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‘I
will never look upon Father Christmas in the same way again…’
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Even
Briarcliff becomes festive in its own way with a special guest
appearance from Ian McShane as a deranged Santa serial killer who
terrorized families before Christmas on a murderous rampage.
Having
been sentenced to Briarcliff the deranged Santa is sent to solitary
after he bites off the face of an unsuspecting warden at the worst
possible moment, when the local press and photographer are on hand to
catch the whole sorry saga. As punishment Sister Jude sends him to
solitary for ten long years.
Sister
Eunice is so delightfully evil you see her revel in the devils
mischief with more passion in each episode. As she spirals out of
control Sister Jude, who has realized that she has become possessed
calls on a most unlikely partner to help her, Dr Arden. He accepts
the partnership and promises to get Sister Jude back into Briarcliff.
It’s a risky move on Sister Jude’s part, can Dr Arden really
ever be trusted?
While
a new storyline emerges in this episode another is resurrected. Dr
Thredson (Bloodyface) isn’t dead after all and cruises darkly back
into Briarcliff much to the surprise of Kit and Lana. Kit manages to
lock him in the store room but for how long and what price he will
pay for it we will have to see.
Meanwhile
it seems the huge climax and end to episode 7 has been swept under
the carpet and wrapped up all too quickly. The shooting of the
creature that leapt into the kitchen which was witnessed by the guard
needs to be addressed. It is with a swift ending to the poor guards
life.
This
episode is fully concentrated and rightly so on the amazingly creepy
performance of Ian McShane. The downside to focusing an episode on a
one off guest character means that not much moves forward with the
main plotlines. A great episode nonetheless, the quality of
production and the sheer talent of the cast members keep the more
irrational, ludicrous storylines ever watchable.
Review by JoAnn Duff
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