Oh, yeah, in other news: I watched the final episode of #mrsDavis at the weekend. Pleased to say they stuck the landing.
It was a perfect mix of sci-fi, fantasy, conspiracy, action/adventure, bonkers surrealism and outright whimsy. It was complex, but not to the extent that, as a viewer, you had to keep notes. And, dare I say it, I thought its approach to religion was quite sensitive. I know some may have taken offence, but you can't please all the people all the time.
I feel compelled to tell you that Mrs. Davis is a perfect piece of television.
Best watched with absolutely no knowledge of what's about to occur.
The premise - a Nun is on a Quest to kill an overbearing AI - is about the sanest explanation of what's going on. Every episode has just the right amount of sci fi, humour, and WTAF.
I am so pleased it isn't being renewed for a 2nd season. More TV should be one-and-done.
If you’re looking for a bizarre, weird, whimsical show, check out “Mrs. Davis” on Peacock. It reminded us a Pushing Daisies, and it’s plot points routinely come out of left field. Horseback riding, conman fighting, nun tasked by an AI to destroy the Holy Grail. Yep. Bizarre. And gruesome in a Sam Raimi/Evil Dead 2 kinda way.
I just binged all of #MrsDavis today, and it is really good. I was going to say I've never seen anything like it before, but actually it seems about what you'd get if you were to cross Legion, Preacher, Westworld season 3, and this lovely short story by Bruce Sterling: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/
You know how I would probably get found in contempt of court, is that I am incapable of promising to tell (1) the truth, (2) the whole truth, and (3) nothing but the truth.
I can absolutely swear to tell (1) the truth. Easy! That's my default anyway.
I can swear to tell (3) nothing but the truth, but they're not going to like how it plays out. I'm just going to end up saying "I don't know" a lot when they try to badger me to be definitive, and then I'm going to have to raise my own objection: I swore to tell "nothing but the truth" and a guess is not the truth. So per the oath, "I don't know" will have to be an acceptable answer.
I cannot swear to tell (2) the whole truth. That's impossible. It is literally impossible, and everyone in the courtroom would get exasperated if I tried.
Hopefully they would at least let me explain the problem.