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Wow, Jesse! Preach! I’ll admit, this catches me in a downward spiral over big events as well as personal failings. So I’ve sunk a bit lower after his performance. 😢 But I can also admire the craft here -- how you bring this big-picture reality into the story via sympathetic characters, exposing our ignorance and complicity, questioning assumptions. It’s riveting and devastating.

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This just keeps getting better. The interaction between characters is genuine. And as I've said before, no one is all good or all bad. Here, we see real people trying to sort things out.

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Mar 7Liked by Ben Wakeman

Bowing to Jessie. The layers of his character keep pulling me near. I imagine sometimes you feel so close to them that when it’s all said and done, there will be a necessary grieving? You’ve created for yourself a community of misfits, intellects, zealots and most of all, friends.

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Mar 6Liked by Ben Wakeman

Fantastic sense of immediacy and emotion in Jessie's recording, and that last zinger - wow! Absolutely love the turn this has taken, such a perfect way to work a message into the plot without evangelizing. Love it!

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Mar 6Liked by Ben Wakeman

Oof, what an episode! Jessie’s speech was something else! I’m on a train listening with headphones I and couldn’t not applaud when he finished. I just adore these characters you’ve made, Ben. Thank you. Not to mention the very real issues that you’re speaking to and highlighting here.

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Marvelous. I feel like a broken record, but I have to say it again. Your character development, your storytelling is stupendous. Not to mention how absolutely spot on the message delivered by Jesse. Wowsa!

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Mar 5Liked by Ben Wakeman

Layers upon layers.

This is the moment when you marvel at the elaborate nature of what these people are doing, only to then realise that it's even more elaborate and meta because you, Ben, are the one who has crafted it all! 👏

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