Episode Reviews

The idea of an animated figure being used inappropriately by meme creatures to send hateful and disturbing messages is brilliant. For the first half of the story I was really absorbed. The creator of Polo the chicken comes across as dismayed at the misuse of his beloved creation.The tale drags on too long, however, and gets mired in a tedious spat between Ronnie (Polo's animator) and a relentless and irritating critic. Then, for some reason, there are doubts about Ronnie's beliefs chucked in and it becomes a critique of AI and deepfakes. These themes aren't really a problem but it's the way they are just thrown at you one after the other.The story peters out and you're left wondering what the point of it all was.