“it’s like he just fell out of the sky…”
This time it’s the turn of Jack
and the Beanstalk to be adapted, albeit loosely. This episode’s antagonist
is an ogre, not a giant, and doesn’t live in the sky on the top of a beanstalk,
but he’s big, hard to kill, and very, very, mean. Worst of all, he’s out for
revenge against all those who had him sent to prison, particularly Hank. Hank gets a bit of depth here; we learn that
he falsified evidence to send a man to prison who was innocent, at least of
this particular crime. This is corruption, however nasty the person put away
may be. I hope this dark side to Hank (for that is unambiguously what it is)
gets explored further.
Oh, and Hank finally gets to meet Monroe, he of the red wine and
indefinable coolness. It’s clear he has definite suspicions that Nick and
Monroe know each other more than either is letting on.
It looks as though the ending will have consequences for Monroe,
too: it’s him who shoots the baddie, and
the mysterious and sinister Captain seems to be on his trail. It’s obvious that
there will be consequences. At least Monroe gets to be the action hero for
once, though.
The heart of the episode, though, is that the ogre is able to attack
Nick in his own home, meaning it will never again feel like a sanctuary. Nick is not only hospitalised,
he now feels that he is unable to protect Juliet from the consequences of his
work. Life and work are no longer separate. What now for his personal life?
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