S01.E10: The Dark Manual

[Snazzy Daisy]

Synopsis:

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Season finale.

After learning the truth, Suzie fights for what matters most.

Air Date: Sep 04, 2024

 

Edited September 4 by Snazzy Daisy

[Snazzy Daisy]

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[NeenerNeener]

I knew Mixxy was shady from the get-go.

Evil Yakuza lady is evil.

If Zen is still alive maybe Masa is too, and Evil Yakuza lady lied to Susie. Masa is too valuable and you can always hold the safety of his family over his head as a threat.

[cardigirl]

I know the chances of this getting a second season are slim, but I wish we would. I'd love to see the rest of the story.

I enjoyed this. It was different, edgy in many ways, and interesting. But I think the pace was tooooo slow to keep most viewers interested. 

The acting was great!  I might have to track down the book the show is based on and see if I enjoy that. 

 

 

[Mindthinkr]

So many things for me were unanswered. Why was Suzie never given the note presumably from Masa? Strange show, but if a second season becomes available I’ll probably watch it. 
 

 

[Snazzy Daisy]

That’s a lackluster finale. The earlier episodes and Masa’s episode are good, then it goes downhill. My favorite part of this show is the dynamic between Suzie and Sunny.

This show doesn’t know what to do with its original premise. I wish it doesn’t go down the Yakuza route.

Suzie yelling “suck a d!ck” just to trigger Sunny is so dumb, corny and cringey. 🤦🏻‍♀️

The twist that Mixxy is working for Yakuza falls flat because she’s shady AF since the beginning. As mentioned before, Mixxy seems to recognize Hime’s goons in E06.

Am gonna assume that Masa is still alive — no body, no death. Why it doesn’t occur to Suzie to ask Zen about the moment he got separated from Masa? Details are important, Suzie.

Anyway, am going to miss Sunny, the cheeky homebot. 😘

 

[Bcharmer]

Yeah, I'm done. I didn't love the acting, or writing, and the story wasn't that engaging, either. I just didn't care enough, beyond wondering what actually happened to Masa, who was my favorite character. There just wasn't enough of him. Mixxy's reveal at the end was no surprise, at all. I did enjoy the setting in Japan... that was interesting, but I'm happy to be moving on. Tonight... Slow Horses is back. :) 

[iMonrey]

21 hours ago, Snazzy Daisy said:

Why it doesn’t occur to Suzie to ask Zen about the moment he got separated from Masa? Details are important, Suzie.

I don't get what happened to Masa either. Last time Suzie saw him, he and Zen were getting on a plane. Was it all a deliberate misdirect on his part? Or did someone nab them before they could get on the plane? 

Leaving everything up in the air just pisses me off. This should have been a one-and-done. And I can't even find a decent synopsis of the book it's based on anywhere. 

[aghst]

Even 10 episodes is more than they need to tell the story, which is based on a novel.

But I think Apple encourages producers to make shows instead of movies.  I think I heard that someone pitched a movie project and they asked the people pitching to make it a show.  Makes senses, as a new service trying to build up a library, they want more hours of content.

The one thing about Mixxy, she does seem regretful at betraying Suzie, who's the mother of the year, the way her son emulates her swearing and crude gestures.

The sneaky and snarky exchanges among Suzie, Sunny and Mixxy were the best moments in the season.  They seem to go away from that in the latter half, because they went in on this Yakuza plot.

As far as I can tell, they want to download Sunny's code that allows her to kill and install it on other home bots so that they have an army of assassins?

Thing is at one point they said Sunny was like 20 kilograms or something, a lot lighter than even women, yet it can kill grown men?