Everything was going to come to ahead in this and was expected, even if things were going to be left on a cliffhanger just so there's another series. However ITV chose to cancel the series, so we'll never know if the ending was as planned, obviously not, but this means effectively the incubus was so powerful, it wiped everyone out and then some, including this show! Obviously it was all about ratings. Though plenty of bruhaha was made about it being too violent, violence is out as usual, but sex and gratuity is a big yes as far as certain executives are concerned! However the comparison with Doctor Who weren't warranted, that's an established show and not something viewers really wanted, but critics just couldn't leave well enough aloe! Maybe it would've fared better on a channel other than ITV! I will miss the eyeliner!!
Robert (Tom Bateman) et al are stopped on the road as the Incubus tries to get into this world, that's why he can't turn into Hyde to fight it cos it's not their realm yet. However Fedora (Natasha O'Keeffe) arrives to take it with her and is stopped from shooting anyone by Garson, (Donald Sumpter) Bella (Natalie Gumede) and Hils (Ruby Bentiall). Olalla (Wallis Day) isn't around but she comes back to the house since she tries to work out what the Jezequiel book really is, a book within another book and she finds this out as she reads and the pages change. Should've known it wasn't what it seems as there are two of them as well, thus the book would also have two sides to it. Renata (Melia Bullmore) tells her what it really is and Olalla wants to take on hr role as the guardian of the gate. As Renata explains everything to her, she tells her why Robert has to be the one to kill Dance (Enzo Cilenti) cos she's too 'involved' with him. But she does help Robert by calling him to tell about the calyx, even though she is too late. Saying he's the only one who can open it and must smash the heart inside before it beats too much, otherwise it'll get stronger with each beat and hurt everyone around him.
But before all that we have a flashback to the Carpathian Mountains where Dance found the twins and Robert is rescued by their father, leaving behind Olalla.
Bella tells him he needs to tell Lily who he really is before she finds out, of course she already knows. Lots of dubiousness going on here. As he gets to her house he finds Hannigan (Phil McKee) there and walking through the house he find sit leads to MOI HQ. Mother being Belstrode (Richard E Grant) (which I said weeks ago, you know like Mother in The Avengers.) Though he finds this out as Robert, as Hyde he jokes about the name and yes you should've known. "MIO, MI Other mother" But it's strange Robert went to pieces over Lily (Stephanie Hyam) and hearing who she really is. Okay he truly loved her, but he was a tad wimpish about it. Thus needing to change into Hyde to handle the betrayal. As for everyone saying Robert lied to Lily it's really not the same thing cos he wasn't sure how she'd take something like this and it's not exactly something you blurt out in your first meeting and first date or anything. They didn't even date in that sense of the word.
Lily knows about Bella of course, even if that was Hyde having his way with her. Lily being the grand daughter of Sir Danvers Carew who was killed by Robert's grandfather after he found out he was being used. So she wasn't as vulnerable as she made herself out to be. Also knew her being attacked in the first ep was all a set up and a way to rope him in. Hyde fancying the wicked Lilly. Er, she was just the same to me! ha.
Dance didn't want to have an incubus inside of him but accepts it especially as he tries to open the calyx. Ravi (Michael Karim) was a bit slow too in telling that Dance is close by but not exactly how close, as he arrives at the house and everyone's attacked. Grandmother Maggie (Sinead Cusack) and Garson declaring their love for each other at this point in time. So Dance opens the calyx after having it stolen from MOI HQ and time stands still for everyone as Hyde tries to stop it. Leading everyone to be knocked out with some deadly powerful force being unleashed... and so it ends! Typical no conclusion!
It had to be dark and that's a given from the outset since the story itself was always dark. Though it would've been better if it was aired a little later. Maybe they thought this 'jumped' the shark after Hyde got a sister in the vein of the Hammer film Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde. Though it was actually Jekyll who used to turn into the female Hyde in this.
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