Well, well, well... Once again, I had a pretty good time watching the show.
But I have to say: this is the first episode I've found a little below its predecessors.
And in several areas actually: the writing, the pace and maybe even some of the visuals...
So far, the writing model seemed to take an event/idea and turn it into the backbone of the episode. And I understand that, at one point, you may need episodes like this week's, to serve as a transition: the pawns need to be repositioned for what's to come. But despite this, and even if I found the scenes well written and well acted, the articulations and the big picture just seemed less fluid to me here.
And I'm having a hard time turning a blind eye to thing like Maroni's evasion (the gasoline on his son and his wife not noticing anything was tacky too...). Even taking in account the pulpy vibe of the show that I love so much.
Speaking of which, like said, I love how the series continues to retain that balance between film noir and comic-book exoticism.
Cristina Milioti continues her superb evolution as Sofia, now Gigante, halfway between femme fatale and super-villain.
I also really liked the fact that Oz ends up in the underground: visually and conceptually, it's promising!
Otherwise, I've always really liked The Cure's song "A Forest", and it was pretty cool to hear it here...
And it's true that between that gothic anthem and the fact that Oz and Vic are crawling around in what's Batman's zone in this universe, like others, I almost expected to see him show up, even knowing full well that he's not on the program. Great mood there!
Anyway, that fifth episode wasn't bad at all but paradoxically, as the noose tightens on all the characters, my sense of tension has dropped for the first time since the series began.
Of course, it's far from enough to kill my entouthiasm, and I'm really looking forward to what happens next, but I hope the writers will tell the story of this coming war with the same effectiveness as the first four episodes.
