Colony’s cloak and dagger act takes a dangerous turn in another spectacular episode.
Colony Season 1, Episode 6
One day,Colonywill be regarded as a landmark in genre television.
This statement isnt hyperbole, simple flattery, or gushing fanboy praise its just the truth.Colonyis a terrific show.
A huge element to its narrative success is that its a show without a hero.
How can you be a hero in a world built on such destructive compromise?
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Each episode that passes, I ask myself who Im rooting for.
Lately, I root for Katie.
Shes the one whos at the brunt of the shows drama right now.
Her story arc propels the story the most out of any character besides those in positions of power.
Our relationship with Katie is deeper than any other because were on the same page.
Or maybe its just that Katie is so superb at manipulation.
Quayle said it best in the final moment of the episode: Shes a double agent.
Right before the curfew alarms sounded, a powerfully haunting emphasis to his statement.
The events of this episode mark a turning point for both Katie and the series.
She demanded mercy from the Insurgency but didnt give it back.
And who can blame her?
Who can blame anyone for double-crossing someone else in this world?
The lines are drawn and the dichotomy they create is suffocating.
Of course that will breed duplicitous behavior.
What really made the episode fantastic was the time we got to spend with Snyder.
But I like that they got to The Yonk so quickly, which tested Katies mettle immediately.
But just like the man who executed for being Geronimo, hes just a figurehead himself.
Hes just an ambitious, opportunistic, privileged human being who was looking for advancement.
Hes just another player on the board, cherry picked by the Hosts.
Will describes Snyder as the devil they know, as does the man himself in more words than less.
But even if hes a double agent, Will is still transparent.
Hes a very what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of guy.
Katies the opposite, shadowy and mysterious, but out of a deeper necessity.
I love them both for embodying these defining traits so well.
The schism growing between this husband and wife touches base with the conventional Adam and Eve narrative.
Katie eats the fruit of the knowledge of occupancy and resistance while Will tries to appease an uncaring god.
One of them may be responsible for their exile from the garden.
I wonder who its going to be?
Apparently there are seven colonies along the Pacific Northwest, but outside that, he doesnt even know.
He does mention the places between colonies are areas that no one wants to be.
Now works too.)
Rating:
5 out of 5
