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A Walking Dead season with action, great character work, AND a legitimate mystery? Perhaps the move to Scott Gimple as show runner will yield even more positive results than the move to Glen Mazzara did in season three.

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and fleeing and zombie shuffling that feel very chaotic without being too overwhelming visually. It can be easy for small details to get lost during a riot, but Ferland does a good job of keeping sight lines clear and focusing on the action, even if the action is behind a bunch of screaming, flailing people or is a morass of angry zombies.

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e you were wondering).

The real drama of course, was left to the much-discussed rape storyline. Joanne Froggatt and Brendan Coyle’s reunion scene was - as ever - beautifully played, though for me, the plot has yet to justify itself as anything more than a cynical ratings-grab.

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love with each other. Don’t force me to pull out that picture of stick figures mashed together proclaiming “now kiss” because so help me I will. Things are that desperate. Although, given that Duke and Nathan’s always intense emotional connection is escalating yet more, I’m beginning think happily ever after could be Audrey, Nathan, Duke, and Jennifer living in some sort of hippy love-rhombus on the outskirts of town. There’s no way to know until someone nuts up and makes a move already.

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ore interesting than our Troubled man (shocker), was our star attraction: Haven's relationships. Jordan’s exit was unfair but she bowed out a rockstar. Cristian Carmago brought Wade the same underlying creeper vibe he had as Rudy seducing Deb back in season one of Dexter as he wormed his way into Jordan’s gloves to find out about the Crocker Legacy. Jordan brought us some serious insight - to herself and Vince of all people before Wade friggin’ stabbed her. Vince! He has a Trouble! He had a wife! What? I want to know more.

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Most of the Troubles we see rack up an unintentional body count like Paul’s this week, or the firefighter whose guilt immolated innocent people offering him words of kindness; or cause severe damage like Jordan’s pain power, or Vicky the Intern whose art power can kill or take apart the town and arguably the world if sh

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…Masterchef crossover.”

And lo, off went country mouse Alfred to The Ritz this week, where a tiny French John Torode quizzed him on potato and leek trivia.

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Having got through to Boot Camp, Alfred’s nerves (and inability to read, seeing as the words ‘Vichyssoise’ and ‘chill thoroughly before serving’ were written on the blackboard directly in front of him) lost him a place at Judges’ Houses. He shouldn’t snap his béchamel whisk in half just yet though; everyone knows there’s always a last-minute twist inclusion before the live shows.

Anyway - we find all of this out directly from the mouth of Katsia, as Bonnie's lowering of the veil means that she has been able to return - cue silly costumes and wigs! The motivations of Silas and Katsia is where things start to fall apart however, as they seem to be after the same thing. Katsia wants Silas to die and, stupidly, Silas wants Silas to die too. Has there ever been a TV villain who's dastardly plan is just to commit suicide? Let him do it. I get that doing things his way would lower the veil and put lots of evil creatures back into the world, and they can't afford to pay all of those actor's salaries, but it's still something to consider.

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Now, however, Katherine is pretty much a walking cure, and I like that idea very much. She's been a presence since the end of the first season (longer if you include flashbacks) and now she's the thing that Elena and co. have to protect at all costs. When Elena fed her that cure in last year's finale, I would never have predicted the writers' plans for her would be this fantastic. My hat is permanently off when it comes to Nina Dobrev, and the way she makes both characters so compelling in such different and interesting ways. I need Katherine to become a regular character, because she's the best thing about the show at the moment.

he fact that Elena and Katherine are sharing Stefan dreams is actually explained in this episode - along with the series long doppelgänger mystery! This is huge news simply because we've been dealing with Elena and Katherine's connection since day one, and now we also have an explanation as to why Stefan was so creepy in early episodes. The two doppelgängers, created when Silas and Katsia's (more on her in a minute) handmaiden used Katsia's magic to become immortal, are drawn to each other by fate and design.

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