This is a warning. If you haven’t
watched Friday night’s episode of Haven,
entitled ‘The New Girl’, then now would be a good time to exit the premises. As
with all my blogs, this is not a spoiler free environment. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
So, the episode began right from
where it left off last week, Audrey jumping out of the door and telling
everyone she was not Audrey anymore, but Lexie. Last week I definitely think
that was well put together, but from where they started it this week, I wasn’t
completely convinced they knew what they were doing with things.
First of all, Emily Rose didn’t
seem quite as convincing as Lexie this week as she had the last four, at least
not for the first ten minutes of the episode, but then I figured she was just
trying to find new ground surrounded by all these actors she’d worked with as
the character of Audrey. But then, surprisingly enough, she turns out to have
actually been Audrey the entire time. Let me just say thank God for that. I’m
incredibly glad she was just acting the entire time because this character,
while fun and new, was not as good as Audrey. And also the fact that it makes
more sense that she’d want to be Audrey over Lexie, since William told her
she’d come out as whomever she wanted to be most. But one question though, did
she remember everything from the barn? She seems to have picked up too many new
skills not to remember.
Secondly, the reason this episode
wasn’t as strong is the fact that for three seasons they’ve been creating this
love triangle between Duke, Audrey, and Nathan, and then after Audrey clearly
makes her choice, Duke just seems to have easily gotten over her. There hasn’t
been enough time for him to have been able to get over her, which is why I
hated the idea of the writers trying to give him some semblance of happiness
with Jennifer. Plus the fact that she came in all sisterly like when they first
were around each other. And while I do think Eric Balfour is a great actor on
this series, and plays his character quite well, the chemistry between his
character and Jennifer just isn’t there. He can give her all the obvious looks
that he wants, I don’t see it in her.
So, yeah I’m glad Audrey’s back
with the group, although only Duke knows it’s her, it wasn’t as strong an
episode as I’d have liked. The last two minutes with Duke were good, and some
lines here or there, but otherwise it could’ve used some tweaking. I am curious
to know what bad stuff came out of the door; it’d be nice to see that rear its
ugly head. Oh, and when did Wade find out about the Troubles? I don’t remember
him having the knowledge of them before?
My rating: 6.5 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“On the upside, I might be normal again.” – Jennifer
referring to the desecration of the Barn.
“And I get a free drink.” Lexie/Audrey says in reference to
what will happen if she saves Duke.
Yay! All caught up. Now just two more shows for me to watch.
Up next will be Once Upon A Time,
then stick around after that for Revenge.
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