Escape Artists
PodCastle => Fantasy Discussion => Topic started by: Heradel on March 04, 2009, 08:09:58 AM
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I (as one could suspect from the title), could have sworn we had a thread about Reaper, but I'm not seeing it using the search function, so I'm creating it now.
Boilerplate: Reaper is a CW series in the States that deals with a son of the Devil and his misadventures capturing escaped daemons. The Wikipedia article goes into detail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper_(TV_series)).
Season Two kicked off tonight, Season One having been screwed around with by the Strike. The first episode was a little disappointing after some really entertaining episodes last season; A. the cattleprod+water gambit was really bleeding obvious, and B. it's rarely a good idea to steal the title that they stole. The Devil's still the highlight of the series, but I wish they'd held out a little longer on the inevitable protagonist-girl next door relationship occurring.
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I'm mostly glad it's back. This is a really fun show. Gonna give it it's just due.
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I'm still not convinced that the Devil is Sam's father. I think his father ripped that page from the contract, not because someone else was Sam's father, but because his actual father has a secret past (and a different true name) that he didn't want revealed.
I admit to being thrown by that conversation with the Devil in the premiere, but I noticed that his comments were heavy on implication, without ever outright stating that Sam is his son.
He might be a grandson, though. The contempt the Devil shows for his children in this episode mirrors the contempt he has for Sam's father.
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Davedoty: I had simular thoughts on this. Perhpas not the dad... but.