At least not in his Labyrinth incarnation. Impressions: Meh. Slow and pretty pointless episode. Hopefully it's because it's saving up the budget next week for a proper action scene between Ziggy Stardust and Shy, but I'm not holding my breath. Pretty sure that'll also be largely sucked into his origin story/traumatic background, which appears […]
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