Archives for November 15, 2008

‘The Five‘ fills in a lot of history, as well as helps develop some of the other characters. I found this one exciting as well as informative. A lot of ground was covered, and even more foundations were laid for future episodes.

Seriously in this episode we learn how Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) became immortal, and Ashley (Emilie Ullerup) learns that crazy psychopants John Druitt (Christopher Heyerdahl) is actually her dear ol’dad.

We also learn that there are other people even more psycho than Druitt, namely Nickola Tesla who as it turns out is one of the five, and part vampire ever since undergoing the same treatment that afforded Helen with her longevity.

Mean while back on the home front Will (Robin Dunne), Bigfoot and Henry (Ryan Robbins) battle a serpentine creature ravaging the Sanctuary. Of course Will’s hunch is a bit off the mark as we learn something deeply personal about Mr. Foss and his reasons for working in the Sanctuary.

This was an exciting episode, in that it was nice to have multiple stories told concurrently while revealing some deeper subplot. I was great to learn so much about the back grounds of the characters. They have become much more interesting.

If you have not yet become a fan of the new SciFi series Sanctuary then you are definitely missing out on something truly special. I finally had a moment to catch up on last weeks episode #6 entitled ‘Nubbins‘ and am so glad that SciFi channel is offering the series up on rewind.

Although the episode started off as a little twist on the Star Trek  episode ‘The trouble with Tribbles‘ once these little lovable creatures began multiplying things became more Gremlins like only much nastier. Especially considering that these little lovable fluff balls could turn nearly invisible exhibited a hive mentality and had really sharp teeth to boot.

All in all it was a very enjoyable episode and the series is definitely shaping up to become a  cult (if not mainstream) favorite. They have definitely improved the story lines a bit since ‘Folding Man‘ episode 4, and it seems that they are back on track to where they started with ‘Fata Morgana‘ which is completely refreshing.

Ok so enough talking about the show, go watch it for yourself. However if you’ve missed the beginning hurry catch up!!!

I would like to add a footnote it was also nice to see the addition of the ‘abnormal’ Sophie (Katharine Isabelle) and not have her end up being just another casualty. I think the character offered some value to the plot and will likely be worth bring back from time to time. I’m so glad not to see yet another ‘red’ shirt character.