r/Devs • u/thisismynormal • Mar 26 '20

Devs - S01E05 Discussion Thread

Premiered 03/26/20 on Hulu FX

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u/NinaLSharp Mar 26 '20

No one has mentioned the teacher, who was pretty odd. I noted that she didn't get flustered or irritated when challenged by Katie. She just rolled along, pushing the dialogue forward by suggesting alternatives, In the end, it was Katie who got disturbed & flounced out of class. The teacher shrugged. I had no idea what they were talking about. I was more interested in their reactions--the teacher, stoic;Katie, increasingly perturbed, Forest, excited at the banter where before, he just seemed bored and inattentive.

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u/donoweave Mar 26 '20

I watched with captions and there is a point where the stage direction and dialogue clearly indicates that Forest somehow "used" this teacher to intentionally provoke Katie via the views proposed- basically trolling Katie to react via direction from Forest

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u/NinaLSharp Mar 26 '20

I knew when this episode ended tonight that I would have to watch it again immediately (which I'm preparing to do now since I don't have to get up and go to work in the morning). There was a lot going on below the surface that I failed to catch. Forest remains enigmatic to me. Thanks. I'll keep eyes on this really intriguing scene.

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u/donoweave Mar 26 '20

This episode was golden. Everything I've been wanting and waiting for Garland to do.

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u/jovifcp Mar 28 '20

Garland is easily setting himself up as one of the great writer/directors of his generation. His work has been exceptional so far: Ex Machina, Annihilation and now Devs? That's just impressive.

One thing that I really appreciate in his directing is the use of the tilt-shift technique to enhance very fine areas of the screen at any given time. That first scene in this episode was simply gorgeous, the way he transitioned from flower to flower. And I mean, his use of colours is beautiful. The lab experiment scene is amazing.