This is a warning. If you haven’t
watched last night’s episode of Revolution,
titled ‘Love Story’, then please exit the screen. This is not a spoiler free
blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
You’ve been warned.
While I always have a lot to say
about this series, at least the last two episodes, I’m going to have to keep
this short. I have to work in just over nine hours, and I still have the season
premiere of American Horror Story: Coven
to watch. So, here goes, in as concise a way as I can make it.
This was a great episode, but then
again, this season is shaping up to be even better than last year. Lines are
being blurred, new enemies are emerging, it’s just turning out so well. The
first thing I have to remark on for this episode is how great an opening shot
that was. The little ballerina spinning in the jewelry box, it’s so eerie and
yet perfect for capturing the essence in the scene. Also, it reminds me of the
jewelry box I used to have.
The only to faults I can see in
this episode were that there was a brief commercial that showed pivotal clips
of Rachel being shot by an arrow from further on in the episode. I hate when shows spoil what’s about to
come up, it’s what is so incredibly stupid about the TLC network. The other
fault was that, while it worked good for the episode, there wasn’t enough
Charlie in it, and definitely not enough Charlie and Monroe. Can I please have
more scenes with the two of them in it? Okay, so maybe that second fault was
really just my favouriting Charlie.
The writing for this episode was
incredibly smart. I can already see the pieces coming together, specifically
surrounding the Patriots. There so obviously evil, but they’re maneuvering it
so everyone thinks they’re the saviours. But I definitely saw how suspicious
Miles was of the too coincidental rescue at the end. The other great writing
was surrounding the Neville scenes. Giancarlo Esposito is a phenomenal actor,
and he’s given such rich context to work with. The way they’ve written his
character, which is performed so superbly, he’s just an amazing actor and
thinks so well on his feet.
It was so heartbreaking, yet
warming at the same time, that brief hug between Miles and Rachel. They so
obviously love each other, I honestly wonder why she married his brother. And
also, I’m still really curious to know if Charlie’s his daughter, because he
was awfully protective her, versus not as much protective of Danny. Though that
could also be due to her resemblance to her mother. But I still really like how
much they care about each other. And how weirdly Monroe still cares for all of
them, despite them trying to kill each other all last season.
Overall, this episode was well
written, well acted, and well shot. I look forward to this season ever
increasingly, and desperately hope this gem of a show gets a third season. This is honestly my favourite returning
series so far. Mind you, I haven’t watched American
Horror Story: Coven yet, but still. If anything, people really need to be
watching this show, but I just think it fit better in the ten o’clock time
slot.
My rating: 8 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“I realize I sound fairly stupid.” – Aaron explains to
Cynthia.
“I’m not Harry Potter, okay! I’m an agnostic Jew from
Minnesota.” – Aaron says.
“Granted, now it’s sooner.” – Miles relating to the sooner
rather than later army outside.
“I’ve still got one good hand left.” – Miles states rather
well.
“This is me
smiling.”
“That’s exactly what I said to my dad the day I told him it
was okay to die.” – Aaron says to Rachel. He genuinely has the best lines.
Okay, not too bad, a little over twenty minutes to write
that, but oh well. I’m off to watch American
Horror Story: Coven now, and then sleepy time. No review of that tonight,
you’ll get that and a review for Nashville
tomorrow. Along with reviews for The
Vampire Diaries, Grey’s Anatomy, The Crazy Ones, and Once Upon A Time In Wonderland. Plus the fourth edition of Best
Performances of the Week.
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