Thunderbirds Are Go EOS review

Here's what you need to know; a normal morning for John quickly becomes a nightmare when Thunderbird 5's computer is taken over by a rogue AI calling itself EOS, cut off from the planet below and with limited air, John becomes locked in a battle of wits and a struggle to survive against an enemy of his own making.

This is a smart episode of Thunderbirds, which is a good thing, given that if this episode wasn't smart, it would be crap. While this isn't the smartest story to do with AI, which is inevitable bearing in mind the show's target audience, it isn't dumb. and EOS is a much an interesting character as it is a villain; untrusting and paranoid, and ignorant of John's every attempt to reason with it, while also been showed sympathetically through John's understanding. Speaking of John, this is a good character episode for John, who would prefer any alternative to destroying EOS. EOS is a slower episode of Thunderbirds, but unlike other slower episodes, I don't mind because what's going on is interesting and not preachy like Crosscut or Unplugged. Still comparing it to past episodes, it's not as intense as Space Race or Runaway, nor as action packed as those 2, but the tension and the action is serviceable, but underwhelming following on from Runaway, I however find interesting things fun, so I had fun watching this episode, and serviceable doesn't mean bad, so when the episode comes to a head it's cool to watch. Criticisms I have would include EOS's sudden and complete change of character at the end, the direction they took it was fine, but the speed at which they took it was too abrupt. Sure you can't have this gradual character change in a last 2 minutes of the episode, but maybe something a bit more subtle would have worked better, like EOS a least not trying to kill John anymore,and in that sense I do think the ending of this episode is a bit too neat and tidy.

Carrying on from Runaway, this is a great improvement on the previous 3 weeks, and is without a doubt the most interesting episode of Thunderbirds Are Go yet, while the slower pace and lessened action does make this a less fun episode, it's an episode I like for different reasons, and I like the big fight with EOS at the end, which is fun. While I think the ending being too tidy does detract from the episode a bit, I like the character of EOS a lot, and that is the main reason I like this episode, and would recommend it.