So... what did we think of Smile?

[miss_s_b]

I liked this week's episode. Again! Am now cautiously hopeful that this might be a pattern...

Am especially in love with Bill.

How about you lot?

Poll #18251 What did you think of Smile?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 48

What did you think of Smile?

YAY!
39 (86.7%)

nay :(
4 (8.9%)

Other; please specify
2 (4.4%)

What do you think of Bill so far?

YAY!
47 (97.9%)

nay :(
1 (2.1%)

Other, please specify
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[cedara]

That "Wicked!" reminded me of Ace!

[nonelvis]

I really, really liked this, which was especially nice given how meh I was about Cottrell-Boyce's previous episode. Sure, the ending literally just pressed a reset button, but I was enjoying it too much to care. Bill remains an utter delight, and she had better not leave, dammit. (Even though I think she will.)

[nostalgia]

i liked it even if it did fall apart slightly once it had to actually deal with the killer emojibots instead of finding out what the plot was.

[promethia_tenk]

Bill continues to be made of win and Bill and Twelve together made of even greater win.

Doubt it will be anyone's favorite of the season, but a solid episode two. Did what it needed to do while being delightful.

[momentsmusicaux]

I felt a bit meh about it. Bill was great, and the Doctor was ok, but overall it seemed a bit dull.

[mengu]

I was expecting it to be cute and nice and character-y and it was but then there were also many think-y things.

C+

[ed_rex]

I enjoyed it, but without a whole lot of enthusiasm, as I did the opener - but I realized, as I typed the previous clause that the opener has already faded almost completely away in my memory.

I like Bill, but the episode felt rushed, and so went down like a thin broth instead of a hearty stew. The story felt like the outline of a story, not a story itself. We didn't meet a single character outside of our twosome to care about.

But despite all that, Capaldi is charming and Pearl Mackie's Bill has a charming enthusiasm that - now that others have pointed it out - does echo that of Ace, just a little.

[momentsmusicaux]

My 7-year-old is working her way through this season on iPlayer. Verdict on this one: 'the robots are really creepy!'