I am surprised no one picked up on one bad scene that totally ruined the whole series.
It is the scene where Hugh goes into the red room and finds his wife having a tea party with the kids. He pushes her against the wall and knocks her unconscious. What he does next totally defies logic and goes against his character - he pretty much freaks out and just leaves his wife lying there bleeding while he evacuated his kids. That’s just stupid.
A person of his character would’ve calmly carried his wife back to the bed, tied her hands up and then treated her head injury. She was knocked out, so he has the upper hand already, so there was no reason for him to freak out like he did.
Whoever did the stupid writing for this scene should’ve got fired because this scene was a very important scene. Hugh’s stupid and uncharacteristic action led to the death of his wife.
The scene would’ve been more plausible if Hugh placed his wife on the bed(he still loves and cares for her, afterall), tied her hands up and then decided to evacuate the family from the evil house. After loading all the kids in the car, Hugh goes back to get his wife, but finds that she’s not where he had left her because a ghost undid her tied up hands. He searches for her and He freaks out when he sees her holding a knife. She asks him why he’s taking the kids away from her, he tries to explain that she needs help and this house is evil but she doesn’t listen. So she chases him with the knife. He runs out of the house and into the car and drives off leaving his wife behind.
