A few hours till the finale..
This series has been a major improvement over series.. but still pretty weak overall. Not sure if I'd put it over series 7, since that at least had Asylum which, even with its shortcomings, is infinity more fun than any thing in the Chibnall era. It's still somewhere around it though.
Spyfall was pretty decent. I loved Sacha's Master and thought it was such a fun take on the character. I feel the story itself should've been more fun, especially with the whole Doctor ans Master facing off in different time periods thing. This era is really afraid to come off as campy and it shows. 7.5
Orphan 55 was pretty terrible and been talked about to death. 3
Tesla was a passable pseudo-historical. The highlight was Goran Visnjic's Tesla whom I thought was really endearing. 5
Fugitive was easily the best in the series. Not only because the omgtlorewists but I thought it was a pretty fun mystery from start to finish, with a good bit of humor. Easily the most fun I had with a Jodie episode so far, by a large margin. 8.5
Praxeus I thought was pretty underrated. It managed to use the TARDIS team the best in this era. Delivered a fun mystery with a decent conclusion and managed to incorporate its message in the story in an organic matter. Some clunky writing here and there and bleh characters bring it down, but it's still one of this series's finest efforts imo. 7
Can You Hear Me is frustrating. Lost of good ideas and as a two parter, it could've been something special. In its current form, though, it's sadly a mess. 5
Villa was full of good bits. Love the concept, love the body horror, aspect, the Doctor new attitude towards is such a great touch, and I thought the "it's not a flat structure" speech was Jodie's finest moment so far. It comes off as less than the sum of its parts, though. Thanks to messy editing, a pacing that's all over the place, and a weak conclusion that didn't land at all for me. Another instance of wasted potential. 6.5
Ascension was pretty bad. I can't believe, after the promising Villa, and the sublime treatment Cybermen were receiving in the Capaldi era, we're back tho this. You can swap the Cybermen for any other alien race and the story will work just the same. Weak supporting cast and a weird focus on set-pieces that can never be fun nor impressive with BBC budget brings down even further, and with the second part going all Timelords lore and stuff, I'm not expecting my opinion of the Cyberwars plot-line to change much sadly. 4
