![]() ![]() This is how he came to be the ruler of Thraxa, home to a species of kindly blue insectoids whose lifespans last about one human year, ensuring that any connections he unwittingly forms will be fleeting. ![]() This twinning of internal and universal chaos and emptiness is swiftly interrupted by a malfunctioning Thraxan ship, which Nolan rescues, as though his time pretending to be a Guardian of the Globe had actually imbued him with a superhero’s morals. An on-point song selection up front (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ covering of Leonard Cohen’s ballad of loneliness, “ Avalanche”) scores a flashback to Nolan’s departure from Earth, magnifying the character’s guilt and despondency as he flies by the broken remains of other planets and hovers around an enormous black hole. The episode’s music supervisor, Gabe Hilfer, proves to be its unsung hero – a trend continuing from last season. However, since they receive minimal screen time this week, the Jason Zurek-directed episode plays like season 2's strongest – a high note to go out on before the show’s to-be-determined return. The show’s handful of meandering subplots still don’t quite work as intended, and mostly feel like incidental outgrowths without a real sense of cause-and-effect in relation to the main story. ![]() As usual, the Grayson family drama remains the series’ core, and its biggest strength. ![]()
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