The InBetween Episode 2
We come back to the land of spirits and ghosts just where we left off last week—in Cassie’s living room with our murderous spirit. He tries to bargain with Cassie and wants her help, but even without knowing his story she turns him down.
The episode follows the spirit of a woman and a small child, a little boy. At the same time, a man has contacted the Seattle Police Department saying his wife and teenage son are missing. While the case first points to the father, Elliott, it soon becomes more complicated as details unravel.
Cassie gets into particularly interesting scenarios. I myself am still trying to figure out how her visions and ghost seeing works. I hope over the next few episodes they make it a little clearer—I feel like it jumps around and they kind of use it to whatever they need in the episode. That said, her visions were quite gruesome this week. Being chased by a horse and then run over by a car… followed by being tied up and her blood being taken or kidnapped.
The Gist
I would think this takes a serious toll on a person of her nature. This is shown by Detective Hackett’s husband, Brian. He makes a comment in her kitchen reminding her that her mother dealt with her gift in less than healthy ways. This piqued my interest. So, Cassie did know her mother, at least to some extent. This makes me wonder: was she a drug addict, or a drinker? Would be even more interesting if her daughter became a bartender, and also points to the first episode of her hungover on the couch.
Regardless, Brian is definitely the more hesitant of the couple about her gift. He wants her to be careful (and we also see perhaps some health problems hinted from him… what’s going on there?).
As the case continues but seems to hit a standstill, Asante grows more anxious about using Cassie’s gifts. They realize another man is involved and suspect its because Elliott killed his girlfriend and toddler (the woman Cassie sees at the beginning of the episode). While they are able to find the wife (she was also hit by a car), things get more complicated when Elliott also goes missing. He is found in a building watching his wife being hit by a car over and over, and the suspect, John, has him tied up.
And then…
Things begin to make sense: Elliott was part of a hit and run years ago that ultimately killed John’s girlfriend and son. He’s out for revenge. I understand grief, but this man is twisted. He wants to kill Jason, Elliott’s son as he never wants Elliott to experience happiness in any form again. So, he’s going to kill him how his son died—by bleeding to death. Talk about an eye for an eye.
Running out of time, Asante asks Hackett to have Cassie see if she can have another vision, but he reminds the new detective she can’t turn it on and on. He suggests otherwise. Meanwhile, through the episode, Cassie has avoided Ed Roven, our homicidal ghost despite his best suggestions they can help each other. She knows he’s a bad ghost and wants nothing to do with him. Yet, somehow he gets her to see a vision of where Jason is tied up. How? What even?
All’s Well…
They rush to the storage room where he is being held and save him with little minutes to spare. The family is reunited (sans Elliott as he confessed to the killings to try and save his son), and they will recover. However, this somehow means that Cassie is now connected to Ed now.
At the end of the episode, our trip celebrates their win at the bar Cassie works. Hackett leaves a little early, leaving Cassie with Asante. She goes to refill his glass and has a vision… of Asante with the woman from last week. She questions the vision and he explains what happened. Sally, the woman in the hospital bed is his fiancé, who has been in a coma for six months following an undiagnosed infection of bacterial meningitis. Cassie admits she may be able to talk to her in this state and the two agree to try, as long as she doesn’t tell Tom about what they’re doing. Asante doesn’t want this to affect his job or Hackett’s thoughts of him.
The Positives
Overall, the show still hasn’t sold me. I find the characters charming enough… Paul Blackthorne is definitely the highlight of the cast. The man who plays our killer, Ed Roven is definitely creepy. I don’t like him, his song, or his terrible pet names for Cassie. Cottontail? GROSS. And I enjoy the growing relationship between Asante and Hackett.
I am not sold on the character of Cassie as of yet. I like Harriet Dyer, but I feel as if there is just something not there with the character. She seems unestablished in her life as if she could leave the town the next day and except for her foster parents and her boy toy, not too many people would notice. I guess that makes sense with her abilities, but it makes it hard to like her as a character.
Still, I also think the little hints we’ve gotten for characterization have been interesting, but I want more. I feel as if the backstories to these characters are crucial to who they are and the quicker we get it, the better this show can become. And, I also have a suspicion that Roven is somehow related to Cassie in a way. Otherwise, why is he so obsessed with her and how is he able to have such power over her?
The Not So Great
This brings me to the supernatural part of this show. The overall visions and how her abilities work bug me. I feel as if it’s a bit all over the place and less defined than other shows. Cassie can talk to anyone stuck in “the inbetween” but… can we have a little more on that? What happened to Abigail, after all? Did she go into the light (as hinted on by Roven toward the end of the episode), or is she off torturing her grandfather?
ALSO, the fake blood on the car. TERRIBLE. Looked like paint.
What about the storyline? My greatest hope for the show is that it isn’t just episodic in the sense that there is more storyline than just a weekly case. The link between Roven and Cassie suggests that, but it hardly seems enough. We’re only in episode two, but what will keep you tuning in? I feel as if some might not feel enough pull to keep watching… I definitely need to see the pace pick up a bit, and some more definition brought to our characters.
The show continues to have promise, but it needs to reign those viewers in now. With the potential to be a fun yet creepy summer hit, will you keep watching?
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