[Thessair]

Not sure how to feel about that episode. It was well acted, for the most part, and Capaldi really seems to do well around children. But the feel good, unexplained reappearance of the elder sister seemed like pointless, tacked on sentimentality. It wasn't unexpected, though I sort of expected the Doctor to fetch her. Next week's episode looks kind of awful. It seems to harken back to the tone of stories like The Wedding of River Song and some of the more bombastic crap Moffat has put out in the last couple of years. The effects looked a bit off as well. In particular, the falling Doctor looked horrible! I don't know. I think the glory days of series 8 may be behind us already. :shrug:

Edit: Also, STOP ADDING MYSTERIES TO CLARA'S BACKGROUND. Enough is enough. She finally started being a character this series and now it looks like we're regressed into this usual Moffat garbage.