Welcome to Haven Redux
In which I ruminate about the latest episode of Haven, "The New Girl," whilst attempting to be more coherent than in my previous missive. Yon ruminations spoil that selfsame episode without also revealing content of future episodes.
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Wherein the last is first: I called it! Oh, I so totally called it, and then doubted myself. If you saw my review for the previous episode, "Lost and Found," I said that she was really Audrey but lied and pretended to be Lexie so she didn't have to kill Nathan.
I'm finding the current dynamic of plans that are doomed to fail at any moment very entertaining - Duke's plan for Nathan to woo Lexie so she falls in love with him so she can kill him and end the troubles; Duke's other plan (or lack thereof) to come up with a better plan than the first one that doesn't involve Nathan dying; Audrey pretending to be Lexie, and hoping Nathan doesn't find out, but not being in on the first plan.
Wherein the first is second: The "Sneak Peek" for this episode was the very beginning of the episode, up to where Jordan says "I'll take care of this" and starts going towards Lexie with a gun. Now, as far as we know, Jordan doesn't know that Audrey is immune to the Troubles. I really wanted her to go up to Lexie, try to use her Trouble, and for Lexie to shrug it off and punch her in the nose. Jordan really needs to be punched in the nose.
I'm curious to see where they're headed with this whole Jordan-Wade (Jordan/Wade?) relationship.
Also - rock on, Duke, for coming to Nathan's rescue. By using your Trouble that you hate, no less. For the second time, even, but this time was fun and action-packed.
Wherein Reality steps into Haven, and is not unwelcome: So, the new blonde woman officer, Rebecca Rafferty (name from end credits) who was with Juliet when she died and had little itty bitty scenes in previous episodes this season? Is Lucas Bryant's real-life wife.
Wherein my enjoyment of the details of how Troubles work is rewarded: I really liked the technical details of how they dealt with Duke's Trouble in this episode. They guy is possessing Duke, but because it was *Duke* (or at least Duke's body) that killed him, his Trouble died when Duke killed him, so his mind died too. Ironic, really, if he'd possessed anyone else at all (except maybe Wade), his plan would probably have worked. But the kid was a homicidal maniac, so justice was served.
Now how are they going to explain the poor, defenseless paraplegic who was axe-murdered in the hospital basement?
Hark, do I see the tender beginnings of a Duke/Jennifer romance? This is not unwelcome. I don't ship them yet, but I don't object to it either.
I am so glad that Haven is keeping its quality up there. Sometimes, by this point, my addiction to a show has started to wane, but not with Haven. My muse isn't coming up with anything, but that's okay. I'm still enjoying it tremendously.
[Spoiler (click to open)]
Wherein the last is first: I called it! Oh, I so totally called it, and then doubted myself. If you saw my review for the previous episode, "Lost and Found," I said that she was really Audrey but lied and pretended to be Lexie so she didn't have to kill Nathan.
I'm finding the current dynamic of plans that are doomed to fail at any moment very entertaining - Duke's plan for Nathan to woo Lexie so she falls in love with him so she can kill him and end the troubles; Duke's other plan (or lack thereof) to come up with a better plan than the first one that doesn't involve Nathan dying; Audrey pretending to be Lexie, and hoping Nathan doesn't find out, but not being in on the first plan.
Wherein the first is second: The "Sneak Peek" for this episode was the very beginning of the episode, up to where Jordan says "I'll take care of this" and starts going towards Lexie with a gun. Now, as far as we know, Jordan doesn't know that Audrey is immune to the Troubles. I really wanted her to go up to Lexie, try to use her Trouble, and for Lexie to shrug it off and punch her in the nose. Jordan really needs to be punched in the nose.
I'm curious to see where they're headed with this whole Jordan-Wade (Jordan/Wade?) relationship.
Also - rock on, Duke, for coming to Nathan's rescue. By using your Trouble that you hate, no less. For the second time, even, but this time was fun and action-packed.
Wherein Reality steps into Haven, and is not unwelcome: So, the new blonde woman officer, Rebecca Rafferty (name from end credits) who was with Juliet when she died and had little itty bitty scenes in previous episodes this season? Is Lucas Bryant's real-life wife.
Wherein my enjoyment of the details of how Troubles work is rewarded: I really liked the technical details of how they dealt with Duke's Trouble in this episode. They guy is possessing Duke, but because it was *Duke* (or at least Duke's body) that killed him, his Trouble died when Duke killed him, so his mind died too. Ironic, really, if he'd possessed anyone else at all (except maybe Wade), his plan would probably have worked. But the kid was a homicidal maniac, so justice was served.
Now how are they going to explain the poor, defenseless paraplegic who was axe-murdered in the hospital basement?
Hark, do I see the tender beginnings of a Duke/Jennifer romance? This is not unwelcome. I don't ship them yet, but I don't object to it either.
I am so glad that Haven is keeping its quality up there. Sometimes, by this point, my addiction to a show has started to wane, but not with Haven. My muse isn't coming up with anything, but that's okay. I'm still enjoying it tremendously.