I agree with most of these criticisms of Season 4.
I do, though, think we understand a reasonable amount of what makes Miles tick. He's very devoted to his family, which underlies the financial self-interest that Alan mentions. And is why he went to Mars in the first place. He proves adept at being a hustler after seeing his Mars job isn'…
I agree with most of these criticisms of Season 4.
I do, though, think we understand a reasonable amount of what makes Miles tick. He's very devoted to his family, which underlies the financial self-interest that Alan mentions. And is why he went to Mars in the first place. He proves adept at being a hustler after seeing his Mars job isn't what it's presented to be.
The problem is what we know about Miles - or other Helios workers - doesn't indicate why they'd enthusiastically participate in Ed and Dev's plot.
The strike made sense, but had a really simple solution: offer the striking workers immediate one-time financial bonuses, plus guaranteed jobs mining the asteroid in Earth orbit. At a trivial cost relative to numbers in the *trillions* of dollars being thrown around when discussing Goldilocks. Miles would take that offer in a heartbeat: money, plus a future good job where he's much closer to his family.
The problem isn't so much lack of character development for Miles, imo. It's that - building on Alan's point - his decisions to help Dev and Ed don't make much sense in light of what we *do* know about him.
Which was a recurring problem this season. Hobson's defining backstory is that he's the ATL Lee Iacocca. Which is a reasonable enough choice, but hardly *necessary*. And then Hobson never proposes the aforementioned possible strike settlement. Which should have immediately come to mind for someone with his background.
I really enjoyed both Seasons 1 and 2. But Seasons 3 and 4 haven't come close to that standard, with the last ~4 episodes of this season particularly bad.
Yes, the strike would have been easy to solve, Dev essentially does what you suggest and it was a very boring (and logical) conclusion to that subplot, so they had to amp things up with Goldilocks because hey, this is a TV show. Seems like the M7 would militarize the Mars colony and ship out the problem Helios employees but we'll see what Moore does with S5.
I agree with most of these criticisms of Season 4.
I do, though, think we understand a reasonable amount of what makes Miles tick. He's very devoted to his family, which underlies the financial self-interest that Alan mentions. And is why he went to Mars in the first place. He proves adept at being a hustler after seeing his Mars job isn't what it's presented to be.
The problem is what we know about Miles - or other Helios workers - doesn't indicate why they'd enthusiastically participate in Ed and Dev's plot.
The strike made sense, but had a really simple solution: offer the striking workers immediate one-time financial bonuses, plus guaranteed jobs mining the asteroid in Earth orbit. At a trivial cost relative to numbers in the *trillions* of dollars being thrown around when discussing Goldilocks. Miles would take that offer in a heartbeat: money, plus a future good job where he's much closer to his family.
The problem isn't so much lack of character development for Miles, imo. It's that - building on Alan's point - his decisions to help Dev and Ed don't make much sense in light of what we *do* know about him.
Which was a recurring problem this season. Hobson's defining backstory is that he's the ATL Lee Iacocca. Which is a reasonable enough choice, but hardly *necessary*. And then Hobson never proposes the aforementioned possible strike settlement. Which should have immediately come to mind for someone with his background.
I really enjoyed both Seasons 1 and 2. But Seasons 3 and 4 haven't come close to that standard, with the last ~4 episodes of this season particularly bad.
Yes, the strike would have been easy to solve, Dev essentially does what you suggest and it was a very boring (and logical) conclusion to that subplot, so they had to amp things up with Goldilocks because hey, this is a TV show. Seems like the M7 would militarize the Mars colony and ship out the problem Helios employees but we'll see what Moore does with S5.