Written by Grainne Godfree & Mark Bruner
Directed by Caity Lotz
Ray: "How did you get Astra to change her mind?"
Constantine: "By making a promise that I intend to keep. Hail the Waverider. I need to see a lady about a loom."
Again and like the last two episodes, it's felt like we've been watching two different shows at once. On the plus side, both plots were excellent and the last scene pretty confirmed that we're back to having John Constantine on the Waverider for the remainder of the season.
Granted he did appear on the Waverider first to have Gideon confirm that he was dying of lung cancer, only to go back to his spooky little house with both Ray and an OTT Gary trying to help him find a cure. When most of that was failing, John lashed out at his friends, realised he was being even more of a bastard than usual and then prepared a last supper.
It was then that the use of poison and the promise of bringing Natalie back to life that Astra relented in her mission to kill John and spared his life. I'm not surprised that they put the lung cancer story on hold for a bit and neither am I mad about it either. Also as annoying as Gary was in this episode (love Adam Tsekhman, but the writers seriously need to dial Gary's behaviour down a few notches), I did on a shallow level enjoy that brief snog that him and John shared as well.
As for John, he was desperate to learn more about the Loom of Fate and Charlie herself was desperate to not tell him a thing, but this episode not only revealed that her and Behrad had sex between seasons but more importantly, it seems that Charlie's a Fae who could previously write peoples destinies but destroyed the Loom as she wanted people to have free will and has been hiding from murderous sisters ever since.
Charlie has been a fantastic addition to the show and it's amazing how Maisie Richardson-Sellers have done wonders to differentiate between Amaya and Charlie. Charlie's backstory, I love it and the whole thing she's got going on with Behrad actually works too. He's getting there as a character and pairing him with Charlie I feel will be a great move for the character too.
As for the Encore of the week: Genghis Khan (Terry Chen) was handled pretty well, between taking over the Triad and trying to kill Prince Charles with his crew on scooters (which Nate was not impressed with) before being taken out by Charlie.
We also got some John Wick lite type action sequences as well, which put Ava's gun skills to use before Sara nearly tripped over a load of scooters for her one scene of the episode. Sara's absence in the last two episodes hasn't hurt the show but at the same time, I am glad that she's back on the Waverider.
- Caity Lotz stepped behind the cameras to direct this episode and she did a great job. I wouldn't be surprised if she does another one next season.
- Ray wanting to propose to Nora, I think this time he'll get his happy ending but it's disappointing we're losing two excellent characters. Marie Antoinette is also on the Waverider still.
- Zari seems to be flirting a little with Nate, but nothing here indicated that she remembered anything else. She did seem a bit flirty with Charlie while Mick looked after Prince Charles for his only scene this week.
- 1997 Hong Kong and 2020 Northumberland again.
Mortal Khanbat really felt like it could've been a television episode from the 1990's so it's setting was absolutely spot in this week. So far, my favourite episode this season, with both the Charlie and Constantine plots being on top form, excellent directing from Caity Lotz, more consequences from Crisis On Infinite Earths revealing themselves and the use of scooters.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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