Lucy Lawless gives love tips and Marilyn Manson takes a little off the top on this weeks Salem.
First she gets to see her hero fulfill every promise his legend foretold.
He destroys an entire troop of unkillable native Americans in full battle array.
He recovers himself from a wound in time to continue fighting.
She gets to save his life.
Only to be numbered among the honored collateral damage that the famed Indian Killer leaves in his wake.
It is a television tradition that it takes a village to take down a series star.
Alden is bigger than life on the small screen and dispatches warriors over and over.
I dont think weve seen the last of Billy.
It seems a shame to build such a deep history for such a short arc.
Wooden soldiers wouldnt make it out from under the Christmas tree in his house.
Little John (Oliver Bell) does not play well with others, to say the least.
Even other witches get strung and opened up just to depress the Sentinel.
Wholly Moses, did Cotton Mather (Seth Gabel) have to be that good?
The newly proud pappy has come forward to fulfill his part in the new Jerusalem.
Increase Mathers son does it for love, just like he offed his old man.
Mather is the Dr. Spock of the New World.
After the Bible, no one has sold more manuscript than the pious penman.
He is chosen to transcribe the story of the fall from the devils point of view.
Who would have thought the dour Sentinel would be the comic relief on Salem?
Standing there all stony face and angry, a petulant muscleman in leather armor.
Truth is blasphemy, he jokes.
Betrayed by her protective thugs, Hathorne (Jeremy Crutchley) comes fully into his own.
He chooses sinister slavery over honorable freedom.
Watching this, I believe he is motivated by love and not political ambition.
Though that doesnt deter Sebastian in the least.
Theres no difference between a love spell, a love sonnet or a longing look, the Countess advises.
Give her what she wants before she wants it and soon enough she will want you.
This is quite sound magical advice, and it has a very good track record for success.
It works better, of course, when you wash it down with blood.
He even braves a little psychic backwash to gain the answers to his darkest prayers.
Its fun to watch Sebastian play the cat and mouse game with the demon spawn and his ever-watchful Sentinel.
Intrigue within the insidious is most intriguing.
One Mary is fine for the little devil, who is not quite so greedy as his imperious father.
Tituba is playing a very dangerous game, turning over traitors while dropping dime to the devil.
Mary says her first order of business is not to trust anyone.
That includes the former slave turned cats-eyed seer.
Anne Hales attempts to come into the light, however, uncover an unsightly past.
As to the future, it looks like the Sentinel can stand some watching.
This was an excellent episode, fraught with danger, sad goodbyes and warnings of worse to come.
The Witch is Back was written by Adam Simon and directed by Nick Copus.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
