![]() ![]() Will taking out the Elders and the Dark One suddenly sever some sort of psychic connection to all of those infected around the world, or will these pockets survive and require systematic eradication? While we wait for an answer, we’re treated to several savage encounters, the first of which involves Axel’s group. ![]() With the appearance of another group of semi-organized feeders, it may be time to consider whether Vanessa and Scarlett’s quest is simply evolving into an exercise in futility. That he’s willing to make the ultimate sacrifice tells us everything we need to know about Scab. Scab desperately feels a need to belong to something, and the Sisterhood gives him an opportunity to find meaning in an otherwise senseless world. It takes only seconds to figure out where this scene is headed when Scab cries out, “Make me a sister make me like you.” Even though we get the sense that he understands what it is he’s asking Ivory and the others to do, the horrific implications are nonetheless borne out by Scab’s blood curdling screams as they remove his manhood with a pair of less than sterile shears. With that in mind, it’s become painfully evident that Vanessa has miles to go before she sleeps.ĭirector Leslie Hope’s initial scene puts the camera high above Scab who lies spread eagle on a circular altar as the sisters debate his fate and whether he should be accepted into The Sisterhood. ![]() It’s easy to become complacent at the often surgical precision with which Vanessa and Scarlett dispense of the current crop of vampires, but tonight we’re reminded that vampire killing is an ugly business and not everyone faced with that prospect bears the Van Helsing name. ![]() From the opening sequence at a gathering of the Sisterhood, “Hunted Down” takes violent behavior and gruesome imagery to levels Van Helsing has only hinted at previously, but it does so with a purpose. Lest we forget for a moment the brutality inherent in any apocalyptic event, writer/showrunner Neil LaBute makes absolutely certain we remember the terrifying reality our heroes face on a daily basis. ![]()
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