Altered Carbon
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In a sense, Nora Inu plays out similarly tothe controversial seventh episode ofStranger Things 2.
(Sixty-six minutes!)
No wonder the modern Kovacs knows a thing or two about patricide in the Bancroft case.
You have my word, his recruiter says.
Of course, its a lie.
CTAC lied about taking care of her.
They team up and go to the forest where they used to believe the Patchwork Man lived.
Heres where this episode really starts taking its time, especially given its usually-hectic pace.
The Envoys find them wandering in the woods and enlist them in their crew, although its hesitantly.
There are long scenes between Falconer and Kovacs that feel very Marvel-ish too.
Flashbacks that call to mindIron Fists origin storyarent necessarily a good thing.
She speaks about the sleeve being a tool and how the person within it is the weapon.
From there, its time for some long teaching sequences as rivalries blossom with a guy named Desoto.
We also learn that Falconer created a program that will force everyones stack to last only 100 years.
Death will no longer be optional.
But its a suicide mission.
Tak volunteers and gets caught after being separated from the group.
Hes tortured a bit, until Falconer and the team rescue him.
She admits to him that shes the person who actually developed stacks in the first place.
She became a rebel to destroy her creation.
They kiss and make love under the moonlight and by the fire.
And then Rei finds them together the next morning.
While Kovacs is looking for Rei, theres an uprising at camp.
Actually, its more like a viral mutiny.
Kovacs comes back to a horror show.
He finds a survivor who shoots another trainee.
He tracks down Desoto, who has cut out his own eye.
The CTAC soldiers come in and the stronghold is burning.
Kovacs communicates with Falconer and Rei, who are up on the bridge, and tells them to flee.
Hell provide cover as they escape.
And he watches their ship goes up in flames.
No wonder he thought Rei was dead.
Back in the present day, Kovacs has some questions.
He stumbles into another room and finds clones of the ultra-wealthy, including Hemmingway.
Why is he here?
Is Rei working with the puppet masters of Bay City?
We flash back to the spaceship above the stronghold before it exploded.
Rei has claimed she doesnt remember what happened.
She pulls a knife and fights with Falconer.
(Technically, this means no one could have had that flashback, but now Im getting picky.)
Kovacs looks confused and betrayed as she tells him the truth: I did it all for you.
Hes got a background in Tae Kwon Do, and hes got some serious action skills.
Thats almost a whole sitcom!
