Station Eleven - Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest

I cried

The show centering the entire emotional foundation of the story on Kirsten and Jeevan's connection was genius. In the book they're just strangers who meet for one moment and then go their separate ways. Crazy to think how different the two properties are.

I read the book because of the show and the show was better because of the Jeevan and Kirsten story but how he ended up with her is a bit odd.

The book was kinda corny because it had to bring that kid and his mom back around to the story and relate them all. Too much of a coincidence. The show had better relationships

Agreed

Same. I actually own the sofa they used as a prop from this apartment!

>The camera panning to Kirsten bopping and then pulling a reluctant Jeevan into it was so heartwarming. The three of them in the apartment was the best part of the show. It's such a joyful scene of them rediscovering how to be human and joyful and fun, after enduring everything that has gone on. You think they're about to crack, and *they probably are about to*. And then this happens. It's such a good scene. I don't think it would carry much weight to people who haven't watched the show, it's kind of a weird one to highlight out of context on Reddit, but within the show it's one of the best scenes.

SO PRETENTIOUS

Such a great final episode too

Finally someone else who appreciated KAOS. Absolutely loved it (and I mean, who doesn't love Goldblume chewing the scenery in a track suit).

Geez didn't realize this actor's name and realized i've actually seen his older brother in Taskmaster.

I'm going through a divorce with the love of my life and I'm trying to make sense of the loss and grief. I came back to this show for a sixth time last month and I feel less alone in my pain and yearning. It's such a special show.

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The resolution to the airport stuff is one of the most satisfying season wrap up’s I’ve ever seen.

The wrap is one of my favourite show conclusions ever. So worth it. 

Now I want to go reread the book. I remembering loving that part of the book.  I recommend finishing. It's lovely. 

OK, there are two episodes in the back half of the series that are genuinely among the best of TV. And the other three are really close to that level. They are entirely new and not from the book, so don't go in expecting a 1:1 representation. But they represent the best of what the show is trying to examine: What do you carry with you from "before," and what does it mean for yourself going forward? What do you do with all the things you've gone through — whether it's embarrassment, shame, fear, uncertainty, betrayal, guilt — and, just as importantly, what are they still doing to you? How do you confront those and how does it sharpen what is important to you? The entire back half of the series is deeply moving and so *human* in a way that is genuinely beautiful.

I watched the show because of the book and was initially a little put off by the airport. But it really is fantastic. Both the book and the TV series are magical in their own way. Totally watch it for its own worth and it is worth it. Also wanted to add that I'm a huge fan of Mackenzie Davis from Halt and Catch Fire.

The series is actually better imho. I read the book because of the series and wish the book was a bit more like the series.

It’s f****** great. There’s a scene late in the season set to Bill Callahan’s “One Fine Morning” that is one of the most moving things I’ve ever seen on film.

Um, a fragmented society in a post-pandemic world, and you follow various characters in both the "present" and "before." It is not a plot-forward show. It is mostly interested in what people carry with them from their prior experiences, how trauma shapes choices, what art means to people (individually and collectively) and the joy of human connection (particularly when going through something difficult). There is plot. Things happen, there are mysteries that get revealed as the show progresses, and connective story tissue all the way through. But all of that is in service of exploring characters' emotional arcs. I think the first few episodes are generally good, the fourth I have some problems with — but the entire back half of the season is top-tier TV. There are things paying off that you didn't even realize they were setting up during those initial episodes, and it gives the whole thing a richness and emotional depth that is really moving.