Rabbit Hole Ep 3 is the third chapter of an American spy thriller television series created by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra for Paramount+. The series stars Kiefer Sutherland as a private espionage agent framed for murder. The series premiered on March 26, 2023 and is set to run for eight episodes. Sutherland plays John Weir, a corporate spy adept at deception and ruining lives. In his last mission, a mysterious cabal turns the table on him and gives him a taste of his own medicine by framing him for a murder, and he finds himself in a cat-and-mouse game for gaining his freedom. (based on Wikipedia)
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Entitled “The Algorithms of Control”, Rabbit Hole Ep 3 is an expository chapter that explains exactly what the series plot and character motivations are all about. Told in a sequence of various flashbacks and conversations within Weir’s safe house, the information can be overwhelming and it is easy to lose interest if focus and attention is not paid by a viewer. And… considering the grand scope of the overall narrative quest, a bit of a challenge for the good ol’ suspension of disbelief.
Let us break down the background provided in Rabbit Hole Ep 3 and present it chronologically. After Dr. Wilson’s presumed suicide, Weir’s teenage years were aimless and debilitating till he met Valence in boarding school. That relationship formed the basis of a successful business partnership before Dr. Wilson returned from the dead to propose a complex spy mission to take down Crowley, the villain of the piece in the style of the Koch brothers or George Soros.
Which then brings us to the events of the first two episodes and the dilemma that Weir is in, due to Crowley’s retaliation against Weir (framed for murder) and Valence (dead by suicide). This episode’s dramatic need is simply Weir’s attempts at breaking into Valence’s server and downloading data. That’s it. Incredibly boring but a platform for the exposition. Not quite sure it works though. Hopefully things pick up with the next instalment!
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