Saturday, July 27, 2019

DCE-Hulu: Swamp Thing- 'Brilliant Disguise'

Another week as the end approaches for this experiment in Streaming Content.  Let's keep digging...
A bit of Plot Convenience (and a power up) allows Swamp Thing to appear as Alec to Abby for a day.

While nice, I wonder if this was part of the 'must cut Budget!' moments.
The Sunderlands plan a big deal with a big money backer for their new formula (made from Swamp Thing's DNA).
...although Avery is busy in the Swamp looking for our Hero, who he just learned is alive somehow.

At this point, the one-armed Fry Cook is going to find out who Swamp Thing is!
Abby seeks to find some evidence to help stop The Rot.  Will that be too dangerous?

To find out, stream the Episode.  You might as well- you know you'll get an Ending!
This one is a bit more setup than payoff, but still good.  This Episode is definitely all about setting up big things for the close of the Season.  There's no big monster- at least in the most literal sense.  A bunch of important information is revealed in this one, which I obviously won't SPOIL.  You learn about the big setup that is going to be the Season/Series ending conflict.  You learn a few secrets about a few people.  There is not a whole lot of action in this one, but what you get is definitely interesting.  Like I said, this one is about build-up and the next few Episodes are (hopefully) the payoff.  It remains to be seen what the decision to chop off about 1/4 of the Episodes from the original order will have.  Here's hoping it still works as a strong narrative.  After all, who likes to see the big guy get sad?
Next time, events try to separate our characters.  Will that be a good thing or a very bad thing?  See you then...

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