[peter noble]

While this week's release of 'Sweat & Grime' was as enjoyable as last week's, there's some ludicrous 'goosing' of the drama, the most shameless example being the bit where the Vipers are going to fire at the Weasel and Kelly has to scramble to find the codeword, written on a piece of paper!

Duh, something that important and supposedly secret, didn't she memorise it? False drama at it's worst.

I had an eye-rolling moment when somehow the Archeron's drives were still pumping away even though the thing looked like it had the frack blown out of it, but in this instance, it made for a very exciting action sequence.

There was a bit of a Monty python moment aboard the sweaty and grimy Osiris (God knows why they're cooped up in that small room, behind it seem to be more open areas, maybe they're so intent on reinforcing the submarine vibe come what may) where they're all looking at the ice planet intel on holobands – all those people wearing those goggles – very Monty Python. Why couldn't they just put the info on a screen?

This segment features Mike Dopud, Ty Olson, Sebastian Spence, Brian Markinson, Leo Li Chiang, and Jill Teed, actors who have all played other roles in NuG, which maybe a bit off-putting to some.

3/5