I think this version of Constantine goes down better if have not read the comic book. Because the particular issue this episode was based showed a much harder edge, less likable Constantine.

The Constantine comics are my favorite comics of any by far, but I still liked this episode. Even knowing what was going to happen, I liked the way they did it. I liked that they didn't make Gary do anything really bad to make the audience hate him and feel like he really deserved his fate - he was just a dumb-ass junkie and a coward, not a bad guy. I liked that he got to choose his fate and sort of redeem himself, which was different from the comics of course but made the whole thing go down better for prime-time American tv. I liked that John was still the manipulating "bad guy", even though it wasn't as bad as in the comics, and Zed called him out on it. As soon as they explained what the shaman had done, it was obvious what John would have to do. Also, EYEBALLS AAGH.

I'm trying to judge this series on its own merits without comparing it too much to the comic. That's how it'll stand or fall. I mean, I still want the real John Constantine, but we already knew there was no way we were going to get the real Constantine. They can't put that shit on prime-time tv. I'm surprised they even did this story, because there's no way to write it except you end up with a hero who's willing to sacrifice his friends. Zed ought to be packing her bags while he's in that basement. I'll bet money they don't do the Angel Gabriel storyline, though.

I don't mind them making Gary better, but I wish they had not made Constantine better. He still gave Gary the choice and got informed consent. They could have had Gary figure it out *after* he absorbed the hunger demon and said with his last breath that if Constantine had told him, he would have volunteered any way. That way he gets his redemption but Constantinee's bastardlyiness is not diluted.

The writers may be afraid that if they make their main character too much of a bastard, they won't get a second season. If it were on cable, now...

I was pleased with Katina figuring that shit out right away and going for the kill... nice.

Glad they've sprung Irving, so now he's in a position to participate.

Jenny and Abbie were awesome, and I teared up a bit during their final scene with their mother. I also weirdly enjoyed how third (and fourth) wheel you could tell Ichabod and Hawley were feeling when you finally saw them at the very end of that scene -- that was well played, and I loved that it really was all about the sisters and their mother.

I also weirdly enjoyed how third (and fourth) wheel you could tell Ichabod and Hawley were feeling when you finally saw them at the very end of that scene -- that was well played, and I loved that it really was all about the sisters and their mother.

That was pretty great all around. I was missing the Mills family last week, glad the show made things right.

I also feel kind of bad for Ichabod that treatments for the common cold haven't gotten that much better in the past 200 years! We've probably got safer ways of temporarily treating symptoms, but we still can't do shit about the actual virus.

One thing I wonder about: Moloch tends to be associated with infant and child sacrifice. I wonder if her trying kill Moloch is actually a necessary ritual for Moloch to come into his true powers and she is being played.

Ooo, twisted.

I was wondering that, too, TB.

Man, I love the Mills family.

The Flash: so that red/yellow blur at the end has to be Harrison Wells, right? Which makes him... Reverse Flash? Professor Zoom? (OK, I actually don't know the difference between the two since I've been trying not to read up too much on the comics canon in order not to get spoiled for the show.) Or maybe show just *wants* us to think it is Wells. But honestly, who else could it be?

The villain was boring, but I really liked Eddie in this ep, maybe for the first time ever.