InHumans, Gorgon - Oct 28

Regarding this week’s episode of ‘InHumans’ – it was… Well!

Firstly, it was – so far, ‘InHumans’ didn’t get cancelled as ‘Agent Carter’ (AC) did, even though the latter was the better show out of the two. Make no mistake, the actors are doing their best to sell ‘InHumans’, but again, the plot has failed – it is still rushed, still uninspired, and in this week’s episode – ‘Gorgon’ – it showed signs of revision; in particular, the titular character has died.

Here is the thing. It is depressing that Gorgon perished at the end of ep. 6, but nothing more. Mordis, who was fighting him, had also died, and this is just as depressing. By making the S1 of ‘InHumans’ only 8 episodes long, the authors – the script writers, whatever – were forced to rush everything, including character development, and as a result we have rather bizarre, pointless deaths of Mordis and Gorgon.

Yes, it is possible that the actors who played them had enough and wanted to leave; it’s always possible, but in this case – it is irrelevant: ‘InHumans’ have stabbed themselves in the foot by losing two more of their cast, including one from their main cast. And speaking of the InHumans and the main plotline…

WTF was that? During last week, some rebels approached Maximus’ new friend, who was quite slimy in his own way, and he allied with them, planning to trick Maximus and let the rebels overthrow him and save Attilan. That is actually a good plotline, but because team InHuman had limited time in RL, the plotline got cut down to Tibor – the friend in question – having a bunch of dialogues with Maximus, until the latter slits his throat and the rebel team just…surrenders. Seriously, all of the rebels’ participation got down to one or two dialogues with Tibor and the surrendering scene. Not much and very little acting. Are they even real actors or just extras?

This development affects ‘InHumans’ in another very important way – there is no scope. This TV series was intended to be something epic, involving both Earth and Moon, two different societies, and so far, it fails to deliver. On Earth, Medusa, Black Bolt and co. seem to be participating in what was a bad romantic comedy-drama, until Gorgon died, and Mordis, and even Locis, (last week) – not to mention some ‘ordinary’ humans... but it was still badly written, and over-the-top somehow, so when it came to the audience’s sympathies, it was still hit-and-miss – as it was with Gorgon’s death. (And Mordis’, supposedly).

Getting back to Attilan, the lack of scope there makes it hard to be unsympathetic to Maximus or sympathetic to the Royal family – so far, the ‘InHumans’ still feels like a bad drama or comedy, half-romantic, half-family. (Or even a sitcom). The only way it elicits strong emotions is when the actors pull out all the stops…and the script is not half bad. When it is, or even two-third bad, or beyond two-thirds, then ‘InHumans’ flop…as they do now: their numbers are low, they are really low, and that isn’t good. ‘The Catch’, which got cancelled around May 2017, had noticeably higher ratings at the end of its own S2, but still. Cancelled. If ‘InHumans’ got cancelled as well, (after the S1 finale, but still), it would still be bad…

Well, this is it for this time, see you next week!