Oh Show, it has been a while.
If you need a brief recap, I bought a Screener VHS of the Pilot and Season 1 on DVD on the same day.
Two different Stores. Less than a mile apart.
I covered the Pilot then, but lost track of the Show.
Well, no more!
'Dead Reckoning' features Zelda Rubinstein, the only bridge between this Show and the Films.
In the Cold Open, she appears to our Lead and speaks in rhyme, warning him of danger.
He explains to his Team that she's 'Christine,' a presence that appears 'when she is needed' and has helped his Family (the Theme of this Show is a Family's Legacy) over the Decades.
She later appears to the young girl caught in the middle (she was targeted by a Demon in said Pilot and lives at the Castle).
They need to figure out what the danger is.
They need to figure that out to be able to fight it.
They need to figure that out to be able to fight it.
It relates to our Hero's past and a dark secret from it.
They need to find clues from...a flask? Okay then.
Christine marked the girl for protection.
As the evil looms in the Castle, however, will this be enough?
It all connects to our Hero's Grandfather, who went a little bit evil.
As it turns out, he killed the Grandparents of the Girl (thus the Parents of her Mother- duh). He hid this secret from them for obvious reasons.
Said Grandfather is...a photoshopped picture of our Lead without hair.
Christine keeps appearing at random points, this time to the whole group.
They know now that the Grandfather is going to possess the girl at the stroke of midnight.
The group is taken out mostly in advance, leading our Hero and the Mother to save the day.
He takes the magic sword they have and...throws it?
Whatever you say, Edge (Google it, non-nerds!).
Whatever you say, Edge (Google it, non-nerds!).
It gets thrown back at him.
Ouch.
Christine gives him a pep talk at the last minute and he manages to take down Grandpa.
Ouch.
He stabs him and he evaporates like Obi Wan Kenobi and we're done.
A good Episode that makes the most of its Guest Star.
Zelda was obviously just going to give this atmosphere and nothing else.
She definitely does that.
The Plot around her is decent enough as well, even if 'Little Girl in Peril from Evil Spirit' is pretty cliche. They didn't break the mold.
I guess if you're already up to Episode 20 that can happen.
The execution works well as a whole though.
Maybe I should get around to watching the other 19 Episodes in the future. Of course, if I forget to again, don't be shocked.
A good Episode all around. More Shows needed Zelda Rubinstein speaking in rhyme like Jack Kirby's The Demon.
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