I just don't think I care about these characters anymore. So.we FINALLY got somewhere with the Playpen idea in ep 5, then we have to sit through the Christmas episode AND the standalone/origin/flashback one (which was great) and when we return to another current workplace episode and it's the tired "we can't work together" storyline thats been done to death? Yeah, yeah a nice dramatic moment at the end which barely propelled anything forward at this point or it just doesn't feel like it after so much feet dragging this season. It's like the "Jane dying in BB" episode. This episode feels like a "no turning back" point. But the cubicle was literally painful to watch with Poppy flaunting her momentary victory over Ian. I was scared that they were gonna take the safe route at this episode and make them happy. The comedy is there, the Ian-Poppy squabbles were definitely back, and David still never fails to make me laugh. It was similar to the "Ian is threatened by tall Paul" episode in S01. But is it enough? This episode was a return to the old MQ, simple stories that reveal so much. The season was going nowhere with the episodes and it just paid off in the last episode, and it gave the season some much needed catharsis. The vision for this season was there, but it wasn't executed very well. Season Premiere was great, "Playpen" was a great episode as well, "Sarian", in a lot of ways, is straight-up better than "Backstory!", and this episode just upped the stakes with 2 episodes left. There was literally one episode where it was just a setup for Poppy to realize she doesn't know fun (3x04 maybe) and the metaverse, while meant to display Ian completely wasting his time to ignore Poppy, got old quick. Was the season worth it just to get to here? It depends. Or try it again with Poppy, which is less likely because of this episode. There's two ways to deal with this - Ian goes back to MQ with a refreshed mindset, no more crunches, actual control in the movie (trailer shot of Ian and Joe in the mocap room), and regain his lost magic. And now, with Poppy on the throne, they weren't even able to make a game and had to pivot to tools that can definitely make a lot of money, but wouldn't even resemble a game with both of their fingerprints. It makes Ian's speech at the end of S1 painful, since the reason he made Poppy co-creative director of MQ was to make sure he wouldn't fuck it up. "Dark Quiet Death" explored the difficulty of working together while trying to satisfy a huge corporation, and that ended on a dark note. And granted, the conflict is what led to the greatness of the game, it was now a battle for control since Ian decided that they both own MQ now. Season 2 was when they started having problems, to the point that 2 expansions had to be made just to satisfy both of them. That's why MQ was at its prime when it was "Ian thinks it, Poppy builds it." Ian craved control for good reason - he never really had it. He could never fix his mom's state, he could never control his fate with his dad, he can't even control his schoolwork. And with "Sarian", I now understand why Ian's like that- he never really controlled his childhood. But the thing is they've done compromise so well when Poppy was Ian's subordinate (Dinner Party, Blood Ocean) because Ian was 100% in control. She's always wanted recognition and has the skills to do so. I can't blame Poppy for wanting to climb up the ladder. "To Catch a Mouse" was the closure to this season's underlying conflict. Just like "Peter" being a companion piece to the standalone "Backstory!", this episode was a companion piece to "Sarian". ![]() It’s so heartbreaking.Īnyways oddly the funniest and also the saddest episode, and besides Sarian, by far the best episode of the season. He’s back to feeling “dumb” again because he can’t get himself to support Poppy and her work. He cares so much that he’s been trying to make himself take a creative backseat and help her, but again he just can’t do it.Īnd I think he throws the chair on the roof because he’s frustrated that he can’t help her and be a good partner like he wants to be no matter how hard he tries. She just thinks he doesn’t care about her. Poppy’s game is like the assigned project.īut it’s clear Poppy doesn’t understand this. Just like he WANTS to succeed at school and do the assigned project but he can’t get himself to work on it. He genuinely WANTS to help Poppy with her game but he can’t get himself to help her no matter how much he tries. I think like others have pointed out he can only get himself to work on projects that he comes up with and is personally interested in. One thing that I thought was interesting is Ian tells Poppy he’s trying just like he told his mom he was trying to do the school assignment and just couldn’t.
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