This show is turning out to be WAY better than I could have hoped. All three story lines in this Halloween-themed episode are great and the time spent watching it all goes by quickly. Still, though, how many times does Grandma have to prove what a crappy babysitter she is before Kristen stops trusting her with her kids?
The weakest episode so far. The main storyline wasn't all that interesting, and Ben's storyline was pointless other than connecting him to Vanessa, and Kristen replacing him in the main storyline was also pointless; because she wasn't even present for its conclusion and Violet's conversation with David like Kurt was because of the storyline involving her daughters. I guess it was orchestrated that way so she can remain the skeptical forensic psychologist for a little longer. She hasn't been present yet for something that really will make her start wondering, has she? The camera footage and the virtual assistants don't count as those occurrences were more within Ben's field, to make him begin wondering, not her.
Classic...recreating the iconic scene from The Exorcist
Finally received a breakthrough revelation. Very moving ending.
Nice to see reverse Zechariah from Supernatural. The children's storyline and slightly Ben's are the more interesting bits.
That tribute to the exorcist. That mix of scary stories
In spite of pretty decent ingredients. this episode didn't really go anywhere. The exorcism should have been a venue to really inject some progression but it doesn't no matter how much they want it to have by opening the next episode with our leads angry at each other about what happened in this episode.
Ben visits a ghost hunter TV show for reasons that aren't explained. They must want the Ghost Hunter skeptic Vanessa to play a bigger role because she was completely unnecessary in this episode and it would have worked better without them. They're ghost hunters that go hunting and they pick up a local skeptic to go with them. That's at least half way to explaining why Ben is on the show. it explains why they want him. I'm STILL not sure why he agreed to go and "to meet my online friend" is just weak.
The girl's basically have their own story line. It's a ghost story. It's actually a very good ghost story. It's a very nice little segment of the episode but again it doesn't progress anything. And unlike earlier "Monster of the week episodes" the exorcism doesn't even give you the satisfaction of figuring out the exorcism. It feels like the Ghost Hunters story was there just so we could have something "figured out" this episode and leave the exorcism ambiguous. But the Ghost Hunters story isn't satisfying. It's confusing in retrospect, leaving us with an ambiguous story and a pointless story.
Honestly the ghost story was so good it should be in another show. It's perfect Grimm/Supernatural/Sleepy Hallow heck even Fringe material. The girls who are often loud and annoying in a way that is clearly intentional for whatever reason as if we wouldn't think her home life was hectic if the kids were more orderly.
Shout by Jim222001VIP 6BlockedParent2019-10-30T21:12:13Z
That was so creepy and awesome. The creepy little girl stole the show.