We get an amusing opening scene of Richie doing an absolutely terrible parallel park and getting out of paying at the meter, before he scores a date with a guest at Tessa's exhibition. They seem to get on well but she doesn't get a name or any dialogue and is just a short-lived plot device to get him out of the way of the main events.
Tessa speaks with a jaded former artist and soon after sees her in an altercation with a man which apparently ends with her plummeting off that rather unlucky bridge from the pilot into a watery grave. She tries to convince the police what has happened but the lack of a body makes it hard.
The audience learn very early on that the culprit is both an Immortal and a senior police officer, but it isn't until the closing minutes that Duncan pieces everything together. As a result, the episode's villain Ballin doesn't get much chance to make an impact, spending all his time until the final confrontation either pretending to be a good guy or skulking around silently. His initial motivation isn't entirely unreasonable: He seems to have discarded Anne in a fairly callous manner but she's pretty much stalking him.
There's a nice satisfying moment when Bennett catches on to Richie tailing the police only for us to realise Duncan is following them too. Randi also has some nice moments as she faces Tessa's hostility and does some self-examination. There's an attempt to draw parallels between Tessa and Anne which works quite well. Unfortunately, the final scene of Duncan and Tessa getting frisky feels like it doesn't know when to end.
Given that Ballin puts in a spectacularly bad performance the first time he and Duncan fight (Duncan breaks his sword, for pity's sake), he puts in a fairly decent showing at the end, although it ends with him swinging desperately as Duncan blocks everything without effort. You just know that...big ball of...lights is there because someone thought it'd make a cool backdrop for a Quickening.
Last appearance of Bennett (who has apparently been promoted?) and it's a good one to go out on, as he finally gets a meaty role after a couple of episodes as a cypher.
Tessa speaks with a jaded former artist and soon after sees her in an altercation with a man which apparently ends with her plummeting off that rather unlucky bridge from the pilot into a watery grave. She tries to convince the police what has happened but the lack of a body makes it hard.
The audience learn very early on that the culprit is both an Immortal and a senior police officer, but it isn't until the closing minutes that Duncan pieces everything together. As a result, the episode's villain Ballin doesn't get much chance to make an impact, spending all his time until the final confrontation either pretending to be a good guy or skulking around silently. His initial motivation isn't entirely unreasonable: He seems to have discarded Anne in a fairly callous manner but she's pretty much stalking him.
There's a nice satisfying moment when Bennett catches on to Richie tailing the police only for us to realise Duncan is following them too. Randi also has some nice moments as she faces Tessa's hostility and does some self-examination. There's an attempt to draw parallels between Tessa and Anne which works quite well. Unfortunately, the final scene of Duncan and Tessa getting frisky feels like it doesn't know when to end.
Given that Ballin puts in a spectacularly bad performance the first time he and Duncan fight (Duncan breaks his sword, for pity's sake), he puts in a fairly decent showing at the end, although it ends with him swinging desperately as Duncan blocks everything without effort. You just know that...big ball of...lights is there because someone thought it'd make a cool backdrop for a Quickening.
Last appearance of Bennett (who has apparently been promoted?) and it's a good one to go out on, as he finally gets a meaty role after a couple of episodes as a cypher.