Season 2, Episode 24
"The Casavan Curse"
This episode is pretty good, but the plot is quite...complicated. A young woman wakes up with her boyfriend dead, and the police come in to question her about his death. She keeps blaming it on a curse, but the psychiatrist is convinced its untrue. Her older cousin is very highly protective of her, and the psychiatrist believes it's because he is very, very jealous. The cousin reveals to the psychiatrist that many years ago their ancestor fell in love with a woman in the neighboring kingdom, but when he asked his wife for a divorce, she refused, so he killed her. With her dying breath she cursed his family. Now every member of the family is doomed to kill those they love, and that he and his cousin are the only surviving members. Incestuous implications aside, the psychiatrist is told by the girl's caretaker that they have reason to believe that the cousin wanted her all to himself, and so HE was responsible for the murders. After this, the psychiatrist and the girl get it on, because hell why not, and then it's revealed...there really is a curse. She turns monstrous and her nails grow like Freddy Krueger claws. The cousin runs in to stop her, but that poor bastard only has his neck broken. The psychiatrist manages to kill her, and so the Casavans are no more. The final twist? The caretaker is the descendant of the woman murdered for not wanting a divorce.
Good: The plot is pretty solid, and the "monstrous" moments toward the end are definitely creepy. If you follow along pretty well, it's a neat little story of revenge.
Bad: This kind of plot shouldn't really be told through a single episode. This is the kinda thing that needs to be a two or three parter. So much is thrown at you all at once, and it takes a while to sink in. Not to mention, there's basically a full on sex scene (or, as much as they could get away with.) The only other major problem I had with it is the girl's acting is INCREDIBLY wooden. Something about the coupling of her face and acting skills annoys me.
Good episode, not too shabby, but not one I'd rewatch.
Grade: 6.5/10
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