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In last week's review, I pointed out that a cold, crazy brainwashed Junior was no different from any other version of Junior. Nor were the mind-controlled Chester's Mills citizens any different from all the other times they blindly followed some idiot making foolish decisions. This week, with "Caged," it became more apparent that this new Season 3 angle, involving a giant hive mind, has enabled the show to do one of the things it does best. And that's take previously failed characters, strip them of all personality, and turn them into empty husks.
Remember how Season 1's Phil, the DJ, became a drunken mess in Season 2 for no reason? Just a mindless thug used to throw a little danger into the story when it was called for? And Ben too. He devolved into nothing. Now Hunter, whose whole deal last season was that he was a tech whiz, has become an empty drone. And so has Norrie's mom, Carolyn. They're now just human-shaped obstacles, like Phil became.
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In last week's review, I pointed out that a cold, crazy brainwashed Junior was no different from any other version of Junior. Nor were the mind-controlled Chester's Mills citizens any different from all the other times they blindly followed some idiot making foolish decisions. This week, with "Caged," it became more apparent that this new Season 3 angle, involving a giant hive mind, has enabled the show to do one of the things it does best. And that's take previously failed characters, strip them of all personality, and turn them into empty husks.
Remember how Season 1's Phil, the DJ, became a drunken mess in Season 2 for no reason? Just a mindless thug used to throw a little danger into the story when it was called for? And Ben too. He devolved into nothing. Now Hunter, whose whole deal last season was that he was a tech whiz, has become an empty drone. And so has Norrie's mom, Carolyn. They're now just human-shaped obstacles, like Phil became.
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