Serie - The Mist : Episod 103 Show and Tell Review

By Mulder, Los angeles, 05 july 2017

The Mist is an American science fiction-horror thriller television series developed by Christian Torpe for Spike. It is based on the horror novella of the same name by author Stephen King. An unexplained mist slowly envelops the city of Bridgton, Maine, creating an almost impenetrable barrier to visibility. The residents of the town soon learn the situation is even more precarious as hidden within the mist are numerous monsters of various sizes that attack and kill anything that moves.

Show and Tell Synopsis: Kevin and the group find their way to a local church where several others have found sanctuary.

The Mist begins to clear up as more answers are unveiled. Alex (Gus Birney) character is growing richer with every minute of screen time. Gus Birney and Luke Cosgrove, who plays Jay who allegedly raped Alex, have extremely present chemistry. Trapped within the confines of the shopping mall they have not had any direct interactions since the night of the incident at the party. But in episode 3 we view a heart racing exchange between Alex and Jay, more so for Alex because of the trauma she has endured. Gus Birney is displaying an extraordinary array of the darkness that follows such a horrible assault. In future episodes hopefully we will be able to examine her characters overcoming of this tragedy and possibly her own empowerment. Luke Cosgrove, plays his part well as the fairly rudimentary archetype of “jock in love with the outcast girl.” We eagerly are awaiting to observe the deeper levels of Alex’s character and in which direction her development will go, either its descent into the depths of her pain or an ascension that will help her become a leading figure in the mall. In addition, Eve Copeland (Alyssa Sutherland) indicates every logical and reasonable choice to be made as the victim's mother when they are locked in with the supposed rapist. But alas, just as Alex and Jay try to understand what happened the night of the party together, Eve, separates her group from the rest of the mall residents.

Also discovered by Jay, as suicides in the mall, are two individuals with dog tags that points in the direction of military involvement. Questions start popping up if this is going to be a weather problem caused by the army or possibly an unknown force they have been trying to monitor and even control. Though some answers have been given, more mystery is open to interpretation by the residence of Bridgton, Maine.

The rest of the group regarding Morgan Spector who plays Kevin and Frances Conroy as Nathalie Raven, face more human issues. Kevin has been taken on a leadership role just as Eve is in the mall but his defiance is against authority. The Mist has created a new world rapidly which involves a shift of paradigms in regards to how people are used and perceived. Maybe it is coincidence but perhaps it is more. Kevin’s group which is locked in the church is struggling against the old idea that a junkie needs to be handcuffed and kept in a cell, whereas at the mall, most of the community there allows Jay to walk around casually even though he is accused of rape. This could be a commentary on modern society and how a mist of the unknown can drastically change the social environment that everyone in Bridgton has lived with. But perhaps it’s just an overly introspective examination, only by continuing the series will things begin to show themselves to the audience in their true form, yet, it could all remain another unanswered mystery in the Christian Torpe universe inspired by Stephen King.

Giona Ostinelli compositions for the eerie and endearingly tender moments elevate the genuine exchanges that are not to further the story but rather to develop the characters. The Mist is transforming into its own unique series with variations from the original story but we pray it does not fall into the pitfall of other adapted King’s sitcoms or mini series that had one good idea they tried to stretch out for too long.

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