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{5/5} “So, what’s the play?” Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, released in 2025 The Entity has taken over cyberspace and prompted chaos across the world. Ethan has the key, and the president has asked him to bring it in. The key opens the vault that contains the source code for the Entity — but […]
{5/5} “He brings from his people offers of communication, trade, treaty, and alliance, nothing else. He came alone, without arms or defense, with nothing but a communicating device, and his ship, which he allowed us to examine completely. He is not to be feared, I think. Yet he brings the end of Kingdom and Commensalities […]
{5/5} “Either you decide that your wife would want this, which requires secrecy, or you decide that she wouldn’t and tell her you’re dying. Either way, you’re deciding for her.” Swan Song, released in 2021 Cameron is very sick, but doesn’t want his wife and son to know. He even falls to the floor in […]
{4.5/5} “Can I come in? If I was here to kill you all, I wouldn’t have rung the bell.” — Niska Humans season 2, aired in 2017 Niska is in Berlin, and she decides to release the code that allows other synths to become conscious. A few synths here and there become free — they […]
{4.5/5} “Who wants to see a big explosion?” The Fantastic Four: First Steps, released in 2025 Reed Richards and Sue Storm are having a baby. When the Silver Surfer arrives on Earth she warns that Galactus the Devourer is going to destroy the world. The Fantastic Four find evidence that this has happened elsewhere, so […]
{4.5/5} “Humanity. It’s not a state, it’s a quality. Max is a machine, but he’s got more humanity than anyone.” Humans season 1, aired in 2015 Joe buys his family a synth when his wife Laura is out of town for a few days. She is against it, but they can take it back up […]
{5/5} “We’re running out of time. If I had to partner up with Darth Vader right now I’d freaking do it to save the human race.” Salvation season 2, aired in 2018 Darius and Liam are working on trying to deflect the asteroid. President Mackenzie is trying not to go to war with the Russians, […]
{4.5/5} “It’s like — what are the odds we’re the only ship in the quadrant, right? Surely there’s someone else nearby who can help and get here quickly — thanks to their standard-issue engines that let them travel at thousands of times the speed of light???” Star Trek: Lower Decks — Warp Your Own Way […]
{5/5} “The way I see it, you’ve got two choices — tell me or kill me.” Salvation season 1, aired in 2017 Liam, a student at MIT, is charting asteroids heading for Earth that other people aren’t looking at. When he finds a big one that’s going to hit in 186 days, he reaches out […]
{5/5} “Now they were ‘free,’ according to the reporter, who also explained that bots would of course never be allowed to join a union, nor open a bank account, nor vote. Bots had the right to sell their labor, which was the important thing. It seemed normal at the time, to be free and not […]