wish it was a lot more deranged, and not just to shady people like Cecil.