‘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.
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