“Am I too
late…? Oh no, I can't be too late- you're still alive. That's a good thing.”
For the
second time in a row we get an easily guessable fairytale. It’s Cinderella, so of course we get screeching bat-like creatures. It’s also the
second time in a row that we get a nicely witty treatment of the source
material. Our Cinderella analogue is a spoilt rich bitch who is all nasty and
that to her ugly sisters. Written down like that it seems more obvious than it
is, but the reveal is really well handled.
The first
victim in this traditional murder mystery, which surprisingly is a rarity for
this show, is her wicked step-mother. That strikes me as the most appropriate
thing that could possibly happen in this show. The whole thing is a story of
the week, perhaps, but it’s one of the best yet. There’s also plenty of arc
stuff going on. Hank’s refusal to believe Spencer when he tells the truth about
being a Batman and all that is a
fairly blatant signal from the writers to the viewer that he simply has to find
out everything sooner or later.
The same applies
to Juliette, or course, given Nick’s continued failure to confide in her. But
this time she begins to research the death of Nick’s parents, and discovers it
was a homicide. Of the four suspects, three have been seen before and I’m sure
we can expect to see the fourth before too long.
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