Aquarius ends its premiere season on a series of cliffhangers and revelations.
It was a different world.
Lawyers were supposed to protect people from serial killers, not be them.
A show about Charles Manson is a show about discovery.
He may blame his mom for everything, but he kind of pales in comparison to the looming less-than-luminaries.
Aquarius manages to steal a baby from the candy.
Forget Chuck Manson, these two could take overHannibal.
At least Sadie works her way back into Charlies heart.
She is a charmer and she works harder than any of the family.
Sadie has a special kind of power.
Forever locked in the golden city like it was a gilded cage.
Childers has always been there and will always be in Los Angeles.
Hodiaks son is the third most suborn person in the family, after his parents.
It changed forever how the deserted soldier sees America, whatever that is.
Luckily, his old man is a cop who has blackmail material that trumps naughty pictures of the president.
Hodiak makes a deal with the department of defense and with Mansons lawyer buddy.
Both are deals with the devil.
The stubborn kid does the right thing, with the wrong person.
The kid will be charged as a traitor.
My favorite moment was the warmest.
Hodiak then says this is it, this is as nice as I get, the apex.
Now get back to work.
Duchovny was so charming he made the narc seem like an alright guy.
Although we have been getting snippets, like how he brings beer to Hodiaks place.
Poor Charmaine Tully (Claire Holt).
Well, she gets hit by something but all we see is the leash.
Aquariusis a little ham-fisted and very compartmentalized.
This is a problem with networks that premium cable has somehow been able to avoid.
For the most part, Starz is just now catching up.
With Aquarius we have all the elements of a truly horrific TV classic.
But they dont have they dont have the subtlety to bury the horrors under the skin.
Aquarius borrows a lot, in terms of style, from The X-Files.
Everything has the pallor of death or the washed out look of a hurried noir.
Each of the cliffhangers offers a wealth of possibilities.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
