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Brief summary:
On Christmas vacation with her father, Jordan
copes with her mother's death with the aid of
two woodland nymphs who possess mystical healing
powers and the ability to raise the dead.
Rogue's Review:
In brief... NOT so good.
I recognize that if "Omerta" occurred
in Season Two, Lassa and Rose would have stood
quietly by (perhaps being ogled by Roedecker)
while someone (likely Peter Watts) delivered
a sonorous 10-minute soliloquoy on the origins
of the Two Weird Sisters, their prophetic gifts,
and their place in the rising tide of millennial
chaos. Frank would have looked suitably grim
but impressed while this occurred (and Lara
would have pouted because Rose was a wee bit
more of a babe than Lara herself). So a Season
Two interpretation probably wouldn't have helped
things any.
But "Omerta" -- despite a stellar
performance from former HOMICIDE dick Jon Polito
-- just doesn't cut the mustard as is. Two women
live with a dead mafia hitter in a cave under
a dead tree for a decade, then pop out just
to (sorta) help Frank's daughter grasp her mother's
death? And then fake their deaths to escape
to the woods again? Where there's no cable?
Maybe if the episode had dealt more with the
Jordan elements (or handled them as deftly as
it did the opening sequence... which was still
a total MILLER'S CROSSING homage... or ripoff)
I would have found more to like. Or maybe if
it hadn't made light of MILLENNIUM's long-time
fantastical side -- a series that incorporates
the cosmic struggle between demons and angels
does NOT automatically lend itself well to an
off-kilter fantasy about nymphs or fairies or
hamadryads or whatever the hell Lassa and Rose
were supposed to be. What's next... centaurs?
My favorite bit? The "ching-ching"
Christmas bells that replaced the usual MM boom-boom
before each act. The rest... It was kinda like
hoping for a complete set of X-FILES figures
for Christmas and getting six pairs of socks
instead. You need the socks, so you try not
to complain, but...
Five stars for "Omerta" -- two for
Polito's performance, two for the reappearance
of Brittany Tiplady (who continues to prove
herself worthy of bigger, meatier moments on
the series) and one for my good pal Spydre,
who kindly pointed out the highly cool fact
that if you put together the names Lassa and
Rose, you get a variation on "Lazarus."
But who has the brainpower to figure out the
point of THAT when there's chestnuts a'roastin
and packages to wrap? [RATING: 5/10] |
