The devil gets behind Cotton.
Here is our review of Salem season 2 episode 11.
Bravo.Salem, on the exorcism.
This was one scary exorcism, complete with popups straight out of Whats The Matter With Helen.
Mary Sibley (Janet Montgomery) has never been scarier.
A little dribble of blood on the side of her mouth is such a subtle tingle.
She looks more like a sad clown as she endures the rotten fruit as inevitable.
She looks clownishly ghoulish and then she pops up again in different jumpy forms during the exorcism.
It works on a subliminal level.
Penny Dreadfuldid an exorcism episode last year which was very good, naturally acted and intelligently shot.
It didnt have the primordial thrill of tonights jittery jaunt through a circle or two of hell.
Or, even if you did, you kind of want to tighten the knot a little bit.
The music said no no, but there was yes yes in the cameras eyes.
Wouldnt Cotton know his wife with a kiss?
Was Anne Hale being a little too supportive of Mary Sibley in her toubles?
I certainly hope so.
He shouldnt get away that easily and Hale was getting a little too Sister Sledge for comfort.
Baron Sebastian von Marburg (Joe Doyle) is a real scumbag and quite inscrutable.
Its not that hes hiding anything, which is he but thats not why we get surprised.
It is because he cant make up his mind.
No matter how miserable he might make her.
Who does Hathorne think he is?
Or, maybe the better question is where does he think he is?
Ooh lewered, what airs he puts on.
A neighborhood mother advised my mom that the word was whore and rhymed with more.
Perhaps Hathorne should be lured to a sewer where he can be sure to get purer.
Iddo Goldberg came alive above the corpse of his dead new love, Dollie.
He called out the hypocrites like a coarse voice in the wilderness.
All emotion and no grammatical determiners, not none, no how.
Lucy Lawless had such command tonight as she plotted her way through the labyrinth of the lower depths.
No magician is beyond her reach.
Countess Marburg doesnt win by TKO either, every twist of the neck is a confirmed conquest.
This was an excellent episode with thrills, chills and spills galore.
On Earth In Hell was written by Joe Menosky & Adam Simon and directed by Nick Copus.
Rating:
5 out of 5
