Shouldn't you guys be… I dunno, trying to save people? Impressions: It really exemplifies all the issues with this show at the moment that halfway through the episodes, the baddies finally do SOMETHING, but it's not clear what exactly that they did, and the reaction from the heroes is instead of rushing to try to […]
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