Harper’s Island - Episode 5…or, Just When Things Were Getting Good

This is late in coming, I know, but since episode six won’t be airing until the 23rd I figure I had some time.

Not a good excuse, I know, but what are you going to do?

So, let’s recap who died in Episode 5…Thomas Wellington.

How does he die?

A spade falls out of a chandelier and nearly cleaves his face in two. It is, in fact, the last thing that happens in the episode. Talk about a way to finish. This was, actually, the best episode thus far for several reasons.

1. Abby finds a veritable shrine to John Wakefield in her father’s attic. Not only is the Sheriff obsessed with the original murders, he apparently believes that Wakefield is still alive and killing people all over the country.
2. Trish told her father about the nasty sex his wife and son in law were having. He later makes a cryptic remark about his marriage being about more than love (or some such). He also stabs a german shepherd with a broken bottle…did I mention that someone with half his face burned off set a killer german shepherd on Abby and her dad when they were out in the woods together? Oh, well, he did. Of course, that was after they were nearly killed by a log booby trap they unwittingly set off while biking in the forest. And after all surviving all that Daddy takes a spade the face. AWESOME!
3. The “guys” realize that Booth really is gone, but Malcolm convinces them not to bring it up to Henry. The other two dudes are worried that Booth might have gotten whacked by drug dealers (they still think that’s where the money came from) but not enough to mess up the wedding or call the cops. Good friends they are.
4. Lastly, and most importantly, the Sheriff discovers the body of priest dude…it had been chopped into pieces and strung on a catfish line. So now has he not only gotten a message saying “you’re next” but he knows that more than one person on the island has been murdered.

The next episode will no doubt open with him in church looking at Thomas Wellington’s body since Wellington’s death was the first (well, other than stupid ass Booth) to occur in front of other people. Now you know the killer knows that everyone else knows there’s a killer on the loose so my guess is people are going to start dropping like flies. There’s no reason to take people out one by one when they are all alone.

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