Written by James Wong
Directed by Mary Wigmore
Montana (to Richard, re Brooke): "Why haven't you killed her yet?"
Well, I was expecting some twists and boy, did this episode manage to pack about three really good ones into the mix, so let's prioritise them, shall we? As in from most to least interesting of what we learned tonight about three of our main players.
First of all, it seems that Nurse Rita isn't actually a nurse or even Rita. Nope, instead she's a woman named Donna Chambers who briefly worked at the asylum that was holding Benjamin Richter and was also the one responsible for getting him back into his natural habitat in some over complicated attempted to see if he could be redeemed.
I'll admit the villainous turn wouldn't be where I would've gone with the character but Angelica Ross certainly played a blinder here when she allowed Donna's mask to slip and Brooke found herself being injected with some horse tranquilizers for good measure. Donna didn't just stop there though. We saw in flashbacks that she was keeping the real Rita (Dreama Walker) hostage but the latter's rescue was shortlived when Mr Jingles put an oar to deadly use.
The twist with Donna/Rita was easily the best moment of the episode but it wasn't the only one to pack a punch. Yup, it seems that even Montana as well is evil and she's been working with the Night Stalker all along. Now, that I didn't see coming but why does she want to kill Brooke? Maybe she's connected to the latter's former fiancee and is out for revenge but either way, it's going to be fun watching Billie Lourd be all evil in the next few episodes.
As for Ray being such a coward that he caused the death of a pledge and was willing to let an impaled Chet bleed to death, it wasn't that shocking as his cowardice has been ever present since the season started. However he did pay for it then when Mr Jingle actually chopped his head towards the end of this episode. Too bad that Ray didn't survive but we were due at least one main-ish death and it seems the rest have more to offer the show for the time being.
Speaking of the rest, both Trevor and Xavier somewhat went up in my estimation. Xavier still feels remorse for his agent's death and was more than willing to help save Chet while Trevor also expressed concern for Margaret and Bertie as well. The two of them along with Chet also managed to live another day but whether they make it out of the season alive is another thing.
- Of course we'd get a bunch of idiots scaring our main characters by impersonating Mr Jingles. Some of them however were killed by Benjamin throughout the episode, which they had coming.
- Margaret was the only regular to sit this one out but going by the trailer for next week, it seems like we'll be getting a reunion with her and Mr Jingles.
- Standout music: Daryl Hall & John Oates Maneater was used rather aptly this week.
- Chronology: From where the previous episode left off as well as a week before the events of the series.
Slashdance certainly didn't hold back on the twists and they were certainly satisfying ones as at least half our main cast members are killers or enablers while the other half are just about surviving. The Donna/Jingles and Montana/Night Stalker team ups are interesting but it's hard to tell who our protagonist is at this rate. Brooke isn't proactive enough in the role so maybe either Trevor or Xavier is who we should be looking at right now.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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