Summary: Crozier suggests sending 8 men 800 miles to HBC for help to Franklin who is appalled and refuses. He tells Crozier that he doesn't really like him at all. An outpost is created in the ice to hunt down the Tuunbaq. Franklin goes to visit and while he is there the camp is attack. everyone is killed, including Franklin. The Inuit woman, Lady Silence is let free and she begins to learn how to control the Tuunbaq. Hickey and Gibson come into conflict when Gibson claims to Irving that he was innocent and Hickey just sort of attacked him.
The Good: I like that we got some more development on Franklin in this episode. He has been very arrogant but mostly likeable before and we really needed to learn more about why he was making the choices he did. Here we get to see why he believes in faith so much. We learn that nobody really believes in him, and so he is forced to believe in himself with hopes that he can prove everyone wrong. Of course having his wife tell him all of this to inflate his ego doesn't help at all. This built up nicely for Franklin's scenes with Crozier. Crozier continues to be logically sound as he requests getting some help from HBC, but Franklin is too stubborn to listen and doesn't want to be labelled as a failure. He still arrogantly believes he can succeed, and in his arrogance he completely alienates Crozier and continues making enemies. It was a great scene and was one which really made us sympathize for Crozier who only wants to make it out of this alive. Naturally with this being a survival horror, there needs to be some surprising deaths and we got a really surprising one here as Franklin dies in the bear attack. The scene was terrifically shot (see: Best Moment), and was completely unexpected as Franklin has been a pivotal member of the crew so far. The burial of Franklin was a really good scene, and I thought it was a nice touch to have him buried to his own words he was going to say for Lieutenant Gore's death. Also, the visual of Franklin's leg in the coffin was quite unsettling and suitably grim. I enjoyed the Hickey and Gibson storyline too. Hickey has been likeably strong-willed so far and I did enjoy this little conflict. Gibson was logical in why he betrayed Hickey and I understood why Hickey would have felt the need to confront Gibson about his choice. The Bad: Nothing really bad about this. I thought this was quite consistent in its quality, though the show does seem content with what it is and isn't really attempting to leave more of an impact than its limited nature allows. I suppose it is still much better than aiming high and falling flat. I certainly am enjoying the show for what it is though. The Unknown: What is the significance of those chiseled charms? Will we see more of them in the future? What was Lady Silence requesting to get from her father? What was the circle she drew earlier? Does it have something to do with her controlling the Tuunbaq? The Tuunbaq gave her the seal at the end. Does that mean that the deaths of the men were from Lady Silence's orders? Best Moment: Franklin's death was visually stunning. It perfectly captured the panic of a sudden, horrific death and the total chaos and disorder it would have put into Franklin's head. The connection the scene creates with the viewer is splendid and it was a real testament to Ciaran Hinds acting, the sound design and the cinematography that the scene boasts. Character of the Episode: Franklin. He left a great impression on this episode. Conclusion: This was another solid episode which contained one of the best constructed death scenes I have seen in a television show which focuses on the horrors of death. Score: 64
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