"Paradox" Episode #1.2 (TV Episode 2009) Poster

(TV Mini Series)

(2009)

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6/10
Getting better
Tweekums2 December 2009
After last week's less than thrilling opener I wasn't sure if I'd bother with further episodes, thankfully this episode seemed quite a bit better. Once again the team have a set of photographs that appear to show the future. Each member of the team has a different attitude to them; D.S. Holt doesn't believe they show the future and the events of the last episode was just a coincidence, D.I. Flint thinks they give a warning of a possible future which they can prevent and D.C. Gada is unsure that they should be changing that which is meant to be.

Again most of the pictures appear to make little sense at first, after all a close up of what appears to be marble, a padlock and a pigeon could be anywhere, a picture of a drowned boy shows that they have a life to save though... they are only shown seven pictures, the eighth, which shows a dead member of the team is held back. Once again the team piece together the clues and converge on the site indicated in the picture, the question is will they be able to change things this time?

While there are no spectacular explosions this week we get enough excitement with a possible witness being hit by a car and DI Flint engaging in a bit of breaking and entry. Dr King continues to act somewhat aloof but was less creepy than in the opening episode, we are also getting to know a bit more about his employers and there are hints about the nature of his project and his theory about the origin of the pictures.
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5/10
Interesting idea
brian-btapple17 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I like the premise, but the poor execution ruins it. There is very little science fiction and mostly a mystery. As such, it really should make sense, the police should act like cops not ineffectual civilians. In this episode they discover they can change the future, sort of. There is some drama over whether or not the boy is going to live, but I couldn't care less if ben doesn't. Ben is a jerk and the series would have been better without the character. The dialogue is often ridiculous and the script needed a rational adult to fix the many problems. The supporting actors are quite good and the principles are generally OK. It easily could have been much better.
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