[7.3/10] A lot of action in this one, which has its benefits and drawbacks. The fight between Goliath and the armored goons is pretty perfunctory, but I do get a minor thrill from seeing him and Elisa race around Central Park. The tranquilizer dart provides a good reason for Goliath not to be able to get someplace safe before dawn and thus expose his weakness to Elisa.
Him turning to stone also lets the show demonstrate that Elisa isn’t just a damsel in his distress. She holds her own against the armored mooks and does so with cleverness in addition to brute force when necessary. I'll confess that a lot of this action felt pretty static to me, but it’s at least effective in establishing what Elisa is capable of, even when she doesn’t have magical creature back-up.
The adventures of the other Gargoyles didn’t do much for me. Watching Brooklyn, Lexington, and Broadway bumble around the city felt like filler. But hey! They all get names now! The conceit of them borrowing names from New York City is a little silly, but the results work as a mix between the modern and the ancient.
Speaking of which, the most potent part of this episode is Golaith reuniting with Demona. Xanatos’s story about the situation is suspect, but plausible enough. Keith David does a great line read to show how much Goliath finding his “Angel of the NIght” again means to him. At the same time, I like the two of them fighting around the airship, with Demona seeming much more aggressive and callous toward human life than Goliath, even after his bad experience with the captain of the guard and the Magus back in Scotland. The show’s drawing a distinction between them again, and the character work is solid.
Otherwise, we’re off on the fetch quest. That sounds demeaning, but I don’t mean it to be. There’s a good structure to sending three teams of Gargoyles to three different locations, where things will no doubt go less than according to plan. I like the pairings, and the final installment of “Awakening” seems to promise more action and dramatic developments ahead!
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2021-06-17T23:47:33Z
[7.3/10] A lot of action in this one, which has its benefits and drawbacks. The fight between Goliath and the armored goons is pretty perfunctory, but I do get a minor thrill from seeing him and Elisa race around Central Park. The tranquilizer dart provides a good reason for Goliath not to be able to get someplace safe before dawn and thus expose his weakness to Elisa.
Him turning to stone also lets the show demonstrate that Elisa isn’t just a damsel in his distress. She holds her own against the armored mooks and does so with cleverness in addition to brute force when necessary. I'll confess that a lot of this action felt pretty static to me, but it’s at least effective in establishing what Elisa is capable of, even when she doesn’t have magical creature back-up.
The adventures of the other Gargoyles didn’t do much for me. Watching Brooklyn, Lexington, and Broadway bumble around the city felt like filler. But hey! They all get names now! The conceit of them borrowing names from New York City is a little silly, but the results work as a mix between the modern and the ancient.
Speaking of which, the most potent part of this episode is Golaith reuniting with Demona. Xanatos’s story about the situation is suspect, but plausible enough. Keith David does a great line read to show how much Goliath finding his “Angel of the NIght” again means to him. At the same time, I like the two of them fighting around the airship, with Demona seeming much more aggressive and callous toward human life than Goliath, even after his bad experience with the captain of the guard and the Magus back in Scotland. The show’s drawing a distinction between them again, and the character work is solid.
Otherwise, we’re off on the fetch quest. That sounds demeaning, but I don’t mean it to be. There’s a good structure to sending three teams of Gargoyles to three different locations, where things will no doubt go less than according to plan. I like the pairings, and the final installment of “Awakening” seems to promise more action and dramatic developments ahead!