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At the beginning of the first episode, we have an old man explaining the viewers some basic info about the Loop. He is the one that began all of the investigations about the unexplained events that happen in this place. This old man is the grandfather of the boy who befriends the lost girl in the first episode. So far, every single one of the episodes has involved some members of this family.
This time, the story is mainly about this old man and his younger grandson. They have an excellent relationship and are very fond of each other, enjoying their time together and just having healthy fun between them. The only problem in this old man's life is that he is very old, and is having some health issues that will end his life sooner rather than later.
The episode is about that, about life and death, and just making the best out of the time you have available. The scifi element in this episode was so small that it belongs mostly to the drama genre, not to the scifi genre.
Once the kid learns his grandpa is dying he becomes very upset, he has never deal with the loss of a family member and doesn't really know how to handle this difficult situation. He wishes there was a solution but his family has pretty much accepted that the old man will die soon.
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The scifi part isn't very exciting so don't expect a strong twist in this episode, in fact, there are no twists, there are no major changes in the plotline and the story just evolves naturally. The decision from the creators to leave things unexplained might, in the end, be against their interests because there are just too many answers left unanswered that gradually reduces the enjoyment of the show.
In this episode for example, besides the unexplained nature of the giant empty sphere, there is also a scene where a character sort of enters a weird and maybe supernatural device, and disappears. What happened to this character? No one knows, probably not even the creators of the show. I get that it is part of the nature of this show to just let weird things be and leave them like that, but I am not sure if that's the right decision.
The episodes have a little bit of superficial scifi but they don't have deep dialogues or extremely deep topics. Superficial scifi is the best and more concise way to describe this show so far. And I am a big fan of scifi but I honestly prefer a more deep exploration of the topics, which is something that can be found in some Ghost in the Shell anime movies, the Devs series, Ex Machina movie, and some books from Asimov just as The End of Eternity which has a beautiful, deep and touching ending, "The final end of Eternity, and the beginning of Infinity" was such a powerful and beautiful moment in that book. By the way, I haven't read The Foundation books but I am planning to read them before Apple releases their Foundation series next year.
So, if you are in tune for some relaxed, superficial scifi then check this series out. So far, the best comparison isn't with Black Mirror which is a masterpiece of the scifi genre, but rather with Apple TV+'s Amazing Stories. However, I think Tales from the Loop is much better than Amazing Stories which was mostly a very mediocre remake, but of the anthology shows I know of, these 2 are the most similar.
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The best
- Very touching story.
- I enjoyed the last scene.
The worst
- The episode was a little boring. The same happened in the previous episode.
More information: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9072188/?ref_=ttep_ep4 Review: AAA In numbers: 6.5/10