People are the monsters of the week when The Mist follows the Law of Nature.
ThisThe MistReview contains spoilers.
Given the slightest provocation, everybody plays the fool.
Maybe the creatures in the mist arent so bad.
Especially when compared with the people in the small town the fog rolled in on.
They start killing each other.
This sounds like the monsters in the mist, hidden but deadly.
We are the monsters in the mist, the series is telling us.
Even the good guys, the heroes and heroines, of the series are losing their shit.
Kevin surrendered his fatality-inducing virginity when he killed his brother rather than watch him get sucked dry by leeches.
The mall manager goes upside someones head to protect his private stash of food.
Eve stashes the jock who is accused of raping her daughter in a private cell.
Adrian protects his privates in a selfish bid for love.
Nathaly burns love in a church pyre in a selfless bid for nature.
It is a vicious cycle.
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Lets start with the mall manager.
Nice guy, usually.
Hes got his own routine, built up over years of stationary but steady authority.
When his stash and his standing are both jeopardized, he is fully entitled to lash out.
And its only human to pass the blame on to someone else.
Eve (Alyssa Sutherland) finally has enough of Jay (Luke Cosgrove) and exposes her true nature.
Shes a fierce mother protecting her daughter, the most natural thing in the world.
The mist is strong with this one.
She was spared by the shadow creature a few episodes ago and people cant be blamed for pointing fingers.
Its not her fault shes acting like she was given a free pass when she was passed over.
It seems the orderly at the psych ward in the hospital was right about the kid.
She winds up getting her eyes pecked out by birds.
The man is a monster with no heart and less soul.
The last segment ofThe Mistusually features their monster of the week.
Weve seen the angelic mothman, the four horsemen.
Tonights monster is people.
Like the monster on Bugs Bunny says when he looks out the audience to face the true horror.
Yes, people are the monsters of the week this week.
The episode closes on their true nature, and its not very nurturing.
Nathalies is leading her dwindling flock into mystical battle.
The parishioners burn their bridges behind them and follow the law of nature.
Sometimes violence is necessary and not necessarily evil.
As Frank Zappa once sang, the meek shall inherit nothing.
The Mistcontinues to try a little too hard to shape the novel into a cookie-cutting series.
The Law of Nature was written by Andrew Wilder and Christian Torpe, and directed by Guy Ferland.
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Rating:
3 out of 5
