Now, one point today saw programmes that I'd be happy to watch, showing on three different tv channels. I know this, because they were all repeats of episodes I'd seen before! Seriously, there are so many repeats it's ridiculous. So I squeezed in another episode of Season 2 of The Purge, on Amazon Prime.
Each episode in the series starts with a kind of general observation on the Purge, unrelated to any of the specific characters. This one has the world's weirdest teenage dress-up party, with the girls donning crazy, sexy outfits - and masks, of course. When the dad of the girl whose room it is makes the mistake of knocking on the door and opening it, he's faced with her swinging a silver morning star and threatening him that he'd better get out NOW! which he hastily does. Ah, teenagers, eh?
Why are they trying on outfits? Well, welcome to the next Purge Night! The season takes us through a whole year, Episode 8 starting on the next Purge, a year after the one in Episode 1. And how things have changed, for all our characters. Not all are still alive - of those who are, a couple finally know who tried to purge them last year, a few others have had their entire world-view changed.. and one has gone postal, ultra-violent. And as we hunker down for another night of threat and menace, it turns into a mini-horror film. The suspense is dreadful - and by the end of the episode, we're still only a few minutes into the Purge. And because we've spent the whole season with these characters, acting out fairly normal plots (apart from the intense plot twists), being dropped back into the mayhem is all the more frightening. And we care about them from the start, as they barricade their windows and arm themselves..
Awesome series, and I'm still dying for the next episode.
Still waiting for my car to be returned - it's to be serviced as well before he gives it back, and as soon as I get the ok that nothing remains wrong with it, I can book a car test. And then, all sorts of things become possible..
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