Recap and Review
Last week's episode ended with the surprise Krista and Marcus bed scene, leaving us to wonder what will become of our heroine. Well, Blade doesn't waste time this week as he knocks her out and drags her into a holding cell forcing her to go cold turkey for most of the episode. While she's locked up Blade and Shen have a little work to do taking on a lone vampire who calls himself the White Prince.
The White Prince storyline actually allows Blade to explain to Shen (and us) that there are splinter groups of vampires out there that don't belong to one of the twelve Houses. These groups even have their own familiars and glyphs (I've recreated the White Prince glyph to the right). This notion of rebel groups brings us even more possiblities for conflict, especially with a seemingly unavoidable vampire civil war.
Anyway, back to the White Prince and all his gruesomeness. We're introduced to him in a very Saw like moment as he videotapes himself torturing a young woman. Shen and Blade pick up the case after Shen is convinced by the sister of a suspected victim. After raiding a club or two and using the sister as bait, our two heroes find the White Prince's lair. They each proceed to kick some butt with Shen taking on the vampire's familiar and Blade doing his thing ashing the Prince. I found it funny how Shen preached to Blade earlier in the episode about giving people second chances and that their job is to save lives and then he goes on to kill the familiar without hesitation. Obviously Shen realized there's a time for playing nice and there's a time for kicking some bad guy butt. It was definitely nice to see him do more than just tag along.
While Blade and Shen were out doing their thing, Krista manages to break out of her holding cell. Luckily for our good guys, she decides to remain in her cell and await their return, letting them (and us) know she's all better now. While she could be fooling everybody, I hope her current state of mind is genuine.
Speaking of genuine states of mind, Chase was left unconcious by Charlotte's man-giant Thorn. We find out that Charlotte has plans for Chase - to enlist her as a double agent to spy on Marcus. Chase returns to Marcus telling him Charlotte's intentions, giving the impression that she still sides with her man. Marcus hands Chase Blade's broken sword so that she can use it as a sign of loyalty to Charlotte. We'll have to wait for future episodes to find out which side Chase is really on.
Notable Scenes
- Blade shooting Krista in the chest as she lunges for the bag of blood.
- Chase and Charlotte drinking newborn blood.
- Blade telling the White Prince that he's "nothin' but another crazy ass vampire."
- White Prince's lower jaw being ripped off - just as Blade promised.
Closing ThoughtsThis episode was very strong, even though it was mostly a side track from the main conflict. I was surprised to see a side-plot episode this late in the season. However, they tied it in well with the inclusion of Charlotte's plans for Chase.
While I'm extremely glad that it looks like Krista has not completely fallen for Marcus, I'm a little uneasy with how quickly she was able to "detox". She went from wanting to kill Marcus, to sleeping with him, to being back on Blade's side all within what seemed like a couple days. I love how fast paced the show is, but making Krista's character shift around so much so quickly seemed a little forced. I'm not losing any sleep over it or anything, but it was something I noticed.
Overall the episode was great. It had a couple things that bothered me, but as a whole, it definitely delivered. Noticably absent were both Collins and Boone. Boone has been missing for awhile, but I was surprised to see Collins MIA. They had been building his character for the last few episodes and to just to ignore him this go around was odd. He's such a minor character that it didn't affect the flow or the main plot at all, so I'm not too bothered by it. Also, we haven't seen any ashers for many episodes now. If I recall correctly, the head asher is still out there, presumably still killing vampires with Blade's blessing. I hope to see them make an appearance in these last couple episodes.
Since I don't like discussing previews during my episode recaps, I won't go into any details about this week's. However, I will say that these last couple episodes look phenomenal.
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