the heart-jolting freeze with which she reacts to the introduction of Daniel Weber (Burn Gorman)

Of COURSE he's played by Burn Gorman, omg. I also first encountered him in Pacific Rim so the fact he's typecast as the villain in everything else is eternally funny to me.

Thanks for the review! As always, your writing is so good that even without the disappointing twist, I don't know that actually watching it could live up to the experience of reading your review.