Came for the cases, stayed for the characters. They're hilarious, so alive and have their own archs which I appreciate a lot. Most of all, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Allie! Maybe I'm in my honeymoon period, but I think out of hundreds audiodramas I've listened to, she's one of the best female characters I've ever come across. This podcast - which started essentially as a half-comedy supernatural procedural - made me cry more than once, which is a rare thing for me. I really appreciate each character's journey. The audio design and voice actors' work are amazing. Some performances felt really raw. !SPOILER AHEAD! The only criticism I have is the direction the plot takes from season 2, mostly. Almost every story, be it an audiodrama or a TV show, that starts as a collection of very varied supernatural cases for some reason has to come down to the same old christian war with the devil(s) trope. I'm tired of it and am not interested in it in the slightest. So in s3, especially by the end, I really wasn't there for the plot anymore. Only for the characters, because they're still very much brilliant and I'm curious where the story is going to take them.

The Technomancy Unit is an X-Files-like team of investigators/responders. Elijah is the trigger-happy sorcerer who takes the lead on all magic work. Allie is the genius scientist. Both of them are amoral narcissists who treat their co-workers with contempt. Enter Jason, a hapless congenial everyman, whom they rescue and then also proceed to treat with contempt. Every inch of the Technomancy Project is solid and it makes for a very satisfying listen. There’s a nice variety to the monster-of-the-week plots: haunted house, aliens, demon possession, workplace audit, etc. and the show is adept at bringing in the humor and the horror when it is called for. Also, the little bits of continuity from episode to episode snowball into an intriguing season ending. The character dynamics are stellar. Elijah and Allie are both tunnel visioned egotists who don’t need much excuse to destroy a person’s soul or gamble with their colleagues’ lives. Given the stakes, they’re not being completely callous, but neither person would weep over collateral damage. So, it is so important that Jason, with his conscience and his empathy, calls them out. I like that the script doesn’t try and oversell the character growth in this trifecta. If Elijah is convinced to be less trigger happy, it’s not because he wants to be a better person, but because he can concede that not every problem is a nail in need of a hammer. If Allie learns to see her colleagues as more than just a means to an end, it’s because she and Jason develop a rapport through playing pranks on others. By season’s end, the show has earned the emotional glue between these three workplace proximity associates.

Minimal on sound design and score but benefiting from a great cast, distinct characters and slow but intriguing world-building, The Technomancy Project operates on surface level like an X-Files monster of the week show. However, It's the underlying connected mystery, which continually deepens our character understanding via each reveal, that was most compelling. The chemistry between the main trio is the show's strongest point. The characters's development is done steadily at times comically but not over-played. It make for an easy to digest mix of humour with a tinge of pathos that grounds it all.