Artesia

Now that's a good question. We were shown in the last episode that Jinkan (sp?) was an extremely rare substance, Henry even hatched an elaborate plan to obtain it. Then, at the end of the episode, we were shown that all substance from a bottle was transformed into a single spider by Henry. Then, in this episode, Ichabod read in Franklin's notes that Hellfire club experimented with demon pregnancies using said Jinkan. So, either they have an additional supply (and then previous episode was pointless), or writers completely dropped the ball and forgot what they wrote in previous episode.

Well... I was prepared to dislike that episode, I steeled myself — and ended up straight hating it. Gah. It was a complete waste of my time, it was almost devoid of any good sides, if that's the direction producers want to take this show then I'm out. I'm not a person of color, but I really enjoyed the ensemble when it consisted of Abbie, Crane, Jenny and Irving, with Sheriff Corbin appearing in flashbacks. I loved those characters not because of them being diverse, they actually worked great together and had awesome chemistry. Show in first half of its first season also had both the energy and momentum which other Sci-Fi shows lacked. What happened? It's like they tossed out all that worked, and insisted to shoehorn all that doesn't. If I dissect this episode and lay down pros and cons, former would consist of only one entry. Pros Abbie being badass. Well, it was as expected, but I liked her following Hellfire club, I liked her disapproval of that idiotic "WE MUST REDEEM HENRY" notion. Disliked that she was sidelined by all that bullshit though.Cons Villain decay. They effectively made Headless Horseman into a lovesick, boring idiot straight from bad paranormal romance. "Boo-hoo, I turned evil because I loved you so! But in my stone, evil heart there still a flame burning, my love!". And Henry could be a good villain - if he wasn't so childish and if he wasn't Cranes' son. Right now instead of feelings of trepidation when either of therm shows on my screen I think "Oh, get lost already, will you". In attempt of humanizing them, they effectively stripped away their menace. We haven't seen Abraham doing something horrific all new season. Henry, on the other hand, made quite a lot of evil deeds, but show insists that TRU PARENTAL WUV cures all and erases all sins. Let's just say I vehemently disagree. Headless Horseman with a head. I second all those who said it before - the guy who played HH was a great physical actor, he managed to convey much using only gestures, posture and movements. Abraham, on the other hands, is bland. They've also made a mistake insisting that it was jealousy which turned him into HH, why couldn't it been a simple fear of death, which he could have started to regret later? Yeah, it would be pretty banal, but at least we wouldn't have to deal with all that Katrina melodrama. But even with current storyline, it would at least be moderately interesting if HH would communicate via pantomime or another person. Oh well. Henry. He continues to bug me. He's too evil that I've could even consider a redemption storyline, and (with all due respect to John Noble) he is way too old that I could see him just as a feral child, who rips wings from flies. Also he's too scenery chewing, there's too much of him, and, frankly, I want him gone. He's disturbing show's balance, I think he got that from his mother. McGuffin Prism of Destroying Demonic Fetuses. Maybe it's because I hated the whole episode, but this macguffin really bothered me. Of course one of Founding Fathers foresaw that Katrina would become pregnant with hellspawn, and of course he left it at convenient location which our heroes could quickly access. What a coincidence! What a work of fate! It returned Katrina to Crane and to us! Hallelujah! Crane's stupidity and His True Epic Love Story For Ages. When it comes to Katrina his IQ drops to a room temperature. He starts agreeing with Abbie, but in the end of course he will side with his witch of a wife, because ~twu epic wuv~. Show, I tuned in not because of Cranes' true epic love, but in spite of it. Stop it, show, what are you doing? If only their love would enhance them somewhat, but no, it makes them both look like idiots, make terrible decisions and takes a lot of valuable screen time which could have been used on storylines tied to an actual prevention of freaking Apocalypse. ​That whole redemption business. I won't get into details, but as many already said before me — I detest it. I don't want Cranes family drama, Henry's too evil to even begin redemption, it won't make a good story, and it's not even stretch of credibility, it's a total break from it. I could see Abraham getting redeemed, most of evil he made was either off-screen, or to people whom we haven't emotionally connected with, only exception being Sheriff Corbin. But Henry targeted protagonists our protagonists, he actively messing up with Irving, he impregnated his own mother with a demon fetus, he killed various completely innocent people whom we had emotional connection with (most here liked miss Caroline, for example). I don't want him getting redeemed, I want him gone. Absence of Jenny and three seconds of Irving. Show, you had two fan-favorites on your hands. They were awesome characters, who drawn both POC and non-POC viewers, almost universally loved. And you've traded them for Hawley and Katrina, and, to lesser extent for Henry and Abraham. Show, what are you even doing? Producers, don't you have people who gauge audience reaction on social media and forums concerning characters and storylines? We don't live in Nielsen's box age anymore, people have both alternatives in terms of entertainment and means of communication. Stubbornly chanting "artistic integrity" and going against the audience is suicide. Why even do this? Katrina. Must I say more? I detest her. I find both her demeanor, overall appearance, line delivery, mannerisms suitable for a throw-away bodice ripper, but not for this show. Katia Winter doesn't have acting chops, and also she doesn't have chemistry with anyone, be it Abraham, Ichabod or Abbie. Granted, her storyline and dialogue is often ridiculous, but, for example, Jenny could have been one-note Sarah Connor clone with the material they first gave her, but the actress actively elevated that material. Right now Katrina and her overall part in storyline almost singlehandedly ruins the show for me. All that Demon Fetus Storyline. It was complete waste of time. It gave us even more Katrina. If Moloch would have actually risen it would have been too soon, and when he failed to rise it seems that we lost last non-woobiefied villain of the story, and will have more Henry, and by extension, even more Crane Family Drama instead. OH JOY. All and all, if the show continues in the same direction I don't know if I continue watching it.

Ah, sorry for that, I'm not a native speaker, so nuances like that are often lost to me. It's just that the UK is called 'Anglia' in my mother tongue, so I used it without thinking. Yeah, ITA. But I fear that even if they do get bolder, camerawork and sets will stay the same - bright, cheerful, not even brooding or foreboding, not to mention gritty or dark. I mean, the other NBC show, Grimm has its share of problems, but camerawork and sets (yeah, I know that it's Portland, but they can achieve similar effect with evening shots and color filters on other location) which they used in the first season in particular would have been much better fit for Constantine than what we have now. My first thought seeing this was episode was that they . So my second thought was: "Why is this town so colorful and cheerful?" I've never been in small mining communities in USA, but generally mining cities in which I've been were anything but cheerful in real life. It's not that they were full of misery, no, but they sure weren't so pastoral.

for me, the problem is more that having the usual male/female partnership with UST makes the show feel so generic. Last night felt exactly like your standard-issue procedural, only with demons instead of serial killers or whatever. Where the pilot felt like something different and interesting, this episode seemed to take pains to show that it's not going to be different at all. Yeah, I get it, it was like some weird mash-up of Grimm and Supernatural. Sadly, Constantine will constantly have this problem, I think. Hellblazer comics been around for a long time and served as an inspiration to a couple of urban fantasy TV shows, books, and even tabletop RPGs. So even if they would adapt them word-to-word they would still look like some copycats to those who haven't read them (and maybe even to those who have). And combined with lack of grittiness in this show, it really can become quite generic. This reminds me - the second episode had another problem - everything is too... cheerful. I still will be watching, of course, I like Matt Ryan's Constantine, and I have that rule not to give up on show until I saw at least 5 episodes. But I won't get my hopes up.

I can't say that actress is really good, but she's decent, and at least she can say her lines with various emotions, and not only histrionics and incredulity. Yeah, Lucy Griffiths is pretty, and she done something either with her face or makeup to look quite like Jennifer Connelly circa Labirinth. But she's wooden. I get that her role wasn't well written, like, at all. But I've seen actresses on other shows who was given way less and turned it into much more. For example, Bree Turner in early seasons of Grimm (Rosalee), Emily Bett Rickards in first half of Arrow's first season (Felicity), and quite many others. As for line about "Gypsy magic is the darkest", I think writers meant fabled gypsy curses. But eh, given what both Constantine himself, and various other practitioners have done in comics I really fail to see it.

This episode was a really mixed bag for me. There was stuff I liked, there was (sadly, more) stuff I disliked, but the real downer was the ending. Pros Joe Corbin. Good casting here - actor really looks like he could have been related to Clancy Brown. He's likable, even when he was acting like a dick to Abbie I could understand where is he coming from, because it's tough for any kid to think that their parent ignores him or her for another person. The actor, like many already have said, also had nice chemistry with Nicole Beharie — both sibling chemistry and some potential for romantic one (only in long term, because right now they definitely see each other as a siblings, and that's totally fine). Jenny! I've missed her. Still not enough screen time, but at least she's here more then for five seconds, and managed to be bad-ass in that little time showrunners gave her. I wish that she ignored Hawley though. Abbie. She continues to be awesome, in this episode she managed to show her vulnerability when Joe's concerned, her sibling love for him, and more. She constantly shows a whole range of emotions, but doing it quite subtle and not chewing scenery like, for example, John Noble. Wendigo story done (somewhat) right. It was kinda inconsistent though, I mean, who, for example, have given bone powder to Squire so he turned to a Wendigo? It would have worked better if they'd established that one can either be cursed for cannibalism, or by using that bone powder. Still, I kinda think that they dropped the ball with creepy factor. I still remember reading Rick Yancey's "The Curse of the Wendigo" and boy, does it blows this episode out of the water. But still, for monster of the week episode it was alright, my only wish is that Joe should have shown us more trauma. He ate his all squad, for God's sake! Also ate some random guy's liver and killed at least two people on the top of that. Ichabod.Yoga moment! Loose hair moments! Online games moment! Bar scene! Liked all of it, really. I enjoyed his interaction with Abbie, as usual, liked his scenes with Joe, and with Shawnee motor club. Only thing I disliked, but really disliked, it was that "Yes, I do love my son" and "You didn't give up on Joe, so I won't give up on Henry". But more on it later. Neutral things Irving's scenes. I like Orlando Jones, I really do, but his story line feels really disjointed this season. I don't buy that Henry could ban his ex-wife and daughter from visiting (well, if he haven't used magic on them, but if he did it should have been addressed). But more importantly — Jenny knows this whole hospital like the back of her hand, why couldn't she secretly visit him? Right now he's isolated from the rest of the cast, and I get that Henry wanted it. But writers, give the man a good storyline! Orlando tries to make do with the material they'd given him, but that's really not much. Hawley. Contrary to many on this forum I don't dislike him, I just think we shouldn't trade Irving's and Jenny's screentime for his. I think the actor sells his attraction to Abbie, but I kinda wish that they wouldn't write pre-existing relationship with Jenny, because it doesn't really add anything to story. He's got nice rival chemistry with Ichabod, too (but Mison really works harder on showing it than Barr). Cons Henry. I'm so over Henry and his apocalyptic teen wangst. I get it, he's a teen in an old man's body, but he makes Dawn from Buffy likable in comparison. "Boo-hoo, my mother was imprisoned in purgatory and because of that I grew an orphan. WHAT A BITCH, I MUST DESTROY BOTH HER AND THE WORLD!!!11". "Boo-hoo, my father died before I was born and so couldn't help me. I HATE HIM, MAY HE ROT IN HELL!!!". Sheesh. I also not a biggest fan of John Noble, he's a good actor, but he really tends to chew scenery, and doesn't really work well with others. Katrina. Yet again a damsel in distress. Ye gawds. Also big ewww on son impregnating his mother with magical spider. Joe's departure. Joe's departure to Quantico made the whole episode seem kinda pointless. Right now he's a much better fit for joining Witness gang than Hawley, whose sole reason is to, erm, bone Abbie. Joe, on the other hand, has familial ties with both Jenny and Abbie, is Corbin's son and heir, a trained marine, has a stake that such curses as his wouldn't affect innocent people, he could have had a redemption story where he tries to atone for killing of his squad, etc. Ichabod's love for his son. Show, you're not Once Upon a Time, and please don't try to be. Family values are a good thing, but not when a) a father never even seen his son when he was something other then a dark warlock and a Horseman of War. Henry brought nothing but misery in Ichabod's life, and while his dislike for his mother can at least be understood somewhat, if not excused (I mean, couldn't Katrina left him with some magical family?), what Ichabod ever done to him, other than freaking died? No, I don't buy that any reasonable man (and Ichabod prides himself to be one) can love such a creature. Have a sense a duty to his son (preferably in putting him down) — yes, love — no. Mills sisters' triangle. Writers, to write this atrocity just because you don't want to part Ichabod and Katrina and want some cheap drama in the meantime is both stupid, clumsy and cop-out.

Gah. I read this link and stumbled upon this part: Just... What the actual... I don't know, I think I'm done with this show. Sara was probably my favourite character. I disliked when they killed Shado, just to further "Oliver's journey", but Caity Lotz gave Sara both vulnerability, strength, and tenderness. Her acting really endeared me to her character, I would even be all right if she and Oliver wouldn't have been endgame couple, but I really wanted her alive and well. But now this. Murdered and thrown away like trash - and Guggenheim openly talking about bringing Laurel and Ollie closer and stating "the amount of richness that we get out of it [is priceless]" - I just can't.

Well, true, but I haven't seen a really dark show on Fox. Well, except for Millennium, but it was a long time ago. I can't say that I'm a regular viewer though, so I could've missed something.

Interesting that Dollmaker was already on Arrow, where he kidnapped Laurel Lance (and, sadly, failed to kill her). I find it kinda baffling what does he want with a whole bus of children. To mass-produce doll-like corpses? Or is he something like Jeffrey Dahmer here, with intent to mass-produce a bunch of lobotomized victims (probably not, it'd be too dark for a network)?

I was really bugged by Setrakian's flashbacks. Not only they were overlong and had an unnecessary amount of useless scenes (camera panned on the rope *three* times, it's like we'd never guess that going into vampire tunnels with only one rope and without wrist watch is stupid; then there was this water drinking scene; and so on), but middle-aged!Abe's hair was ridiculous looking. It basically screamed prosthetics, and, worst of all, it had the same problem as Eph's wig had - its glue reflects light constantly. In the scene when he cuts his wife's heart, flame's reflected light makes it really really shiny and visible. If the story would've been good, then I could overlook it (I liked concentration camp flashbacks, for example, which had their share of problems). But, sadly, Abraham showed himself as a cocky doofus in them, forgetting to time his entry to the tunnels, not breaking a grappling hook, not trapping his rope or hiding his horse better, etc. Eph is a horrible speaker, you'd think that he never even gave an interview. Actually, it was really strange, because in first episode he seemed to be in ease before camera. Also you'd think he'd try to push a conspiracy angle, God knows that general public loves 'em. But, for some reason, he was babbling like a highschooler. Not enough Mr. Quinlan.

When Eph was rummaging earth in Master's coffin while wearing just thin gloves, and then Setrakian started banging on that coffin with a hammer, the only thing I could think was "THIS SOIL IS FULL OF WORMS, YOU IDIOTS!!!".