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Aug 12, 2022 · Surface Episode 5 Recap: It Comes in Waves. Created by Veronica West, ‘Surface’ is a psychological thriller series on Apple TV+. It revolves around Sophie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a young woman struggling with severe amnesia after a suicide attempt. At first glance, her life seems perfect.
Aug 12, 2022 · Sophie’s trippy evening reveals interesting things about Baden, James, and Caroline. A recap of “It Comes in Waves,” episode five of the AppleTV+ miniseries ‘Surface.’
Aug 12, 2022 · Read the season 1 review of Surface. Sophie is willing to try absolutely anything in the hopes of regaining her missing memories and in episode five she finally succumbs to the most drastic of options – hallucinogens.
Rated: 4.3/5 Aug 12, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews Episode Info Synopsis A risky choice lands Sophie in the throes of a hallucinogenic trip that makes her question what kind of person...
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Posted: Jul 29, 2022 2:30 pm
Surface debuts globally on July 29 exclusively on Apple TV+.
A satisfying potboiler mystery is always a fun summer diversion and Apple TV+’s Surface ticks all the boxes for what makes the genre worthy: gorgeous, wealthy characters; a gray moral compass; love triangles; and a lead character with amnesia and no long-term memory. It’s a smorgasbord of tropes but series creator/executive producer Veronica West manages to arrange the pieces in suitably entertaining ways, shifting and playing on our assumptions with enough finesse that the outcome feels unexpected and worth the ride.
As she begins to venture out into the outside world, volunteering at the local hospital and socializing at James’ work soirees, Sophie's curiosity prompts her to look at her own medical records which have some startling notes. And then she’s approached by a stranger, Thomas Baden (Stephan James), who slips her matches to a bar in Chinatown. Intrigued by the possibility of some answers, Sophie ventures to the dive bar and Baden reveals this was her old haunt and that he was the officer assigned to her case after her incident. He spurs her to dig deeper into inconsistencies regarding James’ behavior, and her former selves’ actions.
Like peeling back the layers of an enigmatic onion, Sophie pieces together that her pre-accident self was making some very morally complicated life choices with Baden. And as she continues to pull more aggressively at the threads of her past life — despite her therapist’s warnings — a lot of mess comes bubbling up in her fractured memories. James becomes more fraught with her erratic behavior and they challenge one another about the secrets they’re both keeping. He looks more shifty in his obsession with knowing her whereabouts, while Sophie digs into their marriage with observations by Caroline and James’ best friend, Harrison (François Arnaud).
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Surface is akin to a moody beach read that throws all the mystery/romance tropes into a blender with an amnesia chaser. Despite starting out slow, the series finds its groove by the fifth episode, “It Comes in Waves,” and gets stronger as it progresses. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Ari Graynor are standouts in the cast due to their me...
Surface Recap: Sex, Lies, and Audiotape. Instead of acting like a damsel in distress, Sophie finally lets her anger and lust lead the way.
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Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 12, 2022 It Comes in Waves A risky choice lands Sophie in the throes of a hallucinogenic trip that makes her question what kind of person she really is or was.
