Spoilers for “Limbo” within.
It’s been a long time coming, but s*** has finally hit the fan for everyone. Mutiny is under siege, Joe is desperate for acceptance, and Gordon is truly off the deep end. “Limbo” was a thrilling – and at times genuinely funny – episode, and perhaps the first in the series that manages to perfect the balancing act of drama, humor, and the raising of stakes.
Of the various storylines at play, Joe and Sara was by far the weakest this time around. Their drug-fueled romp through Dallas was a bore that had little purpose other than to throw in some random sexual promiscuity. However, watching Joe struggle to accept his replacement at Jacob Wheeler’s company – a younger version of himself, really – was an interesting wrench thrown into his inner workings. Alongside Stan’s lament later on that he was laughed out of Silicon Valley by 25-year-olds, I liked that this episode explored, if only superficially, the ageism of the tech industry in a way other than Bosworth.
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It’s been a long time coming, but s*** has finally hit the fan for everyone. Mutiny is under siege, Joe is desperate for acceptance, and Gordon is truly off the deep end. “Limbo” was a thrilling – and at times genuinely funny – episode, and perhaps the first in the series that manages to perfect the balancing act of drama, humor, and the raising of stakes.
Of the various storylines at play, Joe and Sara was by far the weakest this time around. Their drug-fueled romp through Dallas was a bore that had little purpose other than to throw in some random sexual promiscuity. However, watching Joe struggle to accept his replacement at Jacob Wheeler’s company – a younger version of himself, really – was an interesting wrench thrown into his inner workings. Alongside Stan’s lament later on that he was laughed out of Silicon Valley by 25-year-olds, I liked that this episode explored, if only superficially, the ageism of the tech industry in a way other than Bosworth.
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