- Rosetta To a degree, this worked, in as much that, by the end, I thought there was more to Gary. Although what that ‘more’ actually was is, as yet, undetermined. The story revolves around an attempt to hunt down the Alpha bad guys, Red Flag, responsible for unleashing the evil Mr Monk on our heroes in the first story. While the two bad Alphas execute their scheme to steal a petrol tanker and use it to attack a pharmaceutical company, Gary spends time with Anna. I can’t recall at one point I realised that Anna hadn’t been left behind, and was the Red Flag mastermind, but it was a long time before the story reveal and rather blew the twist element the writers had intended. Gary declined Anna’s offer, so she attacks him with radio transmissions, the moral of which is that, when people don’t speak, they’re probably taking the time to stitch you up. I was left feeling that the biggest problem Gary has is not his disability/power, but his overbearing mother. Ryan Cartwright, who plays Gary, does a fine job, though playing such an odd person might drive him crazy if this show gets a longer leash. This wasn’t a bad episode, it just felt a little flat in comparison with the death of Don last week. Sure, you can’t dispatch a main character every week, but I was hoping for something a little more dramatic than what we got here. I also felt that the show got a little too preachy about how ‘normal’ people perceive those with disabilities, although it’s a point worth making. What I liked most was that the objectives that Red Flag had were admirable in their own way, giving them more substance than just being the opposition. At some point, the Alphas are going to be morally compromised about which side they’re on, it’s clear. Next week, the show brings Lindsay Wagner, aka the Bionic Woman, into play, where I’m almost certain she won’t be playing tennis against Cameron. Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
