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This is one of my favorite episodes of the show. Just when you think things in the show couldn't get any darker, they do. The episode really feels different from the others because the fact they're going up again a cult based on the Prince of Darkness really makes the stakes high and the odds completely against them.
Really like Colin Fox who is an actor I've seen in a lot of things, most notably "Psi Factor" which is another under the radar gem worth checking out. Anyway, he was solid as the cult leader, he's menacing and from the degree of his control over the cult along with his cleaver tactics, he a worthy match for the Dark Antiquity Hunters.
Of course, what really makes the episode is in the death of Nikki, I'll admit the first time it really caught me off guard, it took me a long minute to register it in my mind. I know that the job of the Dark Antiquity Hunters is dangerous, and that death happens all the time in the show, but I honestly never thought it would happen especially to her. It was a really daring move, having the main character die, which wasn't common at the time and rare to see, and now it's become a common place where you can see in any of our modern shows. Seeing this reminded us of the mortality of our protagonists and that the world they inhabit no one is truly safe.
You really feel for both Ryan and Jack, as we see Ryan is just having a emotional meltdown. I don't blame him, seeing Nicki die made my heart sink too. Really like the monologue that Jack gave Ryan which I feel is true about heroism that it's never really a chosen or asked profession but it's really a matter of whether you do the right thing. Not everywhere can nor will, and if no one does then more people will perish for it. As an old saying goes, "Evil triumphs when good people do nothing." Also, like what Ryan says about leaving after the mission, which I'm fine with. Once again this shows how heroism has its limitations; if you no longer have the heart to do what must be done, then you just can't do it. By continuing in, with low morale, you can do more harm than good.
But really like how both Ryan and Jack really get into their dark sides in this episode, as you can tell the nice guys have checked out and "The Punisher" as check in. Push came to shove for both of them and now their about to hit back hard. But the suspense is wondering how both Ryan and Jack are going to hit back and how hard.
Victory or Death is just a coin flip away.
Rating: 4 stars.
This is one of my favorite episodes of the show. Just when you think things in the show couldn't get any darker, they do. The episode really feels different from the others because the fact they're going up again a cult based on the Prince of Darkness really makes the stakes high and the odds completely against them.
Really like Colin Fox who is an actor I've seen in a lot of things, most notably "Psi Factor" which is another under the radar gem worth checking out. Anyway, he was solid as the cult leader, he's menacing and from the degree of his control over the cult along with his cleaver tactics, he a worthy match for the Dark Antiquity Hunters.
Of course, what really makes the episode is in the death of Nikki, I'll admit the first time it really caught me off guard, it took me a long minute to register it in my mind. I know that the job of the Dark Antiquity Hunters is dangerous, and that death happens all the time in the show, but I honestly never thought it would happen especially to her. It was a really daring move, having the main character die, which wasn't common at the time and rare to see, and now it's become a common place where you can see in any of our modern shows. Seeing this reminded us of the mortality of our protagonists and that the world they inhabit no one is truly safe.
You really feel for both Ryan and Jack, as we see Ryan is just having a emotional meltdown. I don't blame him, seeing Nicki die made my heart sink too. Really like the monologue that Jack gave Ryan which I feel is true about heroism that it's never really a chosen or asked profession but it's really a matter of whether you do the right thing. Not everywhere can nor will, and if no one does then more people will perish for it. As an old saying goes, "Evil triumphs when good people do nothing." Also, like what Ryan says about leaving after the mission, which I'm fine with. Once again this shows how heroism has its limitations; if you no longer have the heart to do what must be done, then you just can't do it. By continuing in, with low morale, you can do more harm than good.
But really like how both Ryan and Jack really get into their dark sides in this episode, as you can tell the nice guys have checked out and "The Punisher" as check in. Push came to shove for both of them and now their about to hit back hard. But the suspense is wondering how both Ryan and Jack are going to hit back and how hard.
Victory or Death is just a coin flip away.
Rating: 4 stars.