This might get downvoted to hell but it's just my opinion. Vol5 felt EXTREMELY underwhelming in my opinion, especially when compared to the previous ones. It didn't feel as tense and disturbing, Jude as a character was really uninteresting to me and the whole episode just feels off. The last few volumes and the side episodes hyped up this teamup between Adam and Thatcher, Adam being confirmed to be a sleeper alternate, The Intruder having a bigger presence and Gabriel admitting he found a way to device Thatcher. All that just to be shoved aside randomly. I'm guessing we'll see more of that arc in future episodes/volumes but I just feel like this story would've worked better as a side story. But hey, again that's just my opinion and maybr it'll grow on me eventually
I respect your opinion, but I personally don't think that whole arc in current times (2009) involving Adam, Thatcher, Evelyn, Sarah, etc. is that interesting... I think the story from 1992 and directly involving Alternates, Gabriel and the US Department of Temporal Phenomena is much more interesting than seeing a story focused on any other character that we have seen several times and who have already been victims of the Alternates... I much prefer to see the incident at Murray House being better explored and seeing the story of how Jude Murray dealt with the situation after losing his family, because he is a new character with a different story and personality...i´m not saying i hate these characters, it is obviously not the case, i just think it would be kind of tiring to see them every volume, the storyline has to vary sometimes after all
That's why for me this volume was actually the best so far, because we finally saw more of USDTP and Gabriel....I really hope that Alex continues to focus more on these storylines related to biblical lore, the government and showing more new victims of Alternates.