Relisten.
I was less confused as to what was going on this time round and thus understood the ending. That was exciting. The first time I listened to this one I got to the end and had the feeling that the writer realized he was running out of time and then just wrote something. This time not so much.
I really like the premise of this story. I like the idea of a bunch of people choosing to live the same day over and over again. For their own reasons, but as per usual with these things not entirely bad reasons. They are reasons you can relate to. I always like the Sapphire and Steel stories where I can’t say I wouldn’t make the same choices as the people in them. Makes them that much creepier.
I really liked the idea that the passengers had trapped Time in a bottle. How fricken awesome is that? It is awesome. Then Time wasn’t trapped because It’d escaped and no one noticed.
Gold is of course awesome. I love Gold. I love his impulsiveness, his arrogance, and his giant crush on Steel. His giant crush on Steel is fantastic. He basically asked Steel to run off with him and Steel said no. It amuses me.
The ending still fell a bit short. Least I understood it this time. It still seemed a bit tacked on. Oh no Gold is dead! Oh no Sapphire is dead! Wait, Gold isn’t dead, Sapphire was sneaking and set him free of the bottle earlier off screen! Oh look Steel tricked Time into not only bringing Sapphire back to life but trapping Itself again!
Really the only reason to listen to this one again is Gold. And since I’m a huge Gold fan I’ll probably listen to this one again.
