For some reason I’m watching an ancient black and white
film about vampires and Mexican wrestlers. I’d say it’s terrible but, honestly,
I’ve watched worse. But it does go on way too long
It’s been watched by an older, Latino man called Angel
who has a limp very similar to what the vampire-hunter wrestler (Angel de Plata
– angel of silver) had on the old film.
Gus goes to eat in the Indian restaurant where he works
and there seems to be some tension between the two men.
Afterwards Gus goes home to get supplies – and finds the
body of his brother and the still living (unliving?) vampire of his mother. Gus
is desperate not to kill his beloved mother and the Master uses her to speak to
him attacking Gus squarely in the very sensitive Mother issues and general fear
he disappointed and failed his mother. Guy leaves, leaving her “alive” and
locks the door behind him.
He goes back to the Indian restaurant where he’s welcomed
by the owner’s daughter, Aanya and both Angel and her mother decide to put the
kibosh on that right away, deciding they don’t want “his sort” talking to her.
But Gus recognises Angel from the Angel De La Plata film and has a complete
fanboy moment. Angel denies it all.
Ephraim et al release their infected vampire to spread
his merry plague. After some vampire killing and a nest in a mental hospital,
their infected vampire nests with the others.
This calls for a flashback to Vienna in 1966 when Abraham
was a professor, Palmer a young man and even back them Fitzwilliam was a lackey
of Palmer’s (wow, he’s looking good for his age… must be his father. A generational
lackey?) They were tracking the Lumen special book of specialness to a nunnery –
one the vampires already got to – they only find a boy who claims the Mother Superior
decided the book was evil so burned it.
While Abraham fight to protect the boy from vampires,
Eichorst made an appearance and made Palmer an offer he chose not to refuse.
When Abraham rejoins Palmer, he decides the book is gone and there’s no further
point in looking for it – or in hunting vampires.
In the present, Nora tells Ephraim to spend time with
Zach. Oh yay, more father son bonding time, just what I wanted to see. This comes
with parental angst and moodiness.
Nora and Vasily also catch the news and we see that
Councillor Feraldo is spreading her vampire slaying tactics much to Vasily’s
approval. Nora is much more leery of suspending rights and invoking martial law
(we have to remember last season when she talked about growing up in a police
state)
Palmer, meanwhile, has managed to gather the heads of
major banks and investment companies together in a supposed gesture of
solidarity to reassure the no-doubt panicking financial markets to help get
finances back in order.
All in one place, and perfectly placed for a vampire
attack.
Dutch has realised that Palmer’s last lackey,
Fitzwilliam, is no longer following him around – and that’s after Fitzwilliam
let them live last season. Dutch suspects that Fitzwilliam has turned against
Palmer and has tracked down the only address related to him which isn’t owned
by Palmer – Fitzwilliam’s brother, Curtis, on Staten island. Abraham agrees.
They arrive at the island and find the checkpoints, security
and the medieval display of vampire bodies, much to Dutch’s disgust and Abraham’s
disapproving silence. With the help of Curtis, they meet up with Fitzwilliam to
try and recruit him. The attack on the Federal reserve has panicked the
financial world still further and Bad Things will no doubt follow – and Curtis
points out Palmer got out ok. Abraham has a great pitch though Fitzwilliam says
he’s totally not joining the club. Abraham is confident he’ll change his mind –
and Abraham is usually right
Back on the mainland, Ephraim and Nora find out their
plague is working and killing vampires, while Vasiliy still wants to blow up
subway tunnels to stop them spreading.
And the Master is trying to limit the disease but
suiciding those minions that are infected. Ephraim considers this a victory –
since it shows it’s contagious and lethal. Now Ephraim wants to go to DC and
the powers that be for mass manufacture and distribution. Nora is worried how
fast he’s moving (I’m not sure what her objections are?)
Vasily still gets to blow up his subway tunnel. The
curfew enforcers are not amused by this and they brutally beat Vasiliy and
handcuff him.
Meanwhile Kelly and her horde of child vampires are
tracking where Zack and Ephraim have been.
The plague is a nice idea – but if the Master can see
through his minions eyes and control his minions – I think he’d just walk that
minion out into sunlight. Ok maybe he can’t see through every minion’s eyes at
once, but I think he’d keep an eye on this one given the givens. It seems he
was a bit late for him to belatedly pay attention.
I kind of want Nora to say exactly why she’s objecting to
Ephraim moving so fast given the situation. If she’s actually have a reasoned
objection beyond “you’re going too fast!” it would be nice to elaborate on
that. It’s not like there wouldn’t be objections (immunity, side effects,
possible human contamination) but she needs to make them.
I do like her input on Vasily’s hailing of Feraldo,
though, again, I’d like her to elaborate more and bring in her own experiences
and history to add to both her characterisation and her presence in the show. Vasiliy
ending up being attacked by authority figures nicely underscored her point.
I also really think we need to bring the plot lines of
this show together more.
