Overview

• Episode 4 introduces a confirmed communicative connection between a hybrid character and the franchise's creatures, signaling a reframing of control and intelligence.
• Reviews highlight a shift from setup to cerebral tension, with themes of observation, surveillance, and identity driving the hour.
• The ideological rift between Boy Kavalier and Kirsh sharpens as they clash over ownership, personhood, and the ethics of Prodigy’s experiments.
• A gruesome lab sequence involving an infected animal stands out for tactile body horror and contributes to the show’s expanding creature biology.
• Ugla Hauksdóttir’s direction and Sydney Chandler’s performance draw strong praise, while a subplot involving Morrow’s leverage over Slightly escalates the political stakes.