Bodies
2023
🎯 Verdict
✍️ Full Review
If scientific advancements reach its pinnacle, Bodies won't be a fiction anymore and Curtis Yarvin might play Stephen Graham to perfection. Bodies shines in the long queue of this modern established trope of the future state depending entirely on the mental health of one very powerful and/or smart person. Just like- Legion, Dark, Thunderbolts etc. Difference is here in this case, the show makes it point to underline the consequential outcome by the clever addition of a principle- the sheer number of misery is not worth it just to satiate one person's grievances or to balance out his pain by punishing hundreds of thousands of people. But, then it tries to appease this particular issue in the very last episode putting forth the idea that maybe it's worth it after all the time hopping shenanigans if things can just be course- corrected. Four distinct parts to the story all connecting via the thread of causing immense anguish to a one party is quite a challenging ordeal, yet Bodies does it smoothly without letting the trophy out of its sight. In the final episodes, it picks up its pace and it gets a little too predictable like many other such similar projects that have come before, but nevertheless the miniseries is very much bingeable. Some of the casting choices could have been better but nothing to be concerned about. From the period setting all the way to the present and the future, it doesn't overdo it betraying practicality and keeps it grounded and manageable. The redemptive arc comes at the very last moment and doesn't take a bit too much of the show's time which was refreshing. Bodies is a thoroughly enjoyable show with enough segments and machinery in the plot as well as intrigue constantly moving so as to keep you guessing for a couple of episodes and then it lays bare the whole mechanics without feeling two ways about it.