Last episode, the first to be released sequentially, ground the action to a hault. In the 50 minute runtime, nothing happened save for the kids being extra annoying to one another and vague hints at Lennon's mum having some secrets. It ended on a cliffhanger, with a bloodied machete and a gasping voice. And that is where this episode picks up, and manages to run any sense of tension into the ground immediately.
It's not to say the attack and subsequent fight for Riley's life wasn't intense: it was. But we're now being treated to flashbacks of the party that do nothing for the plot (apparently Riley also fancied the damp squib Dylan who fancied Lennon and her sister). What has any of this got to do with the mystery? Revelations of Lennon's mum still being alive do nothing but add to the mess. The final shot of Clara and one of the survivors is obviously meant to entice the viewer to keep watching, but at this point I don't see how anyone could care what's going on. These threads are not adding up, and I get the feeling most will be dropped or hurriedly wrapped up next week.
Lennon is now being tossed around like the last canape at a party, characterwise, all drama one moment, laughing and goofing at almost being ran over the next. She's sleeping with Margot then pining after Dylan. She's not that fussed when dad drops the bombshell. There's so much going on for this one character that they can't keep her focused, and can't be bothered to focus on the others around her. Riley's whole identity gets boiled down to a bad date, apparently, as she bleeds to death on her slow crawl home, every flashback is nothing but her making puppy dog eyes. The resident drug pusher is nothing but love's dog? I thought that was Lennon or Margot or Dylan or... nevermind.
What started out with some promise showed its hand this week, and it's a poor one.
It's not to say the attack and subsequent fight for Riley's life wasn't intense: it was. But we're now being treated to flashbacks of the party that do nothing for the plot (apparently Riley also fancied the damp squib Dylan who fancied Lennon and her sister). What has any of this got to do with the mystery? Revelations of Lennon's mum still being alive do nothing but add to the mess. The final shot of Clara and one of the survivors is obviously meant to entice the viewer to keep watching, but at this point I don't see how anyone could care what's going on. These threads are not adding up, and I get the feeling most will be dropped or hurriedly wrapped up next week.
Lennon is now being tossed around like the last canape at a party, characterwise, all drama one moment, laughing and goofing at almost being ran over the next. She's sleeping with Margot then pining after Dylan. She's not that fussed when dad drops the bombshell. There's so much going on for this one character that they can't keep her focused, and can't be bothered to focus on the others around her. Riley's whole identity gets boiled down to a bad date, apparently, as she bleeds to death on her slow crawl home, every flashback is nothing but her making puppy dog eyes. The resident drug pusher is nothing but love's dog? I thought that was Lennon or Margot or Dylan or... nevermind.
What started out with some promise showed its hand this week, and it's a poor one.