And how hilarious that the Inquisitor was using the dark arts to stay alive. I confess I was laughing as Javier recited Revelation while torturing Henry, but even though I was amused by the OTT of it, I still found it effective.
*nod* Part of why it works is because I think a person has to have a certain hypocritical streak in them to be able to ignore the evil of torture while insisting they're engaging in righteousness despite that part where they're, you know, torturing someone.
I loved Vicki calling Javier out on it, too.
And props to them for having people in the flashback praying in Latin. The part that made me laugh hardest, though, was Henry saying grace before meals right before he ate Javier. That was PRICELESS.
It was the best thing ever. I totally laughed out loud at that and also at how neither Vicki nor Mike was focused enough to think, "Hmm ... perhaps we should not leave the torture victim alone with his torturer." For some reason, that cracked me up because realistically, as cops (well, a cop and a former cop), they would know to maintain that distance. And sure, Mike had just been bitten and all, but still. It was as if they're were subconsciously perfectly okay with Javier getting eaten. Which, really, one can't really blame them. *eg*
Fantastic partnership vibe, and they know each other well enough to really play off each other's strengths. I thought their interrogation of the prostitute, for example, showed that very well.
"Isn't this where you step in, good cop?"
"Actually, she's the good cop."
*loves*
We also got to see how complex he is as a character, and the extent to which being a vampire does and doesn't shape his ethical choices: he lets the rat go free, and he's willing to confess to save Vicki's life, but he kills Javier's helper in the past and also kills Javier.
I liked this, too. Overall, I thought Kyle Schmid did a great job with Henry in both the past and the present.
She was certainly concerned for Henry's life, and didn't want him to betray himself to protect her from Javier, but she was also extremely concerned for Mike after Henry fed from him. I do think what this episode did, though, was open Vicki's eyes to exactly what Henry is capable of.
Oh, definitely. I loved it that she went back for the pendant (aside: it was driving me nuts that no one in the episode even took a stab at translating the name; I mean, I've not taken Spanish in 23 years and I could work out that it meant "the illuminated/lighted sun") because there are at least three reasons why: (1) so it could never be used on Henry again; (2) so she could use it against him to protect herself and/or Mike (or Coreen); and/or, (3) to use on a rogue vampire. But the series doesn't necessarily provide any hints one way or the other. Loved that like burning.
I'm really not sure *how* she and the professor made the conceptual leap from "immortality" to "Chinese,"
Yeah, I didn't get that either because hadn't Coreen already noted that the number 8 is magical in some Chinese mythologies? It seemed to me that they didn't even need the seeming non-sequitor with the immortality symbol because they could have tried looking in Chinese texts just based on that observation.
My only complaint about this whole episode is why on earth didn't Vicki and Mike try to shield Delphine from the sun? Are we supposed to think it happened so quickly they couldn't stop it?
To me, it seemed like there were two things at work: (1) it happened just that quickly and also, (2) the vents were high enough that M&V couldn't shield once they opened. In other words, the height of the vents meant that even if they'd stood directly in front of her, she still would have caught fire.
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And how hilarious that the Inquisitor was using the dark arts to stay alive. I confess I was laughing as Javier recited Revelation while torturing Henry, but even though I was amused by the OTT of it, I still found it effective.
*nod* Part of why it works is because I think a person has to have a certain hypocritical streak in them to be able to ignore the evil of torture while insisting they're engaging in righteousness despite that part where they're, you know, torturing someone.
I loved Vicki calling Javier out on it, too.
And props to them for having people in the flashback praying in Latin. The part that made me laugh hardest, though, was Henry saying grace before meals right before he ate Javier. That was PRICELESS.
It was the best thing ever. I totally laughed out loud at that and also at how neither Vicki nor Mike was focused enough to think, "Hmm ... perhaps we should not leave the torture victim alone with his torturer." For some reason, that cracked me up because realistically, as cops (well, a cop and a former cop), they would know to maintain that distance. And sure, Mike had just been bitten and all, but still. It was as if they're were subconsciously perfectly okay with Javier getting eaten. Which, really, one can't really blame them. *eg*
Fantastic partnership vibe, and they know each other well enough to really play off each other's strengths. I thought their interrogation of the prostitute, for example, showed that very well.
"Isn't this where you step in, good cop?"
"Actually, she's the good cop."
*loves*
We also got to see how complex he is as a character, and the extent to which being a vampire does and doesn't shape his ethical choices: he lets the rat go free, and he's willing to confess to save Vicki's life, but he kills Javier's helper in the past and also kills Javier.
I liked this, too. Overall, I thought Kyle Schmid did a great job with Henry in both the past and the present.
She was certainly concerned for Henry's life, and didn't want him to betray himself to protect her from Javier, but she was also extremely concerned for Mike after Henry fed from him. I do think what this episode did, though, was open Vicki's eyes to exactly what Henry is capable of.
Oh, definitely. I loved it that she went back for the pendant (aside: it was driving me nuts that no one in the episode even took a stab at translating the name; I mean, I've not taken Spanish in 23 years and I could work out that it meant "the illuminated/lighted sun") because there are at least three reasons why: (1) so it could never be used on Henry again; (2) so she could use it against him to protect herself and/or Mike (or Coreen); and/or, (3) to use on a rogue vampire. But the series doesn't necessarily provide any hints one way or the other. Loved that like burning.
I'm really not sure *how* she and the professor made the conceptual leap from "immortality" to "Chinese,"
Yeah, I didn't get that either because hadn't Coreen already noted that the number 8 is magical in some Chinese mythologies? It seemed to me that they didn't even need the seeming non-sequitor with the immortality symbol because they could have tried looking in Chinese texts just based on that observation.
My only complaint about this whole episode is why on earth didn't Vicki and Mike try to shield Delphine from the sun? Are we supposed to think it happened so quickly they couldn't stop it?
To me, it seemed like there were two things at work: (1) it happened just that quickly and also, (2) the vents were high enough that M&V couldn't shield once they opened. In other words, the height of the vents meant that even if they'd stood directly in front of her, she still would have caught fire.