Main cast: Rhys Darby (Father Maguire), Moe Daniels (The Lupo), Graham McTavish (Bishop Cleary), Phil Morris (General Dodds), Michelle Lukes (Reporter), Matthew Waterson (Radio Broadcaster), Logan Holladay (Bishop Cleary’s Driver), Freddy Bouciegues (Aggressive Soldier), and Trevor Logan Judy (Angry Protestor)
Director: Tim Miller

Golgotha is also the name of the place in which Jesus was crucified, but there is nothing here that explores the concept of faith or religion in any significant manner.

There is a local legend in the neighborhood, a dolphin named Blackfin that was said to have been resurrected from the dead by the will of God or something.

Father Maguire, who takes credit for witnessing the miracle, will be the first to admit — to his colleagues, at least — that he might had embellished things a bit while under the media spotlight.

However, news of Blackfin even led a race of aliens, called the Lupo, to make contact with Earth just to see the dolphin, whom they consider their messiah. Father Maguire is sent to deal with them because why not.

The first thing I notice here is the really bad tonal dissonance in this episode. Father Maguire makes unfunny wisecracks all the time, and by “unfunny”, I mean making the most obvious observation in the most obnoxious sarcastic tone possible, even in situations when any sane human’s immediate reaction would not be breaking out lame quips. 

However, everyone else in this episode plays it up dead serious, so it makes that character come off as even more deranged than he should be. 

Worse, all the use of a religious front goes nowhere, as the episode is not about faith as much as it is about how humans are bad, bad, bad because they pollute the Earth. After all, if there is any platform that should be lecturing me about the environment, it’s Netflix that consumes God knows how much energy alone every year to deliver those shows to its consumers. Let’s not even talk about the consumption of energy and waste generation associated with making this episode, much less the show. 

Anyway, this is another episode that is all style, no substance. However, unlike past episodes of this kind in this season, this one is actually painful to watch because of the annoyingly unfunny main character that is unable to emote like a human being. 

So far, this season can be easily skipped, but this episode is definitely a must-skip.