Kiera’s chip has only been working in her favor this season, until this episode. It only shows how vulnerable Kiera really is with her chip. I actually thought Kiera would decide to turn it off completely, seeing as she almost killed her partner! And once again one of my theories got confirmed, sort of.
Wow, I think this episode might be one of my favorites of the season. I loved that the more minor characters like Betty and Kellog were pushed to the foreground; Betty’s cool and geeky. And that hack-off between Lukas and Alec was great!
Every mother’s nightmare came true when two bètatesters for a simulation game killed two men in cold blood before committing suicide, while they were under some kind of hypnosis caused by the game! Of course this was all a plan courtesy of Liber8, tricking Kiera into playing the game. They managed to get the coordinates of her implanted chip, and began to hack into her chip to control her every move.
Luckily for Kiera, the game destroyed her chip and her whole system had to be rebooted by Alec. So she was safe until the reboot was finished. In the meanwhile Kellog has been spying and drinking with Lukas, so he figured it out really quickly and tried to warn Kiera of her impending danger! He didn’t find her on time, but was caught on the scene by Carlos. Carlos made the quick assumption of Kellog being a colleague at “Section 6” and allowed Kellog to stick around.
Everything became really good when Lukas finally hacked into her system and started to control Kiera. How creepy was she under his control? This didn’t go unnoticed by Alec, a true hacking face-off commenced and I loved every moment of it! Kiera really butchered Carlos in their fight and almost killed him. If it weren’t for Kellog and Alec, Kiera would have killed him. This raised a question because Kellog clearly has an impact on Kiera, whereas Carlos did not! Finally Alec switched of her chip and stopped a murderous Kiera! It turns out that Alec is a bigger genius than a genius from the future. The bad news is that Kagame knows about Alec, which can’t be a good thing. Dun-dun-dun!
It was really weird though, that anyone would decide to reboot their chip again after such an experience. I would never ever trust that thing again, even with an übergenius as a good friend. But then again, as showed last week, it’s the only thing she can actually trust!
The big surprise of the episode came at the very end. While rebooting her chip, Alec came across a hidden file. First, he assumed it was a memory or a corrupted file. As it turns out, it was a file written for the young Alec in her chip. This confirms what I’ve been expecting a while now, Kiera was sent to the past deliberately and probably by the old Alec. The why is still unclear, but it’s super exciting! With only two episodes left, we’ll sure get some answers!
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What I am thinking is that the show does such a thing with all the technology intentionally. There's certain duality with, well, everything in terms of technology. All of the technology we see used or developed CAN have a sinister purpose, which seems to be an ongoing theme with "corporations" side.
The idea that her superiors could technically control all of the police force at their will with eventual time and resources invested is frightening and it does seem to be the way it is all going in the future. Erasing of individuality, of any sort of defiance. And the fact that everyone is just SO dependable on the same technology that could enslave them is probably intended to be questioned.
Frankly, I am not too thrilled that the show yet again went with "Kierra is in trouble, Carlos saves her" kind of thing, while disallowing the reverse to be true in previous episode. That might be quite a big problem, if given time, in terms of writing. Although this time I can let it slide because of Ghost in Shell references.
They're doing it def. deliberately, showing the sinister side of all their technology. This show makes you think about these things, is this the future we're heading to or not. I think they weren't trying to show her in trouble persé but rather how vulnerable she really is with that chip, how dangerous that technology could be. Or how dangerous Kiera could be when under control! But you're right, I don't want to see any more of Carlos saving Kiera or Kellog saving Kiera.
Kiera/Kellog chemistry
Kiera/Alec unintentional innuendo
I'd have thought Kiera would be cautious about things like the video game helmet but she's shown a lack of judgement in many things she's said to Carlos. Speaking of whom, is Carlos the worst cop ever?
Good techno horror
It's good that Kellog and Alec "saved" Kiera rather than the mind control being overcome by Kiera.
Rachel looked great in the VR.
Kellog should get a DeLorean.
Great hook with the message from Future Alec. I wasn't surprised though.
I'm loving every scene between Kiera and Kellog. Kellog is such an intriguing character, and I really hope the writers don't decide to get rid of him, or push him back to the dark side. He has such fantastic chemistry with Kiera! This episode was fantastic, I was on the edge of my seat the entire time.
I agree with all of the other commenters except from the standpoint of the video game elements, which were terrible aside from the fact that it gave Betty more depth as a character. I particularly enjoyed the Alec scenes, as in episode 7. Lesson learned: always check the README.txt