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Thursday, 18 April 2013

666 Park Avenue 1.9 "Hypnos" Review

                                            
Jane (Rachael Taylor) is seen by Maris (Whoopi Goldberg) who gives her some chamomile tea and uses regression therapy on her.  She finds herself back in 1927 and at Jocelyn's birthday party at the Drake here she also sees Kramer (Jim True-Frost).  In the mirror she sees herself as Libby Griffith (Christine Evangelista) who was Jocelyn's babysitter.  The men with Kramer plan on using Jocelyn as some sort of a sacrifice, at least they want blood.  Jocelyn is taken to the room to find her doll and they hide in the closet when they hear voices.  Jane also sees Kramer place something behind a brick in the fireplace.

Henry (Dave Annable) has a meeting with Perez (Raul Esparza) who wants to back him in his political campaign.  Yes worthless Henry who can't even cook, bake actually, will do well as a useless politician, he has all the right credentials for it.  Jane wants him to do whatever he has to regardless of her.  Perez has Jane's psych report and advises she's just a girlfriend so he should ditch her since things like that don't help in politics.  Henry calls Laurel (Tessa Thompson) who gives him some dirt on Perez and his embezzling money.  She asks if he really wants to get into this type of business.  Henry uses the info to blackmail Perez into reconsidering and if he hadn't used Jane's report he wouldn't be doing this now.  Of course Perez rushes straight to Gavin (Terry O'Quinn) and tells him all about it.  Gavin has Jane's report so he prob leaked it but he also has Henry's file too in that same red coloured folder.

Gavin meets Jane in the lift when she leaves Maris's apartment and claims there was a maintenance problem.  Of course he wouldn't believe her and Jane got so nervous around him, what she couldn't take the lift from another floor.  Gavin talks to Maris and knows the symbol outside her door.  She wants to get out of here in return for telling him what Jane saw at the bottom of the stairs.  For the devil he sure isn't very perceptive.

Jane calls Hayden (Teddy Sears) and asks her to check up on Libby, finding she died on October 28 1927, the same night Jane was there.  She has the blueprints for the room and Hayden breaks the wall to reveal the fireplace.  He's doing this for her since he's on the job and there have been so many reports of incidences all from the Drake.  He doesn't believe it's just a coincidence unlike his captain.  She locates the brick and removes it to find whatever Kramer hid there.  Henry calls  and says Perez isn't going to back him but he's going to try and convince him again.  As they leave the room, Libby watches from the other side of the mirror above the fireplace.

Maris transports Jane back again and Kramer asks her to take Jocelyn and leave but she can't get out of the locked doors of the Drake.  She hides Jocelyn and reveals herself saying Jocelyn's run away.  The men take Libby instead and tie her up.  She's the sacrifice and a voice is heard, it's Gavin.  SO why ask Maris what happened at the bottom of the stairs.  Maris tells Jane she's connected to this place and her family has a dark legacy here, it affects her past and her future.  She asks about Gavin but Maris doesn't reply as a bird watches through the window.  Maris marks a page in the book for Gavin and he lets her leave.  He asks why she gave him the info so easily and she replies it's not something he wouldn't have found out eventually.  They all have a price to pay for ??

Elsewhere Olivia (Vanessa Williams) desperately tries to get hold of Sasha and calls from Shaw's (Nick Chinlund) phone.  She hears her voice and forces him to take her there.  She doesn't find her there but Kandanisky (Misha Kuznetsov) takes care of Shaw and shoots him.  Gavin meets with Laurel and calls her Sasha.  Oh darn should have guessed that was her, but she was around when Henry got his medal wasn't she, so how come no one saw her, including Olivia.  Makes you wonder what Gavin's playing at really if he knew all along she was alive, why act that way when Olivia told him she burnt her letter and didn't want to hurt him.  Should have known Gavin would trump Olivia to Sasha.  Then again should have guessed she was Sasha cos she was into politics and wanted Henry to go into this line of work too, also encouraging her to get rid of Jane.  Jane has an encounter with Libby as she touches her through the bathroom mirror, then Henry has to walk in and spoil the moment.  Jane tells him she was talking to herself.  Did she really have to say that, considering he already thinks her a loony.

Maris leaves and turns into white birds.  Who was she that Gavin was holding her here?  This show just comes up with endless questions and possibilities but no answers, no wonder people got bored and didn't stick around to watch it, hence cancellation.  Also Sasha was a bit like Gavin wasn't she.  Do you think she was working with Gavin all along to entice Henry into politics?  Kind of looks that way.
Jane sees dead people, ha and Whoopi had to be cast as a psychic bird?  Just fits her character really.

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