Sun Tzu and chess and dramatics from Ichabod while Abbie
effortlessly wins because she’s Abbie and made of awesome. We get the prequel
to this episode’s theme – overthinking vs “feeling your way.”
There’s also a recap on just about everything going on so
far, albeit quite neatly done so hats off to it.
Reynolds drops in because he’s heading to DC – and wants
to leave Abbie in charge while he’s gone.
On one of the bad guy teams, Atticus seems quite agitated
about losing the Shard of Anubis – since someone contracted him to get it and
he only has 12 hours to do it. Sophie wants to help but Attticus is bringing in
the big guns – norse poetry. He uses bad poetry to raise up pandora’s box, open
it and call forth something norse involving berserkers – monsterous bald things
he dispatches to hunt his prey.
Jenny and Joe are sparring, recapping (this show does
like its recaps) and debating what to do about the two bank account numbers
they have that Joe’s dad, the mysterious Sheriff August Corbin, left for them
to find. There also follows some flirting – and the Shard which Jenny absorbed
suddenly taking over and Jenny dropping Joe hard. She glows reds and has disturbing
visions – Joe realises something is wrong – and they decide to consult Abbie
and Ichabod
Of course this does mean explaining to Abbie that they went after Atticus after she expressly told them not to. They realise that only Jenny touched the shard and absorbed it. Ichabod thinks it’s a bad idea for a human to have something that powerful inside them.
So they need to get the shard out of her, Joe and Abbie
argue when Jenny’s super-hearing hears the norse monsters attack. Bullets do
nothing to the creatures – but Jenny does, fighting with immense strength and
skill. Though even her super powers only slow it down (and impress/scare the
others)
They run and hide in a convenient tunnel system and Abbie
acknowledges Jenny’s awesomeness – and that the monsters are hunting the
shards. Abbie suspects Atticus, Ichabod suspects Pandora and they realise
Pandora and Atticus are working together. To reinforce that super-power Jenny
isn’t all good, she feels all woozy and nearly faints
To the archives! There Abbie and Jenny have a nice
bonding moment which they needed because they were angry before and I do love
them re-bonding after a fight. Jenny pokes Abbie’s control-freakness and futile
attempts to compartmentalise her life.
Joe and Ichabod talk Joe’s love life and Ichabod “losing
battles on many fronts” which has Joe advising he speak to Abbie – suggesting he
sees Ichabod and Abbie heading for a romance too
They do find the monsters – apparently Berserkers (which
are monsters now?) which only get stronger if you hit them but they are weak to
Misteltoe.
While Jenny has another red glowy moment and declares “behold
my glory for I am coming”, hey got to admire that self-esteem
When she wakes up, Abbie is there for her and they have
another excellent sister moment because they’re awesome together.
Joe and Ichabod track down the berserkers and use
mistletoe bolts on them – which does nothing. Plan b – run away
Ichabod appears to Abbie to check exactly what ritual Atticus used to summon the berserkers but she is torn: interfering with Atticus risks them getting on FBI surveillance, getting in trouble and destroying Reynold’s case. Lack of options forces Abbie to agree to let him go despite her misgivings
She then runs distraction with the FBI for him and he
picks the lock and goes in Atticus’s shack (where did Ichabod pick up this
skill? And even if he had it historically how does he possibly then manage
modern locks?)
As he tries to leave he is grabbed by Sophie. They have words which would almost looks like flirting but is definitely snarky before Ichabod leaves with the clue he needed – and the change of the ritual. Rather than summoning in the name of Odin, Atticus summoned in the name of Pandora. So they have no idea what these creature’s weakness is.
That clearly calls for a flashback and Revolutionary War with
more name dropping to basically is a lesson to make the enemy turn on
themselves.
Joe and Jenny have a fun moment while he draws her blood
and gives her his fun predictions if the future with more underlying flirting
and he finally kisses her.
Joe, Ichabod and Abbie use vials of Jenny’s blood to lure
the berserkers – then stealthily pour more of the blood on each berserker –
they viciously turn on each other, killing two and leaving one so wounded
Ichabod can finish it off (what swords work now?)
And Ichabod finally speaks to Abbie – about how he wants
to join the 21st century but worries about what he is losing – including the
possibility of losing Abbie to her job
Which is what Atticus and Sophie arrive with guns. They want Jenny because his boss is on the way and waaaay scarier than Pandora. Atticus points a gun at Joe’s head – and Sophie turns the gun on him. Because she’s FBI – he turns to shoot her and she shoots him. Abbie is horrified that Reynolds never told her.
The gang runs back to find Jenny – but she’s missing,
having broken out by her own power after carving her visions into the walls.
Reynolds goes to his boss in DC – and wants more time to
bring down Atticus with lots of ominous “there are eyes on this one” and a
sense that they need this done quietly. More ominous – there are “eyes” on
Abbie.
Jenny goes to Pandora’s cave and opens the door to her
tree – summoning Pandora and a cowled figure. Pandora tells her t kneel – and she
does – and the cowled figure repeats Jenny’s words “behold my glory, I have
arrived.”
I love the moment when Ichabod cuts in on Abbie’s rant
and she raises her hands and takes a brief walk round. The way they act is
really well done – it’s an excellent little moment that just shows how well
they know each other and work off each other.
Am I the only one starting to find it funny that Abbie
shoots every monster that attacks and every time it is immune to bullets. At what
point does she lose faith in her gun
Abbie being torn between her job and supernatural duty is
hard but very real. I can very much see how this would happen – how it must happen
without her boss being in the know. She almost has to compromise her career and
professional life to keep up her clandestine heroics. It’s very real – but don’t see anyway how this can end well for
her.
I’ll just say now that I’m not buying the whole way the
berserkers were killed. If they feed off power used against them then the three
of them fighting would have just kept making them stronger – and I’ll buy them
being vulnerable to each other – but Ichabod finishing one off with a sword?
Why his sword and not Jenny’s knives? Why even have a monster this week since
it’s clearly not what they wanted to focus on.
Sophie is FBI? Didn’t see that coming
