03-19-2016, 11:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-19-2016, 11:56 AM by DieKleineSchwester.)
Honestly I expected more excitement and a continuation of what's been happening - things have been pretty fast paced - so for the show to take a break and go back to the whole isolated wesen incident style episode was a tad boring I'll admit, but not necessarily a bad story on the whole. I definitely liked the ideas behind the vibora dorada and the use of Santeria. It was super creepy how he paralyzed the guy and removed his face while he was still alive - absolutely cringe-worthy. But the story seemed a little rushed towards the end there. The shopkeeper seemed like this nice little old man but he was in fact a cold blooded killer. He seemed like he knew the kid wasn't ready for the responsibility of the mask - but then he made it anyway, practically on a whim. He said wanted half his share of the winnings - but seemed to care less about the money and more about the kid's well-being. He gave the kid some vague warning about not wearing the mask outside the ring - but didn't mentor him or tell him anything of vital importance to avoid disaster, then, KNOWING FULL WELL the effects the mask was having on the kid, he turned his back on him in the shop and wound up dead (telling Nick about the life-saving ceremony just in time before taking his last breath might I add....) I guess I'm just wondering why he went through with all this in the first place!? I just feel the writers should have done a little more to show why this man was helping this kid. Would have made a lot more sense if they were related or he was his mentor or something. But apparently all the wrestlers were coming to his shop, the kid was just one in many who happened to be a sore loser and a bad listener - so let's make HIM a mask... why? because he likes winning...? smh.... aaaaanyway, that sketchy storyline aside, the little tid bits we did get about our main plot here left much to be desired. I definitely think Eve is onto BC's wanting to use Renard and get to Diana, my guess is she didn't want to keep talking to Renard because she doesn't want him to know she's onto them; she wants to be able to follow him around and get information from him without him realizing it and maybe see how he interacts with BC. As for BC knowing about Diana - I think there are several ways they could know this. They've definitely got spies and operatives all over the place. Since HW is the only way to get to Diana it would seem Adalind's shaky alliance here is being asked by Sean to play along with HW so that she can get info on Diana and lead BC to her. I love Renard as a character, but I don't have a lot of faith in him being one of the "good guys". He's always been a lone wolf, and I think more than anything he wants to be a powerful leader - why else would he become a police captain? Since his birth he was shirked by the royal family for being a mutt, but I feel his life's goal is to prove them wrong about him. BC's offer to put Sean in a position of power (being mayor of Portland - where the crap is about to hit the proverbial fan), that's gotta be tempting for him. As for Adalind - I think if we want to know what she's going to do next all we have to do is think about her children - she's going to do whatever it takes to get and keep them both. period. In the beginning I was a big cheerleader for her relationship with Nick, but I just don't see it happening. After all, the best relationships are built on trust... they don't have it. And I don't see much chemistry there anymore - their interactions are usually awkward at best. There are several different ways this could go for now, guess we'll just have to wait and see.