The episode had the potential to be really good. The result is not really bad either. The effects are good, the acting is fair and there is definitely tension and action. Even the basic idea is okay.
But: Unfortunately, the story is strange at best. There are so many plotholes that you just shake your head. How many coincidences are believable? All things fit exactly just for the story to work at all. That looks very constructed. Even at the beginning, the alien acts so suspiciously that it is clear that it is a trap.
The story just isn't convincing in the end...
Review of Hope and Fear
