As a fan of the show in the old days, I've been a pretty dissatisfied with the quality dip in the show over the last couple of years. While this episode was pretty all over the place in terms of quality, it ended with a stellar finish that gives me hope for the rest of the season.
While humour was done well in the show, the beats and fight scenes were very recycled and have been played out before. Lydia's banshee scene was lazily done. Also I think I speak for everyone when I say enough with the BHHS corridor fight scenes with Hell Hounds. Enough. Please. I also felt that the episode didn't sell us the new hunter character well enough for what is I guess supposed to be a turning point for her character.
Also there's still a lighting issue with the show, and I really can't tell why. Earlier seasons were able to evoke a better "horror/comedy" mood when they had better lighting, so I'm not sure why the show runners have continued to let it get to bad. I'm sure people will say it represents the show getting darker in terms of themes, but I think that's a poor excuse for poor quality work.
In short:
-Where is the lighting at?
-Not the most compelling script
-Drama/fights that we've all seen before
-New characters are lazily introduced
-Lydia's banshee revelation scene was pretty bad
+The show does humour well
+ THAT ENDING!
I'd say that the majority of the episode was a solid 6/10, but the ending lifted it up. 7/10
While humour was done well in the show, the beats and fight scenes were very recycled and have been played out before. Lydia's banshee scene was lazily done. Also I think I speak for everyone when I say enough with the BHHS corridor fight scenes with Hell Hounds. Enough. Please. I also felt that the episode didn't sell us the new hunter character well enough for what is I guess supposed to be a turning point for her character.
Also there's still a lighting issue with the show, and I really can't tell why. Earlier seasons were able to evoke a better "horror/comedy" mood when they had better lighting, so I'm not sure why the show runners have continued to let it get to bad. I'm sure people will say it represents the show getting darker in terms of themes, but I think that's a poor excuse for poor quality work.
In short:
-Where is the lighting at?
-Not the most compelling script
-Drama/fights that we've all seen before
-New characters are lazily introduced
-Lydia's banshee revelation scene was pretty bad
+The show does humour well
+ THAT ENDING!
I'd say that the majority of the episode was a solid 6/10, but the ending lifted it up. 7/10