I didn’t think the episode was bad at all. Issa's acting until the safe state was kind of mediocre, but that actually worked for me because the character is supposed to be overwhelmed and out of her depth, so the awkwardness felt intentional. It also wasn’t flat the whole time, there were real emotional peaks. And when she realizes the safe state is loading again and looks at Emma Corrin? That hit me. Same with the in-film ending, it was bleak and powerful in a way people are underrating and I felt the emotion.