4/24/2023 0 Comments Xfile season 1In my review for Hello Tomorrow! Season 1 Episode 5, “From the Desk of Stanley Jenkins,” I expressed my boredom with this storyline. HELLO TOMORROW! Season 1 Episode 6, “The Numbers Behind the Numbers” DEWSHANE WILLIAMS Photo via Apple TV+ Hello Tomorrow! focuses its story on the father/son dynamic between Jack and Joey which, I believe, is a big misstep. It’s about who perpetuates the lies and who searches for the truth, and the strain it puts on relationships. Never mind learning about Jack’s father’s plans for lunar living, legitimate or not-that is part of the lie, and the lie is not important. It’s good that some characters know some truths because that is the only thing moving the story forward. Related Hello Tomorrow! Season 1 Episode 7 Review: Another Day, Another Apocalypse You could say the ideas and themes eclipse the concept of the show itself. This is a really interesting angle to the overall story, but like so many aspects of the series, it falls just short of actually being interesting. HELLO TOMORROW! Season 1 Episode 6, “The Numbers Behind the Numbers” NICHOLAS PODANY, JACKI WEAVER Photo via Apple TV+ When Joey begins to see the reality of the situation, he tells Jack to stop dreaming, which is akin (pun intended) to telling him to drop dead. “No one is not a dreamer.” This is the paternal advice Jack’s father gave him, and which has become the basis of his ambition as a great salesman. As he carries on his own father’s delusions of grandeur, he treats his son as his father treated him-at arm’s length, but instilling an importance placed on dreams. Like a shark that dies when it stops swimming, Jack’s world will crumble if he stops lying and his existence would be meaningless. HELLO TOMORROW! Season 1 Episode 6, “The Numbers Behind the Numbers” BILLY CRUDUP, HANEEFAH WOOD Photo via Apple TV+ And then there’s lying to yourself.” Jack is the king of lying to himself, but we learn on this episode that doing so is key to his survival. I think Herb sums it up best when he says, “You see, there is pain, Eddie. Hello Tomorrow! Season 1 Episode 6, “The Numbers Behind the Numbers,” gives us some background on Jack, and it’s quite pitiful.
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