#idk if youve seen any of s2. i didnt watch it i just skimmed thru to the scenes hatake was in

[springcatalyst]

So I watched the first season of helix because of hiroyuki sanada and since you’re the only person i follow who has seen it, ever or recently, i must ask: what were they thinking. Why did they do all of That

I KNOWWWWWW. they did so Much and next to none of it made sense. like. obviously I focus on hatake and he sucks and I love him but even with all the good acting they can get it just. it's so wild

they started with a mostly grounded concept of a viral outbreak in a research lab and I was like yes. work.

then the vectors are basically zombies BUT they run into the dilemma of they're not dead yet and may be possible to save (ARE possible to save, by the end of the season) but... none of the main characters act like human beings. they act like protags in an established zombie movie. they act like they're aware of the genre but they SHOULDNT BE!!!! they are fine with killing People so fast it's like. dude those are people still. the stakes are relatively low but they're just shooting patients. they dont know how bad it gets yet, but the writers do, so they're acting like they know. they should NOT be

AND THEN THE CRAZIEST THING HAPPENS

the fucking immortal reveal was WILD. why are they immortal? literally? next to no influence on the plot* from what I watched of s2 (not a lot) it might have a little more relevance there but like. wh. ok

I dont think it EVER explained why the vectors avoid the immortals but yeah why not

I dont even- the secret society of immortals? the baby kidnapping scandal hatake has??? lmao??? all the emphasis on the isolation of the arctic implies they're in the ANTarctic but if so there are not PEOPLE native to antarctica. and if they're in the arctic circle. why are they supposedly out of jurisdiction of any government? theres countries there dude!

and the Whole Thing was all a ploy by hatake to turn julia immortal as well?? he just made a whole virus (2 whole viruses? one with two strains? I guess?)

and that's just like. the main plot. theres the sarah cancer plotline that I dont remember the details of but I remember it being done really fucking weird. theres the head in the jar outside theres hatake stabbing himself for literally no reason theres balleseros being a plant for ilaria (I think I'm remembering correctly). theres daniel being kidnapped and actually hes got a sister and his name is miksa. immortals heal fast but hatake is able to strangle constance. theres the guy hatake keeps in a shack out in the arctic for 50 years. theres all the secret tunnels in the base that somehow only hatake knows about like he built the place. theres the british teenage assassin???? theres Julia's mother who's been I guess kept like a bug for 30 years?

this show is fucking wild and I guess I DID enjoy it but it was NOT good. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it because i dont even KNOW. what WERE they thinking

*I know the immortals drive a bunch but they dont drive it BY NATURE of being immortal. they just drive the plot because of ilaria corp, and also ilaria corp is run by immortals. cause why not