We Didn’t Like: That Vagueness Still Leaves Little Room for Further Depth
This spartan approach leaves a series already short on time with even less room to really dig into the really interesting ideas that Empire is playing with, or even really the characters it’s playing with as well. There’s no room for reflection or mediation on any of the events that have occurred. Everything has to keep moving forward, which creates this weird sensation where there are plenty of gaps in both Barriss and Morgan’s stories that are ripe for exploration, while also feeling like those gaps are no longer really worth exploring because we’ve seen the stepping points along the way in each of these episodes—and even those steps, while more clearly defined, still don’t really get into the emotional cores of either of these journeys particularly well.
