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Which Secret Level Episodes Are Worth Your Time?
Prime Video’s sampler platter of bite-size video-game adaptations could charitably be called a mixed bag.
But these pseudo-philosophical musings on the nature of free will and fate, which wouldn’t sound especially out of place in a stoned freshman’s dorm room, are at least presented with some panache, as a vengeful orphan challenges a crumbling city’s unfeeling ruler to a game of Go. But even if Secret Level viewers can’t just boot up a few rounds of Concord, this episode — a not-bad Guardians of the Galaxy knockoff about a squabbling spaceship crew on a mission to throw off the bonds of space capitalism — is one of the show’s more distinctive and breezy installments. In an alternate universe in which ruthless megacorporations have colonized outer space in their relentless pursuit of profit, we follow Amos, an indefatigable orphan who volunteers for more than a hundred body-modifying experiments in hopes of climbing a corporate ladder and reuniting with the woman he loves.
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