lived-in

The line feels lived-in because it is.

The carpets, lighting and houseplants may be new, but the penthouse feels lived-in and familiar, as comforting as her beloved Zuse, who made the trek back to Los Angeles with her.

Better and truer than that character gimmick, though, is the well-realized, lived-in pall of Frankie’s sad existence, which imbues her problem-solving survival with a genuinely fresh, in-the-bones urgency.

Blessedly, “One to One” never includes Lennon and Ono lookalikes, which makes the empty apartment feel simultaneously lived-in and ghostly.

These kinds of character moments help the land feel lived-in, and should be the norm at modern theme parks, as cementing an emotional connection with the world is often done via other people rather than robots, a fact that Epic Universe, at least in its early going, understands well.