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5.10 Into the Heart of Darkness

Sarah: "They say you can't love two people. But they're wrong. They're wrong."

At first, I wasn't buying in, because I've been way too disengaged and nitpicky with this show lately. But when J.J. was left bound and gagged on the highway, this episode started to get to me. And it just escalated from there. This was the strongest, most emotional episode they've done in a while.

It takes a lot to get the audience to the point where they'll believe one of the cast is going to die. I thought it was going to happen twice: first with Sarah, and then in the kitchen, I truly thought the ultimate twist was that Walt was going to die. When it turned out that Linda was trying to commit "suicide by cop," I even thought for a moment that Walt would go through with it, and kill her. Very good writing there.

I know not all the fans are behind the Johnny/Sarah relationship, but I've always been on board. Johnny was the tragic figure here, because this incident revived the love between Johnny and Sarah, and tore them apart forever. Sarah still loves Johnny. Johnny saved Sarah for Walt. Sarah is finally having Walt's baby. It finally feels like the end, and I don't want it to be the end.

This episode was a sequel to season four's The Collector, which wasn't anywhere near as good as this one. Linda here was much, much scarier than Mr. Suds there. Bravo. Or brava. Gold acting stars for Chris Bruno, Nicole de Boer (whom we've barely seen this season), and the actress who played Linda.

Bits and pieces:

-- They showed both Johnny and the dead Mr. Suds watching the same black and white horror movie, probably because the story was much like a horror movie.

-- I particularly loved Sarah carving initials in the wood and leaving a psychic farewell for Johnny. Very moving. The long flashback showing scenes of Sarah throughout the series made it seem that they were indeed writing her out.

This one actually made me cry. Four out of four stars,

Billie






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