Warning: full episode spoilers follow.
Dominion hasn't been what I'd call a great series so far, but it's shown a lot of potential, and its strengths have definitely outweighed its flaws. Unfortunately, "The Flood" proved to be the first episode where that wasn't necessarily the case. With too much focus on characters and conflicts that just didn't seem to matter (the minor soldier characters, for one), as well as a weirdly compressed character arc for Alex, this episode just didn't satisfy.
Alex dealt with the fallout of going AWOL and abandoning Vega for all of one episode. I can't say I was expecting him to immediately be thrown in jail. But this did create an immediate sense of danger, as Alex had to concoct some way of keeping his tattoos hidden from the guards and inmates. As always, headbutting a guard is a surefire way to get thrown in solitary. This wasn't a bad start to Alex's storyline this week. If anything, I would have liked to see "The Flood" focus more on Alex's struggles in the slammer. The writers could have played out his ongoing attempts to stay under the radar, maybe even over the course of multiple episodes. And a deeper focus on the prison might have offered an interesting glimpse of how the other half lives in Vega.
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