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Despite his duplicitous behavior, Micah does offer Flesh one piece of sage advice: “Embrace who you are or you can hang onto what you were.” At first glance it seems reasonable, but upon further reflection, that’s exactly what the vampires want. There are a number of satisfying scenes in “Stay Away,” but none more so than Flesh plunging his knife into the back of Micah’s neck after Mohamad and Sam reveal the leader’s blood scam with Magdalene. But when Micah breaks his confidence by airing Flesh’s darkest secret, it draws out a side of him we didn’t know existed.

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Going on to state that they are just doing their part to take back the Earth from the vampires sounds like a sleeper agent reciting a memorized scenario.Īrguably the most vulnerable character in the series has been Flesh, who no matter what he says or does to convince the others he’s a loyal member of the team, ends up having his past thrown in his face. Claiming the pregnant women are wives of Resistance fighters who are provided a safe haven and then reunited with their families seems plausible, but he should have stopped there. Micah’s revelation to Vanessa and Susan regarding the true purpose of Eden doesn’t ring true for Vanessa or the viewer. Taken in conjunction with the pregnant women that seem to be everywhere, it’s difficult to get a read on this place.

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It appears the church bells we’ve heard over the past few episodes coincide with the arrival of Magdalene, and when we take in the fact that Micah trades Mason jars full of blood for protection, that we’re not that surprised says a lot about the world and characters Neil LaBute has created. But it doesn’t take long to learn of Magdalene’s connection to Julius and the arrangement she’s brokered with Micah. However, like Vanessa and the others, we’re willing to give these people the benefit of the doubt in return for a clean bed and a hot meal. Cavanagh is deliciously creepy as the cult leader/diplomat, and from the start, things seem a bit too perfect. Headed by Micah (Tom Cavanagh, The Flash), this peaceful agrarian community at first appears to have escaped the vampire aggression, but we quickly learn that it’s not quite that simple. Though certainly not as emotionally draining as Doc’s devolution, the introduction of Eden adds an unexpected, but welcome new dimension to the experience. When she finally comes clean to Vanessa about Axel’s demise, like Vanessa, we feel nothing for her, and it’s this disgust from Vanessa and from herself that eventually leads Doc to beg Magdalene to turn her back. In some ways this is Doc’s episode, and while Rukiya Bernard’s portrayal of the psychically broken woman tugs at our heartstrings, watching her stare at the blood on her hands after delivering the baby conjures up an image of Lady Macbeth coming to terms with her own guilt. Watching her stand frozen, Munchlike, as the ferals attack in the opening sequence catches us off guard a bit, but by the time we reach the end, it’s somehow fitting that she finds herself alone in a clearing amidst the skeletons of dozens of babies harvested by Magdalene (Gwynyth Walsh). However, it’s still disconcerting to see it unfold. To see her come unhinged so soon after leaving Axel to die at Gorman’s hands isn’t all that surprising since she has teetered on the edge of sanity the entire time we’ve known her.

There are so many turning points that it’s difficult to know where to start, but Doc’s rapid descent may be the biggest shock of all. If we learn anything from this chapter, just like Vanessa and the crew, it’s a mistake to get too comfortable. Tonight’s tenth episode “Stay Away” abandons restraint, and from beginning to end, assaults our senses with one startling scene after another.

Part of the experience of Van Helsing requires the viewer to stay alert and not become lulled by show’s deliberate pace for fear of missing the significance of the small details. This Van Helsing review contains spoilers.

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