The MistSeason 1, Episode 6
ThisThe MistReview contains spoilers.
The episode also explores some of Stephen Kings favorite haunts that werent included in the book.
Shes not quite the madwoman of the book.
Mrs. Raven keeps her wits about her.
She might even be on to something.
The book makes Mrs. Carmody a religious zealot, screaming for sacrifice.
Natalie is a much more measured and curious soul.
Shes more the jot down to be thrown on the bonfire.
Jay (Luke Cosgrove) saves Alex (Gus Birney) from a blaze at the mall.
She gets locked in by an unknown assailant and left to burn.
Alex made a lot of enemies in the town.
Others despise her for tainting the name of the schools star quarterback.
The jock has been following Alex around ever since.
It could look like stalking, or that he wants to protect her.
Eve still wants to knock him on his ass, though she reluctantly gives him a pass.
It breaks her heart a few minutes later to see her daughter sharing intimate warnings with the unusual suspect.
Its enough to turn a normal New England country doctor into a mad scientist.
There are endless possibilities to the cause and cure for the mist and its mind-altering effects.
All doctors are schooled in lab results and the importance of test subjects and data.
Experimental enthusiasm comes off as part of the contagion.
Mia found a bookend soldier for her buddy who lost his memory at the Arrowhead project.
The two may have braved the trenches together but they dont have the friendliest bond.
The episode is filled with a lot fighting, hand to hand stuff.
Mia stumbles into her past in what looks like it could be a scenario from another King story.
The errant fogster stole the keys from Adrian Garff (Russell Posner) and went to her childhood home.
The scenes at Mias home are the most frightening in the horror movie sense.
The atmosphere and cloudy lighting brings back sense memories of haunted house movies.
The experiment scenes bring in an Island of Doctor Moreau vibe without the transformations.
Besides the tensions at the mall, this episode stays the most on track for a horror series.
The Devil You Know was written by Noah Griffin and Daniel Stewart, and directed by James Hawes.
Rating:
3.5 out of 5
