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6/10
Half-baked attempt of "LysergicAcidDiethylamine"-like Fringe episode
lalinjo16 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I must admit that last episode (serving as Part 1 for this final part 2) made me truly astonish and on on edge of my seat waiting for what had the potential to be truly psychedelic,near end of the Season episode with mayor character clash,development and plot-line revelations/simplification that is either too tense and complex OR full of exciting new developments and turn-around with potential to save the plot from monotony and boredom.

Instead we got incoherent fugue-state mishmash of various completely unrelated stories with no defined plot or even a decent ending. In this 2-episode story we got introduction,climax and ultimately a deflation of of two extreme larger-than-life nemesis (botha are charismatic, fanatic and intense deep tragic characters created by each others sins and flaws and ultimately incompactible and hell-bent on destruction of each-others and protection of their owns ideals. This enormous potential reduced itself anti climatic fart of singe 2-episode story-line with no possibility of further development! There was also a bunch of point-less new characters introduction in the manner that prevented any potential of serious and interesting future plot development!

What a waste! :-(

This particular episodes with this kind of psychedelic plot failed to deliver any serious or mayor resolve toward the main plot resulting in either simplification and major revelation of big questions or by introduction of immensely potent and original further plot development potential resulting in tense cliffhanger or resolution episode that can make story-line exponentially more clear or interesting!

This particular episode-plot was neither... But it had a decent introduction/development of interesting pair of characters that was was finished/introduced and broguht to conclusion in this one. in GREAT previous episode,that served it's purpose of surprisingly original introduction announcing possibility of such nearly impossible to announce stoyline development but ultimately deflate into mediocrity in every way! Something that our new character pair immediately show it either trough her deed or his by narration,denouncing mediocrity as one of the greater evils,and as such,revealing one universal truth for everyone,even in her ultimately tragic and fanatically dedicated vs. his deranged world-wive that is obviously shaped by potent combination of strange individual philosophy that grew trough the intellect,dedication,power,wealth and near unlimited freedom into a cult that in equal amount both perverted into shape and maintained trough massive amounts of drug-induced paranoia that is by some miracle even self-justifiable trough creation and existence of nemesis that is totalitarian and phanatically dedicated to his life-mission of destroy his character and all the evils he represents!
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6/10
Bauer's Villain Obviously a Delta Force 2 Study
myddlc24 August 2018
His creepy character reminded me of Ramòn Cota "Someone here has beeetraayed me..."
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3/10
Trouble in Bolivia
Abdulxoxo29 September 2020
Very dark, Teresa has been in life-threatening situations for like five times in last two episodes and she managed to get out alive, what's that if not plot armor. Plot armor makes things unrealistic. Nevertheless, Alice Braga did a really good job portraying Teresa.

The cult/religion thing is a bit over the top and unneeded.
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