Quid Pro Quo

Episode aired Jan 23, 2015
TV-14TV-14
43m

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7.9/10

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Crime Drama Fantasy

When thousands of people in Brooklyn - including Chas' daughter - slip into comas, John must locate and defeat the evil forces responsible.When thousands of people in Brooklyn - including Chas' daughter - slip into comas, John must locate and defeat the evil forces responsible.When thousands of people in Brooklyn - including Chas' daughter - slip into comas, John must locate and defeat the evil forces responsible.

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Trivia
The club fire at the beginning of the episode holds a striking similarity to the Station Nightclub fire (complete with references to too many people blocking the doors) of the 20th February 2003, which claimed the lives of 100 people

Goofs
The grenade's spoon is shown to flip away twice--once when Chas lets it go while holding the grenade, and once when he lets the grenade drop in the next shot.

Quotes
Zed Martin: What kind of medium works at an army surplus store?
John Constantine: A paranoid one.

Soundtracks
Constantine Main Title Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Bear McCreary

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8/10

Character Development

"Quid Pro Quo" may not have been as exhilarating and good as the previous 2 parter episodes, but it still was an entertaining ride that developed and explored characters much more.

The episode kicks off with an alarming coma that affected not just only thousands of people, but Chas' own daughter as well. This ignites Constantine the need to help Chas in order to get the countless souls back including the daughter. The episode was more focused on developing Chas' character which we haven't seen for the previous episode and I'm glad we finally got it here. The flashback scenes were great transitions and showed how Chas' life was greatly affected with his partnership with Constantine and how he got his powers which gives him more lives than his own. The whole Constantine feel is felt all through out the episode and it was very satisfying. The visuals were still intact and scenes which are meant for scares are well done. Even after the episode, I feel that Chas' character will earn more important parts to future narratives considering the large range of stories in the Hellblazer comics. Just make sure the show doesn't get cancelled okay?

Overall, it's an episode that focuses on character development and it does it's job well to entertain us whatsoever, +Character Development for Chas, +Visuals and Scary sequences, +Flashback scenes, - Might turn out to be boring for other people

Verdict: 8.0/10

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