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That’s it folks. After twenty-two episodes of teen witchery, our circle finally confronts both John Blackwell (Joe Lando) and the witchhunters as they race to rescue Faye (Phoebe Tonkin).
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Last week Faye (Phoebe Tonkin) went batshit crazy for Cassie’s (Britt Robertson) black magic powers and Jake (newly minted series regular Chris Zylka) returned to crash Adam’s (Thomas Dekker) suck-face time with Cassie. What kind of trouble can our teen witches get into this week? As usual, it seems that the answer is plenty.
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Somehow mid-season finales are already upon us as The Secret Circle winds down the first half of its inaugural season. The episode, named after main character Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson) original ancestral line, was a prime example of what the show does well, as well as where it can stand to grow. [Read more…]
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As the first season of not-quite-Vampire-Diaries-level teen drama chugs along, we’re settling into a rhythm: random spookiness, investigation by the circle, followed by mildly threatening danger and a likely cliffhanger ending.
This week’s episode, featuring a road trip to Faye Chamberlain’s (Phoebe Tonkin) family cottage in search of Cassie Blake’s (Britt Robertson) missing grandmother, Jane (Ashley Crow), provided a few interesting narrative developments, but the forward momentum of the last few weeks took a backseat to a more traditional ghost story.