My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x10: "Everything Is Gone Forever"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Ulysses: "I just want answers."

After ten episodes on this show, don't we all? Frustratingly, this episode came no closer to actually doing that, even if we found from the homeless guy that he got pregnant from being raped by the cheap looking alien on this show. Then he got electrocuted after Ulysses refused to kill him for good measure.

Ulysses wasn't looking for more alien antics in this episode. Instead he was dealing with a break up from Isaac while trying to avoid Gabriel and comfort both Carly and Ford over their relationship woes as well. Then the encounter with the homeless guy and Gabriel happened towards the end of this episode but after the last scene, at least one other character will believe in aliens.

I didn't expect Jethro to be the one to get attacked by the alien at the end. The way the homeless guy talked about being at an all time low when it happened to him, I had a feeling that Ford might have been the victim but having it be Jethro could work well into the second season (if this show has one), now that him and Carly are no more.

I'm not surprised that Carly was the one to dump Jethro, seeing as she's always been the one in control of their relationship. Breaking up with Jethro, whom she doesn't respect most of the time was probably the least selfish thing she could've done for him. Carly also seemed the least affected by her own relationship going down the tubes.

Last but not least - Ford and Severine also broke up in this episode and it wasn't a moment too soon. Of course, it was Severine who made the break and Ford being the one to take it worse than her, even if he came close to hooking up with Cleopatra from the previous episode before changing his mind and leaving the latter at the end of the road.

I'm not surprised that all the main relationships broke up given how heavily signposted it was in the episode before and while I don't care about Ford/Severine and Carly/Jethro, I am a little disappointed to see Ulysses and Isaac break up. Whatever is going on with Gabriel though, I hope is finally answered early next season, again if the show gets one.

- Carly's meeting with Starz involved her encountering one of her cam clients and by the sounds of it, she probably didn't get a role she was hoping for.
- I really could've done without seeing that alien appendage during the last scene with Jethro.
- Both Ford and Jethro were talking to their mothers on the phone in this one. Ford also found out that his parents financial woes means they can't support him in LA anymore.
- Chronology: A few days since the previous episode.

Everything Is Gone Forever marks an okay ending to a fun first season. I don't know what this show's odds are on getting a second run (the ratings on Starz don't look great) and with the cliff hanger moment as well, it's hard to determine if solid answers will arrive for the series ongoing premise.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x09: "Disappear Here"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Isaac (to Ulysses): "This day and age, say what you're looking for. If you're not a match, move on."

On one hand, that's great advice but on the other hand, the more the show talks about Ulysses and Isaac rushing into things, the more likely they're going to implode pretty fast, which is a shame as out of the three main romances on the show, theirs is the only one I actually care about. Also, Isaac really does seem like ideal boyfriend material and Ulysses is a better person now that he's not getting as high as he used to.

Of course with Ulysses and Isaac eating take out, spending more time with each other and the former being given a key to the latter's place, it'll be a shame to see this pairing end as we've only gotten to the beginning whereas the other two relationships at least have had more time to naturally devolve over the course of the season.

Carly and Jethro seem barely able to make small talk with one another since their sex party incident and when Leif reappear, Carly did seem to have more chemistry with him than her long suffering boyfriend. Saying that, she did seem rather taken aback by Leif's own rule book on what constituted as cheating and so on.

Then there was the cam girl stuff. Naturally we had to have Jethro find out about Carly's other job and needless to say, this episode didn't disappoint there. Will this be the thing that breaks them up for good? Er, probably I guess.

Keeping with the devolving relationships, Ford and Severine definitely seem like they'll break up. He didn't exactly take her news about having to relocate to Roswell, New Mexico pretty well and Severine herself didn't waste time sleeping with Klaus and Lars. Even Ford was nearly tempted to sleep with a random woman he met at a cafe during the episode as well.

- Carly managed to bag herself a meeting with Starz while her Sluts webcam series has about 600,000 views now.
- One of the few episodes that didn't end with Ulysses seeing something or having sex with someone.
- More mentioning from Isaac about his clients getting attacked by aliens.
- Chronology: Three days since the previous episode.

Disappear Here would've been better titled Devolving Relationships given that two relationships imploded and the only one really worth watching was hinted at possibly imploding as well. Still though, it's a pretty solid episode.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x08: "Unknown Pleasures"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Isaac: "I'll see you in nine and a half hours."
Ulysses: "Cool."

Ah, this was a rather sweet-ish episode. Well, any scene involving Ulysses and Isaac. Everything else was a lot less sweet, so let's focus on the best storyline before getting into the worst ones in this episode.

Ulysses and Isaac properly hooked up in the episode and it seems that they have the type of friends who both give them advice about not rushing into things. Of course it didn't stop the pair from being really into each other and generally being unable to keep their hands off each other. Two episodes in and I really hope Isaac will make it into the next season.

Just as importantly was Isaac vaguely throwing in a comment about there being an increased case of homeless people with serious delusions, so there was a tiny bit of the main plot being referenced here. Hopefully the next two episodes really do go further on this one.

As for the less great stuff of this episode - while both Carly and Severine raised points on straight men's general attitudes towards guy on guy action and submission, both women were mostly in the wrong in this episode as well. Carly more so out of the two but even Severine had some bad moments here.

I'm not the biggest fan of Jethro and while he does seem to like most of the BDSM stuff that Carly keeps inflicting on her, she was needlessly nasty towards him and seemed to show a lack of consideration that even EL James would balk at. The fact that Jethro hasn't dumped her yet is almost a miracle in itself.

As for Severine - I was all for her wanting to have a threesome with Ford and Tyce (Aubrey Marquez) but I felt sorry for Ford. He clearly wasn't into the idea and neither was he a dick about it. As much as I'd like Ford to make out with a guy, he's clearly only into women and while I did agree with Severine's comments on three ways, both her and Carly need to look into showing some respect for their male partners and respecting their boundaries as well.

- Tyce and his boyfriend (I think he's bisexual, he's definitely an Aquarius) are fans of Ford's underwear ads. He did seem more into Ford than Severine as well.
- Maybe if you're staying over, Isaac bring some mints in case someone doesn't have a spare toothbrush.
- Waterboarding and the baby stuff. Jethro suffered the most in this episode and to top it off, Carly also annihilated his acting prowess as well.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

Unknown Pleasures had a lot to say about masculinity, BDSM, sexuality and boudaries and to be fair, it was the female characters and their lack of respect of male partners that came across the worst here. Only Ulysses and Isaac had a plot that resembled something pleasurable from both ends. Guest character wise though, I did rather like Tyce and loved him calling out Severine for some of her problematic attitudes as well.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x07: "Anywhere Out Of This World"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Gabriel (to Ulysses): "The human race is finito. It's the end of the fucking world as we know it."

Finally, we might actually be getting somewhere with the main plot of the series, between the hookups, fetishes and billboard posters. Then again, it might also just be an excuse to get Tyler Posey to blow a trumpet while shirtless in a dream sequence as well as being super cryptic about the world ending too. I guess it's open to interpretation though.

Still, even if Gabriel is still having a bad impression on Ulysses, then at least two people had a good one for him this week. Carly for all her scathing one liners was right in telling Ulysses to stop getting high for a bit and then there was the introduction of new love interest, Isaac (Jacob Artist) for Uly.

This show hasn't been shy in giving Ulysses plenty of hook ups but going by the dynamic of this episode, it seems like for the remainder of the season, he'll have a boyfriend in the non materialistic social worker. Heck, Uly even tried to hold off having sex with Isaac before the episode ended with the two of them getting it on.

Speaking of getting it on, I'm not surprised that Severine took Ford to a sex party and while his awkwardness was rather endearing to begin with, it wasn't too shocking that he soon got into the swing (pun intended) of things as the night went on. As for the fallout of his photos being used for a billboard campaign. There was none as no-one except Ford seemed to be generally that fussed about the whole thing.

As for Carly - aside from giving some decent advice to Uly and getting money for her pee from a client that's into that sort of thing, this wasn't a great one for her either. You'd think by now, she'd actually pay attention to the people she lives with before letting them do stupid stuff, but apparently not. Then again, this show's continued lampooning of woke culture at times is amusing to watch.

- The campaign that Ford's picture were being used for are underwear company, Andrew Christian.
- Pretty sure the other Starz production that Carly's awful roommate was watching was Outlander.
- Anyone else find it interesting that Severine seems opposed to drugs? Then again that sex party hostess's suggestion for weed was pretty gross though.
- Chronology: Exactly from where the previous episode left off to tie into Ulysses meeting Isaac for the first time.

Again, not much was advanced here but Anywhere Out Of This World did at least introduce Isaac and it'll be nice to see where things go with him and Ulysses before the latter wrecks it (as Carly prophetically managed to put it). With three episodes left though, the show does need to move the alien apocalypse part along in a more meaningful way.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x06: "She's Lost Control"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Jethro: "Are you okay, Mommy?"
Carly: "Yes, Mommy's okay."

Well, after what we've seen with those two in previous episodes, that scene wasn't too much of a shocker. Neither is the fact that Carly has a lot of anger issues waiting to truly boil over as this episode was a series of mixed fortunes for her.

On the negative side first - Jethro might not be setting the acting world alight but unlike Carly, at least he's bagging TV gigs even if those gigs are mainly him playing a corpse, each and every single time. Carly on the other hand just managed to herself dropped from an agent too flaky to even remember her name while her boyfriend managed to bag a cable miniseries with Benedict Cumberbatch.

I am surprised with the amount of crap that Jethro will tolerate from Carly while at the same time, it's impressive that he does seem to actually care for her even if he probably knows that she treats him like crap. As for the other part of the fortunes, at least Carly's web series unimaginatively titled Sluts has shaped up a little better with Ulysses going into director mode as well.

Speaking of Ulysses - at least we're back onto the alien plot as a dream encounter with the homeless guy got Uly to go to Reddit of all place to find out about the W sign with lightning bolts. It also resulted in his post being deleted because even Reddit have limits on what one can post on their conspiracy subforum.

The last scene did see Ulysses at his place of work (nope, the show hadn't forgot about that) with an encounter with the homeless guy that ended on an embarrassing note but between cryptic dreams and Severine asking both the twin guys if any mystery cars were following them of late, at least this episode seemed to make a tiny advance towards the main plot.

-  Carly gave pee guy her phone number but not Leif, though I'm sure we'll see him again. Ulysses mentioned enjoying going down on women as well.
- Ford didn't take Ulysses's advice about Otto and Barnabus well at all. Severine also enjoyed watching a couple having sex in the building opposite to her workplace.
- Carly also got a new roommate named Emily while a guy she filmed a scene with for her web series also bagged a mystery project as well.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

She's Lost Control was a bit of an improvement from the previous episode. While the alien plot does need to step up a gear, it would also be nice to have at least one person actually believe what Ulysses is saying and I do hope him and Ford patch things up next episode.

Rating: 6 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x05: "Stranger Than Paradise"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Ulysses: "I guess aliens really are for the tin foiled hat crowd after all."

What this episode might have lacked in aliens, it did make up for in some raunchy antics as Ulysses, Carly, Ford and Severine all took that trip to Palm Springs for a party of sex, some connections and one hell of a creepy overture.

The sex first - Ulysses copped off with a woman named Aja and she was annoying as hell. I kind of hope this is the first and only time we see Ulysses with a woman as even in this episode he did say he was gay, which was a difference when the first episode indicated that he might have been pansexual. Anyways, the sex scene with Aja wasn't as graphic as any Ulysses has had with men and thankfully didn't last that long either.

On a slightly better sex front though, Carly met a lovely guy named Leif (played by Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte) and while she didn't actually go through with having sex with him, there was a decent connection between the two as Carly managed to actually be nice to him for more than five minutes. Then she remembered that she had a long suffering boyfriend who she decided not to cheat on ith Leif but instead got naked in a pool and play fought another girl by the end of this episode.

As for Ford - the guy really didn't get to have a good time this episode. He had to beg Severine to come to Palm Springs and before she eventually abandoned him, she made no effort to hide her contempt with having to socialise with other people. I don't mind Severine being more standoffish at times but the sooner the show has Ford ditch her, the better.

Then there was Barnabas. He's not exactly made his lust for Ford unknown and the moment the latter was in a vulnerable state, Banabas wasted no time in trying to take advantage of the situation by trying it on with an unconscious Ford. Luckily for the latter though, Ulysses really is that friend in a bad situation as he made sure that Barnabas didn't get his way with Ford. Ulysses being the best friend was the obvious highlight from this episode.

- There was a book signing with Mitchell Kent which resulted in the guy being an absolute asshole to Ulysses.
- Severine had to rush back to LA because those two twins found something important. Given the lack of alien stuff in this one, here's hoping it's something to move the plot along faster.
- Assuming this show gets a second season, is it much to guess we'll get a Coachella themed episode then? The gang did mention going there next year.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

Stranger Than Paradise did little to advance the main plot but it had some nice character moments such as Carly and Severine poking fun at the Bechdel Test and of course, Ulysses looking out for Ford. I did like Leif as a guest character, so I wouldn't mind seeing a little more of him in the series.

Rating: 6 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x04: "The Downward Spiral"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Circle Jerk Group: "Men have feelings too."

Yes, yes they do and while the title of the group that both Ulysses and For attended was a bit too on the nose for it's own good, the plot did seem to benefit at least one of them. I had kind of hoped that Ulysses would tell the group about his alien encounters and maybe advance the plot a bit but instead it was mostly for Ford to unload about his own intimacy issues.

I'm not surprised the group initially mistook Ulysses and Ford for a couple until the latter made it obvious he was talking about his girlfriend and not being cool about her sleeping with her ex. Needless to say, he got some interesting enough advice along with the mantra of men having feelings too but if I were Ford, I'd somewhat read in between the lines with Severine.

She clearly likes him but not enough to want to just sleep with only Ford and made that cleat when she seemed more interested in keeping Ford at arm's length during their last scene together. Then again, I'm still slightly convinced that Ford has more chemistry with his best mate than his girlfriend, so there's that.

Speaking of Ulysses - the thing with Gabriel went literally nowhere as the latter turned out to be a no show but Ulysses did get to have sex with a hot delivery straight guy named Tlayolotl (Greg Audino) or T for short. I did find T's candidness about being a straight guy who likes to have sex with men amusing despite being married to a religious woman interesting enough but if he's doing it a lot, then surely he might be bisexual and in denial?

As for the alien plot - still no real advancements there. Severine might have been looking at something but Ford kept distracting her and Ulysses ended the episode by seeing a homeless woman and an icky mess. Other than that though, nothing of real significance there.

As for Carly - she seemed despondent about her acting career, was mostly snarky with Ulysses in between auditioning for new roommates and web camming. I did find her reaction to Ulysses when he suggested the Palm Spring trip (Ford's suggestion of course) rather annoying and it's the first time I did find Carly annoying was in this episode.

- I'm glad Ulysses commented on Tlayolotl's arrival being something out of a porn scene as all the sex scenes on the show have felt like a porn parody, so points for self awareness.
- Carly's clients this week wanted to be humiliated, her to be still and of course to pee. She told Ulysses about the latter one.
- Does Ulysses even have a boss at his work and why is he the only person doing security? Surely he'd at least have one co-worker wherever he's working.
- Chronology: From where the previous one left off.

The Downward Spiral didn't really feel like one as such. We didn't see any of the characters behave any more recklessly than they have been so far and while nothing with the main plot was advanced, at least the Circle Jerk group and Ulysses/Tlayolotl's scenes delivered pretty well.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x03: "The Rules Of Attraction"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Ulysses: "I've always found three ways sort of bewildering myself. I mean I never know where to sit."
Ford: "I know, right?"

Three episodes in and if Ulysses and Ford aren't endgame for this show, then what's the point, am I right? I mean for Uly - Gabriel is clearly going to be trouble for him and possibly not of the fun kind and while Ford might be straight, he seems to have more chemistry with his best friend and slightly predatory Otto than he does with his own girlfriend, the latter who seems rather put off by Ford's overall clingy behaviour as well.

This week for Ford, he woke up with morning wood and seemed to be overcompensating with Ulysses over his enjoyment of the three way he had in the last episode, but at the same time got visibly upset when Severine told him she was having sex with her ex-boyfriend Mustafa as well. On the other hand, at least he had Uly to cheer him up.

Of course when Ford wasn't learning that his girlfriend was shagging her ex, he was also be propositioned by Otto into doing a photoshoot with a cream cake that felt like a porn parody. I know Ford is written to be a tad naive but even he should be smart enough to know that Otto has zero interest in his scripting abilities and more interest in that body of his. Something tell me Ford will learn that lesson pretty soon.

In keeping with the straight characters getting harassed by predatory gays this week, was anyone surprised when Frank tried it on with Carly and then turned into a massive bitch when the latter rejected her? Nope, not surprising in the slightest. On the other hand at least Carly seemed more self aware and will probably get her own back on Frank for her actions.

As for Ulysses - he lamented about encountering a couple having sex during his job to Carly as the latter remained uninterested in his alien conspiracies while his search for Gabriel actually led to the latter texting him from a blocked number. Ulysses, you're probably in danger. Then again, who's to say with this show.

- Jethro seems to be completely into being dominated by Carly, the latter who was reading The Happy Hooker and auditioning for Fast & Furious 12.
- Speaking of books, Ulysses spotted one of Mitchell Kent's during his own research while Severine and those twins encountered some dead animals killed in a strange way.
- I liked the three way discussion with Ulysses and Ford and even Frank talked about her previous marriages before trying it on with Carly.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off.

The Rules Of Attraction had a lot to say on the subject of sex (and even took a poke at beta males for one scene) but I did find it weird that both Ford and Carly got a similar storyline this week, even if the outcomes were different and maybe Ulysses should tell someone else about his alien encounter than his skeptical female friend.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x02: "Where Is My Mind?"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Ulysses: "I feel like you're not taking me seriously."
Carly: "Your feeling is correct."

Of course, because if your main character on a show like this admits to witnessing the most strangest of alien encounters, it's natural that his sarcastic, cynical best friend would be less than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt here. Then again, if I were Carly, I probably wouldn't be so quick to believe Ulysses's outlandish story either.

I did however like that Ulysses at least told someone and that he made something of an effort to actually do some research into reptile aliens, even if said research just extended to watching a conspiracy theorist named Mitchell Kent (Henry Rollins) online, whom Carly wasted little time in ridiculing as well.

Still though, between brooding over Gabriel, who clearly is ghosting Ulysses, at least the latter also managed to bag himself a security job and ended the episode encountering another weird sex encounter, this time at his place of work. Two episodes in, and I do wonder if this will be a recurring trope that might lose momentum, even if Ulysses's screaming is too funny at times.

Moving away from Ulysses for a bit though, this episode did a bit of a job trying to flesh out his two friends a little more though. With Carly, I quite like her spiky nature and watching her making no effort to mask her disdain for her fellow classmates during her acting classes was more amusing than her cam girl antics in the first episode.

However, it was the spanking scene with Jethro (Desmond Chiam) that seems to draw a bit more of her inner self out. Jethro seemed frustrated over not connecting with Carly and she was more than annoyed that he was on the phone while they were doing, so the discovery of Carly's sex toys managed to provide an outlet for both of them. I did like the commentary about Jethro being an alpha male and letting himself submit to his girlfriend's own kinks, so good points there, show.

Then there was Ford's own sex issues as well. I guessed from the last episode that Barnabus wanted to fuck him and the scene with the two of them at a premiere party along with Otto West (yeah, no idea who he was meant to be based on) screamed of any bog standard gay porn scene that even Ulysses clocked on about.

As for the three way scene with Ford, Severine and Daphne - I'll admit it was the least interesting part of the episode but there is something rather endearing about Ford as a character. He's not the brightest bulb out there but he does seem to genuinely like Severine and even opened his mind to her more European side of things in the bedroom.

- Mary Lynn Rajskub popped up as Carly's acting coach, Frank and going by that exchange in the bathroom, it did seem like she was trying to come on to Carly as well.
- According to Mitchell the likes of Obama, Beyonce, Hitler, the Queen to name a few are shape shifting reptile aliens. Severine was also looking at alien pictures in this one.
- Standout music: Gusgus's Teenage Sensation during that Carly and Jethro scene.
- Chronology: From where the first episode left off with a few flashbacks thrown in for good measure.

I liked enough of Where Is My Mind to know that I want to stick with the show for the remainder of the season. While the sex scenes can be a little hit and miss in parts, I do think this episode did a better job with making both Carly and Ford as interesting as Ulysses and I do like how shady Severine kind of is as well.

Rating: 7 out of 10

My Review of Now Apocalypse's 1x01: "This Is The Beginning Of The End"

Written by Gregg Araki & Karley Sciortino
Directed by Gregg Araki

Ulysses: "It's not like I'm brave or anything, it's more reckless stupidity. An adrenaline fix. Throwing myself into the void to see what happens."

I seem to be on a roll recently when it comes to sniffing out the more quirkier of shows to watch and review for this site and with all the episodes for this one released but still airing every Sunday for Starz, this ten part series might be one of the weirdest things I've watched yet.

Set in present day LA, our main protagonist of the piece is a pansexual, weed smoking hedonist named Ulysses Zane (Avan Jogia) who when he isn't screwing married men, lusting after his straight male roommate Ford Halstead (Beau Mirchoff) and copping off with the mysterious Gabriel (Tyler Posey) through a handjob session in public at night, has other weird shit going on with him.

Yup, it seems that Ulysses being a double Scorpio has been having some rather colourful dreams about a dark alley and a man calling for help. His best friend and bored camera girl Carly Carlson (Kelli Berglund) is uninterested in Ulysses's dreams and even think he needs to lay off getting stoned before bedtime, only for the ending of the episode (and a certain climax with Gabriel) to give some reasonable weight to Ulysses's so called premonitions.

I guess I should've expected the last scene with an alien raping that poor homeless man we met halfway through the episode and Ulysses's reaction at the end did highlight that this will not be a show that should be taken too seriously. Mostly it seems to be a pretty twenty something millenials mostly doing stupid stuff while a bigger plot involving aliens will also simmer a little in the background.

Keeping with the alien plot, this seems to be the way to naturally give Ford's commitment phobic girlfriend, Severine Bordeaux (Roxane Mesquida) a bit more of an interesting role in the series as it progresses along. She's revealed to be working for some top secret company and certainly knows something up if her brief scene with her co-workers is anything to go by.

As for our main guy - I like Ulysses. He's hot and slightly idiotic and reckless but I think Avan Jogia is a decent actor who pulls the role off pretty well. Right now, I have no idea why he's being singled out for seeing aliens but I bet it entails more than him being a double Scorpio for starters. As for Gabriel - the obvious question must be asked: is he an alien too? He did make a lot of pointed remarks about fate and then there was that universe collapsing climax scene as well for good measure. I guess time will tell on this one.

- No real opening credits as such but the end credits were nicely colourful as has the promotional material for the show.
- Ford fell into the category of struggling screenwriter who got bamboozled by a porn producer. He does seem to be the straight guy written to be lusted after gay men in this series. He also didn't seem that keen on an open relationship as well.
- Standout music: Years & Years Sanctify.
- Chronology: I'm assuming this is meant to be set in 2019, what with Ulysses and Carly's mostly scathing commentary on acting, social media, young versus older people, dating, etc.

This Is The Beginning Of The End is a fun opening episode. The show clearly isn't meant to be taken seriously and it's commentary while hardly original or insightful does at least make for a few decent zingers as well. The best compliment I can give the show is that it looks rather colourful and if you want something that's pretty daft but entertaining, this could be something to watch.

Rating: 7 out of 10