Written by Jay Franklin
Directed by Jamie Childs
Corinthian (to Dream): "Thank you Lord. I await your command."
Oh look who's back. You'd think after the chaos he caused in the first season, the last line of defence that Morpheus would go for would be the Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook). That's how dire the situation has become for Dream.
Of course, going by the brief scene that Corinthian appeared in, it would appear that his master had made alterations in order to make Corinthian more agreeable. He appeared to be in that one scene. Submissive even. Oh, Corinthian, I've missed you.
This episode seemed to continue a tour of sorts for Lord Morpheus. He recruited the modern version of Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman) in order to rescue Daniel. Yet again, there's a spark between Morpheus and Johanna and the latter had no problem in giving Dream a much needed dressing down and some home truths to boot. I'm really glad she's back for a more expanded role this season.
Keeping with the reunions, I'm also really glad that Morpgeus got a scene with Despair. We needed a scene between those two and its a beautifully done scene. Despair had a lot of compassion for Dream losing his son. I thought the stories she told Dream about his son was rather. Also sweet was Dream's reunion with Hob Gadling (Ferdinand Kingsley). I hope they get at least another one before the finale.
Getting back to the Daniel Hall story though, Loki really had no qualms with burning up a baby. Puck to his credit tried to do the right thing but alas, he couldn't outwit his more evil lover. Lyta on the other hand spent most of the episode fully blaming Morpheus for her son's abduction. I mean she wasn't entirely wrong.
As for Nuala, she wasn't happy about going home. It didn't help that Cluracan was unsympathetic to her plight and even glamoured Nuala against her consent. Nuala's scene with Titania had a certain tension with the latter being fixated on Nuala's gift from Dream.
- Johanna and Corinthian wore white last season but this time around, both were decked out in black. Johanna has shorter hair this time around.
- Dream gave Johanna her ancestor's diary, which she read about in relation to Orpheus. Johanna was having a dream about killing a lover.
- Puck really does seem to be falling in love with Loki. Loki played on that twice in this episode.
- Lyta's connection to the Kindly Ones was made apparent. They were also rather unhelpful with her.
- Hob had lost his wife from earlier this season. He brought up the fact that he's lost a lot of family members as a result of his refusal to die.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off. Daniel's eight months old.
Fuel For The Fire was a stronger episode with plenty of great character moments. The Loki/Puck dynamic over Daniel. Dream's scenes with Despair, Johanna and Hob were the best from this episode as well as the return of Corinthian.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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