After last week's arguments split our characters apart, something big was needed to bring them all back together again this episode certainly goes for big. As if the murder of Ram's father and Tanya's mother by the Shadow Kin in pre-titles sequence wasn't enough, we find out that Miss Quill has become pregnant. It's a shocking opening, though I am slightly disappointing that we won't be seeing any more of Ram's father. I quite liked him.
To deal with the impending threat, our characters are forced into different roles. April must look after Ram and her own mother. It's interesting that April and Charlie's decision to ignore violent solutions has lead to a drastic situation.
Tanya learns to cope with her grief by learning self-defence from Miss Quill. It's a good development for a character that has been on the sidelines.
The story concludes when Charlie finally uses the weapon to destroy all of the Shadow Kin. The point perhaps that although he has lost his people he still has his friends. April sacrifices herself to stop Corikanus. However she ends up in the body of a Shadow Kin. What will she do?
Could this really be the end of the Shadow Kin as antagonists? They've not exactly been the most exciting of villains. If this show does come back for a second series, the one thing it can definately do better is to better recurring villains.
The episode ends on a positive and negative. We finally learn a bit more about the Governors who are allied with the Weeping Angels. It's sad that Dorothea Ames had to die since this was another character that could have stuck around.
The series has been alright. Not terrible not fantastic but alright. It has taken elements of Buffy but not quite been as astounding as that show. Hopefully, the show will get a second series so it gets the chance to enhance itself.
8/10
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