Science Fiction

• Title: The Peripheral – Haptic Drift
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The third episode of the series feels a bit like The Peripheral is treading water without making much headway while refusing to do more than hint and larger ideas and secrets. What “Haptic Drift” does deliver is Burton (Jack Reynor) making an arrangement with Pickett (Louis Herthum), more of T’Nia Miller‘s character working against our heroine (for reasons still not explained), some information and backstory on more supporting characters I don’t have reason to care about yet, and Flynne (Chloë Grace Moretz) returning to the future and finding the secret apartment of her earlier visit but still no sign of the missing Aelita West (Charlotte Riley). “Haptic Drift” continues to be stronger within the sim than in reality, although a mystery that doesn’t make any headway could get equally tiresome quickly.

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• Title: The Peripheral – Empathy Bonus
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While Burton (Jack Reynor)  and his soldier buddies deal with the mercenaries and the fallout of their attack on the house, Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz) returns to virtual reality for answers meeting the fixer Wilf Netherton (Gary Carr) and his boss who need Flynne’s help in finding the missing Aelita West (Charlotte Riley). The episode continues to be intentionally cagey with the reasons for why Aelita is needed and why Flynn needs to be the one to find her in ways that feel more for the audience’s benefit than for legitimate story reasons (as a more straightforward approach would likely have been quicker to earn her trust).

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