I thought the second episode had a lot of interesting things going for it-- there was that whole communal guilt, that it would have taken just 1% to protest... and they never did. That Liz 10 was strong, motivated, kickarse... and she was part of it too. That even the obvious badguys weren't actually badguys-- there wasn't an evil genius, just millions of people choosing to commit a small evil for The Greater Good* every five years.
And then it was all pointless, they didn't have to do it -and they'll have to live with that- because their survival was a gift, because the space whale was offering itself to them. The horrible thing they couldn't live with knowing they did, even if they had to, and they didn't have to do it at all.
Moffat does have a good line in his single-episode female characters. Sally Sparrow, River Song, Nancy in the empty child. Flawed, but purposeful and he doesn't like them to come to a bad end.
*Definitions of The Greater Good may be subject to change without notice
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And then it was all pointless, they didn't have to do it -and they'll have to live with that- because their survival was a gift, because the space whale was offering itself to them. The horrible thing they couldn't live with knowing they did, even if they had to, and they didn't have to do it at all.
Moffat does have a good line in his single-episode female characters. Sally Sparrow, River Song, Nancy in the empty child. Flawed, but purposeful and he doesn't like them to come to a bad end.
*Definitions of The Greater Good may be subject to change without notice