A bold proposition for the Staircase Project puts the group at odds. Will weighs his options. Ye returns to a familiar place.A bold proposition for the Staircase Project puts the group at odds. Will weighs his options. Ye returns to a familiar place.A bold proposition for the Staircase Project puts the group at odds. Will weighs his options. Ye returns to a familiar place.
- Anwar Suleiman
- (as Stephen Rahman-Hughes)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe voice on the end of the phone, that Wade (Liam Cunningham) calls at 18:53 into the episode, is Brad Pitt's, who also serves as one of the producers of the series.
- Quotes
Ye Wenjie: Would you like to hear a joke?
[They sit on a bench]
Ye Wenjie: So Einstein dies. He finds himself in heaven, and he has his violin. He's overjoyed. He loves his violin, more than physics; Even more than women. He's excited to find out how well he can play in heaven. He imagines he'll be pretty damn good. So he starts tuning up, and the angels rush at him. 'What are you doing?' they say. 'I'm getting ready to play.' 'Don't do that. God won't like it. He's a saxophonist.' So Einstein stops. He doesn't play. But it's difficult. He loves music. And there's actually not much to do in heaven. And sure enough, from high above, he hears a saxophone. It's playing 'Take the 'A' Train', do you know that one?
Saul Durand: Yeah, I've heard it.
Ye Wenjie: Einstein knows it too. And he thinks, I'm going to do it. I'm going to play with him. We're going to sound great together. So he starts playing 'Take the 'A' Train'. The saxophone stops, and God appears. He marches over to Einstein and kicks him in the balls, which hurts, even in heaven. Then he smashes Einstein's beloved violin to bits. Eternity without music. Heaven has become hell for Einstein. And as he writhes on the ground, holding his smashed balls, an angel comes over and says: 'We warned you: Never play with God.'
The cynic in me is thinking there's no chance of a conclusion in the next episode, after this one, it somehow doesn't seem very likely, events are being expanded upon, nothing really looks like coming to a head, I almost done want it to.
You may be a little disappointed if you're wanting action, and those marvellous special effects, this is very much more an episode all about character development. I enjoyed it, interesting, revealing, just not very exciting.
Alex Sharp and Liam Cunningham were both excellent I thought, very different actors and characters, but the results are so good, Will's story has become so interesting.
I hope it's a big end to the series, it promises much.
7/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Mar 31, 2024
Details
- Runtime58 minutes
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- Sound mix