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"In my head, before I watched this, I'd already written the first line of my own review: \"New favorite episode of the season.\"\n\nI wish I'd been right, but I wasn't, quite. Loved the premise, loved Rigsy, would have loved to see a whole two-parter about this weird little street and how all these aliens ended up here and so on. I have no doubt that a Dollard episode with less of an agenda would be a treat, and I hope we get one next year.\n\nI just got frustrated with how much of the bind Clara ends up in results from arbitrary rules and trusted conventions: capital punishment even for theft, Me's assurance of safety, the fact that the Raven can be called off unless you do this thing which means it can't. Perhaps spectrox toxaemia or a crashing freighter are too literal and brutal, and it's somehow richer to have a storybook death that's essentially rooted in magical laws and the way we expect (Clara expects) stories to work. It limited my emotional investment, though, and maybe that's just my problem. Still reasonably enjoyable."
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