You know, it’s never really a good idea to cross a man who has nearly limitless power. I think David is beginning to learn that as he really butt heads with Silas in this episode of Kings. Of course, I think Silas is beginning to learn that it’s never a good idea to cross a God with limitless power. You would think that at this point, Silas would realize that there are forces beyond his control that are pushing David forward. Of course, hubris is a powerful thing, and Silas has no shortage of that.
Silas sent David off to his death, or so he thought, on a mission to rescue a historical document of Gilboa. David, however, was sent a (very trippy) vision, presumably from God himself, that led him right to the charter. David also discovered that Silas very likely sent David’s father on a suicide mission. I’m not sure why this surprised David so much. Well, he certainly shouldn’t have been surprised that Silas was capable of such a thing. I mean, he’s been spending enough time with the King of late, he must know that Silas is not the hero he wants him to be.
The showdown between Silas and an empowered David at the end of the episode was great. It’s nice to see David actually get some personality. I was all ready, before I watched this episode, to complain about how David is the most boring character in the whole show. However, it would seem that he may be getting a lot more interesting if he continues to take on Silas. Now that he was arrested for treason, I don’t think there is going to be a shortage of showdowns.
I am really upset at the death of Katrina Ghent, though. I really liked the character, and I was looking forward to more encounters between she and the Queen. Rose, however, had enough of Katrina’s games and put an end to her, permanently. She and Silas make quite the couple, don’t they? At least Rose has Lucinda to destroy now. Poor thing.
With the series headed quickly to its final episodes, it feels like everything is going to come to a head. I can’t wait to see what treasonous charges Silas is going to be leveling against David. What does William have up his sleeve? How much trouble will Jack be able to cause for his father? What else is Rose capable of? And just what, exactly, is the deal with Andrew? Hopefully all the answers will come to light before the screen goes dark.
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Jul 05, 2009 @ 14:57 EST5EDT
It’s hard to believe that they canceled the show. I keep watching and it keeps getting better.
*POST AUTHOR*
Amen!
I hear that, OakRidge. I’ve been a fan since the beginning of the series. When they announced that NBC was canceling the show, I was mortified. How can they cancel such a great show? And now, especially now, David is starting to come into his own, Silas is starting to see that almost nothing can stand in this kid’s way, and he’s shaking in his boots at the thought of David grabbing his throne. I hope the guys in corporate are having seconds thoughts about canceling because this show was good when it started and is only getting better.
Blow the Hatch moment: The showdown between Silas and an empowered David at the end of the episode.
Trust me, Wired, I’m as big as a fan of this show as you are, but I think airing video of my dog sleeping would get better ratings at ths point (My dog is very cute, you know).
It’s not so much the fact that it was a suicide mission. I think any soldier knows that they might receive such an order during a general war. It’s the fact that it wasn’t even a tactic to win a battle, but petty punishment for disobeying their orders under conscience. The king didn’t even respect his own laws enough to charge them in court martial and risk sullying his own hands. That revelation only added to David’s disbelief that the orders from Silas in question were to burn down a Gilboan town and kill a bunch of their own civilians in the process, all to keep his other towns in line through terror rather than devoutness or patriotism.
I think Katrina would have been around a little longer if we weren’t rushing to the end. Both her and Andrew’s storylines seem to have been truncated. I feel for Jack who would need a strong, understanding wife like Mrs. Ghent as his queen (she was even off to buy her own engagement diamond), not this milksop of a girl-child.
Seeing David in his tailored suit in the vision, sitting down on his new throne, the expression of power and confidence on his face really sold me on him as a young king.
As to the treason charges, the most obvious would be conspiracy to steal the Charter, only to pretend to return it weeks later as the conquering hero. Probably also paint him as in league with the government of Gath and/or Port Prosperity terrorists.
I don’t know about Ghent (re: storyline being shortened)… AFAIK, all 13 episodes were in the can before the first aired. Though, it did seem to come to an abrupt stop, eh? Maybe they thought the death would play harder than it did…
Though I will mentioned, she had a Brett Love level scene tonight that many may have missed.
My mistake–I had read online that they had had enough time to rewrite later episodes so that every storyline would have a resolution, even if shortened from what originally intended, and we would not be left hanging like so many other canceled shows this year. It turned out to be fans extrapolating based on this Ausiello quote: “I’m told all of the show’s major storylines will be wrapped up by the end.”
Great final scene (and final closeup) for Leslie Bibb, I will admit. It seems abrupt because we do not see the death of such a memorable character with our own eyes, but obviously that was necessary for the surprise fiancée replacement at Jack’s engagement.
I don’t know for sure, so I could completely be wrong. It happens :)
At this point, the whole Ghent arc seems completely wasted now though, doesn’t it?
Nah, it’s not Katrina herself that her scenes were written for, but for what their personal interactions with her could tell us about Jack and Rose (just like on Terminator :-). We now know that Rose, like her husband, will casually murder people in a backroom fashion, and we got to see the writers twist the knife in Jack a little more.
Seeing how delicious Katrina could be in the meantime is a happy bonus.
To paraphrase Silas’ words to Michelle in Prosperity, I love this series so much it’s embarrassing. I’m devastated to see it go.
I had to laugh at all those tests the queen wants Lucinda to take. The Royal Family itself would fail them gloriously.
The king is a murderous megalomaniac with poisoned blood who stashes another family in the Country. The queen is not even a person, but the Terminator in beautiful frocks and the prince is gay (shameful in their eyes), psychotic and a self-appointed puppet, operated by an uncle who’s blood thirsty and power hungry and father to a son too creepy for words.
Run, Lucinda, run. Flee this Palace of Horrors and don’t look back. Marry someone who loves you and have lots of sex, ’cause you know you’ll have none of that with Jack.