Countess Marburg takes the sting out of Salems pain.
Here is our review of Salem season 2 episode 5.
SPOILER ALERT:Forked tongues spill secrets.
Mary really seems to care for the old coot.
But shes been with imperious grump for so long, she formed a bond with him.
Not as strong as the bond between Mary and John Alden (Shane West).
The witch hunting frontiersman cant bring himself to kill women and children.
Methinks he doth protest too much.
Like George Sibley, John Alden has a bit of a witch fetish.
I cheered when Tituba pulled a Luca Brasi on him.
It had wit, charm and nastiness all boiled in bellicose bouillabaisse.
We know only one will live through this.
Countess Marburg herself pointed out that a war is only over when the enemy is dead.
We also know the odds favor the house, and Marys got seven gables on hers.
Maybe we can get two seasons out of it because theyre also fighting off the mundane masses.
Anne Hale (Tamzin Merchant) is so much a new witch, pure and unaffected.
Just because he shows up after shes squeezed the life out of him.
I wanted Cotton Mather (Seth Gabelas) to kill in Hathorne (Jeremy Crutchley).
I guess that puts me on Team Sibley.
Hathorne, is a primping, pompous pugilist who hold the keys to the pokey.
He pushes his weight around with his fey machismo in the bar.
Its a wonder no one else hit him.
They are all puritan hypocrites but still, just to shut him up.
Its a shame they both had to live through it.
We know history, show us what you got.
I appreciated how Mary waited until the fight was over before taking them to task.
Maybe it was worth it to see the reverend Mather panting and stuttering over Anne Hale.
The scene is very much played through her eyes.
Baal knows Cotton is only good-looking when seen through the eyes of Anne Hale (Tamzin Merchant).
Isaac Walton (Iddo Goldberg) is the most unlikely object of affection after Mather.
His reputation must precede him by inches.
The battle between puritans and witches isnt over to this day.
Todays happy pagans would just as soon have the pilgrims back the march.
Why should the puritans have all the fun?
repurposed the joke last weekin between dreams.
Mercy Lewis (Elise Eberle) is a useful little bee lost from the hive.
Self-conscious and untrusting, she finally succumbs to her new BFF the countess with a sanguine facial spa outing.
Mercys traitorous acolyte gives her all as a fountain of youth juice on tap.
The credit goes to the sound crew and Janet Montgomerys lightning quick fingers.
The sob-snot that Mercy sucked back into her nose was a marvelously gross touch too.
I cant wait to see Mary Sibley play with her new talking Increase Mather doll.
Ill Met by Moonlight was written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders, directed by Nick Copus.
Rating:
4 out of 5
