All in the Family

All in the Family Decides to get into the meat of the matter and to personally is the episode where the season shifts to the rising action the beginning begins fairly mundane a revelation that Cheryl is Strands sister. Strand getting huffy and storming off incognito. Alex being an unethical journalist and sassy. You Know the usual. but then it starts to shift. First Alex voice overs to admit that she was being kind of a jerk and then goes off to Victoria to warn Strand and stick her nose in all the business. Personally I really liked the hotel scene the creepiness of the painting paired with the moments of intrigue. But the real shift is the call from Simon Reese. Simon Reese plays his Hannibal-esque character perfectly.

Simon: "Hey I'm a crazy murderer and I'm going to talk in a lot of metaphors that are both incredible creepy but filled with a lot of subtext and world building."

Alex: "Oh good, Can I be Underly Cautious of your motives while asking slightly obviously questions?"

Simon:"Of Course, Rainbows".

All Joking aside however The Conversation between Alex and Simon is really fascinating. Even though they don't exactly spell it out it really connects a lot of the disparate instances of the black tapes. Actually Giving it form rather then Alex and Nick shouting conspiratorial moon wizards at each other like a few episodes ago.

The Episode finally ends with Alex confronting Amelia. And it raises a lot of questions.

Can we Trust Amelia?
Did Alex Send that Email?
How Reliable Is Alex right now?

The Season is starting to get really good and its going to be real fun next time.

Oh Before I forget, "Who's the Boy in the River"?

Closing Thoughts

"There were two hunters and a pack of wolves. One of the hunters looked like he was entwined with a deer... but he wasn't. The legs of the deer were part of him, and his face... his eyes were black and wild, and he was watching and smiling as the dogs tore something apart. Something that was hard to make out. It was a mess of wet hair and... bone, and..."

Art by David Romero.





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