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Those of you watching, be careful what expectations you have!

Episode six, already seen, reignites the drama... I cannot ask an unevenly distributed population to change their views on life/death/relationships within families/experiments... I don’t know what they were mainly expecting from a drama set in space—stand-up comedy? Romance? The crash of the NY stock exchange or having coffee at a four-star restaurant? There, people conduct experiments, during the time period proposed as the setting for this sci-fi... I was impressed because in this episode, life steps out of its limited, ephemeral, and sexual space to meet the timeless aspect of existence... Professional rules, material concerns, honesty, love, betrayal, all these are discussed in a whirlpool full of life. I exulted when the protagonist erupted with reproaches toward the heroine—maybe it wasn’t okay, but it was entirely sincere, from his level of understanding of life, and he became a believable character, beyond the unrealistic and stereotypical perfection of protagonists that Lee Min Ho usually portrays. Finally, he breaks free of the mold, and I will search for more of his recent dramas. To the critics, I remind them of the 2017 film Salyut-7, made with cosmonauts based on true events that happened in 1985... that’s how I think things unfold in space—people aren’t just sitting around chatting.
I will add more as episodes are released. I’m sure I would have been happier if there were a maximum of 12 episodes, and I should add that the OST is very, very good!!!

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