REVIEW: Dead of Summer, Episode 103
Dead of Summer continues its first and only season with a Cricket centric episode entitled “Mix Tape”, which means that it is time she starts seeing things that aren’t there.
In flashbacks we find out that writing on walls of Camp Stillwater isn’t Cricket’s first attempt to pass on a wrong image about herself, because she used to do the same in her school. Why? It wasn’t very clear the reason why she used to do this. Apparently she wanted boys to think she is up for anything, but the truth is that she isn’t. Maybe she thought that people would like her more, but if that is the case, then she doesn’t like herself that much because you should want people to like you for who you are and not for someone you occasionally pretend to be.
But the most uncomfortable and shocking scene in these flashbacks is yet to come: after Cricket found out that her dad was having an affair with the neighbor, she goes to tell her mom but she already knew. She knew, but she didn’t do anything about it and she also didn’t intend to. “Women like us, sometimes we gave to settle”, and so that is what she is doing. Even though this shows takes place in the 80s and we are now in the 21st century, this is, unfortunately, still something very real. And someone ignoring their significant other while they are having an affair is probably the best case scenario, because there are definitely worst situation in which people simply decide to settle. The most unfortunate of all this, is that people like Cricket’s mom will always exist, no matter in what century we are nor how much progressive the world is.
In present day Cricket continues with her “wall art” in an attempt to get Alex to notice her, but instead of him, she caught somebody else’s attention: Damon’s. Even after she ignored him the first time, Damon didn’t give up and, for him, the second time was the charm. Of course Cricket only went out with him to make Alex jealous, and her move definitely worked because Alex and Damon ended the night fighting. After this, they were both in a cabin making out, and that is when Cricket finally realized that she doesn’t want a simple hook up, but something that would last a lot more than one night; she wants a Mix Tape. And a mix tape was exactly what Blotter had made for her before he left, making Cricket regret ignoring him while he was still in the Camp.
Meanwhile, Joel and Deb continue bonding and I have to say that I love seeing them together now. It was great watching them interact with each other and talking about old movies and how they love them. Jessie and Garrett also shared a few moments together and it was also sweet when they went back to a bench they had carved when they were at the camp. Near the “Townie and Braces” these two almost shared a kiss. Unlike Jessie and Garrett, Drew and Blair actually kissed (finally).
But even though love is in the air, there is no rest for the wicked, so Damon and his gang continued with their ritual and in the end of the episode we found out why he was so interested in Cricked: he thought she was the one they needed, but turns out that is Amy because she is the one who was at the lake when they started performing whatever it was that they were doing.
Of course that when bad guys don’t take a day off, good guys can’t either, so Garrett continued to try to find out more myths about the lake, and by doing so he found out the name of the “Tall Man”: Holyoke. I really do admire Garrett’s persistence and dedication to this case. If all cops worked half as hard as he does, I am sure the world would be better than it is now.
Overall, this was a good episode, but I feel like the show so far isn’t getting better, out of the contrary. I liked the pilot because, as I said before it was mysterious and creepy, but that seems to have lost its way. The show will get better closer to the end, but it is a shame that it is a bit stopped now. I do like how they are developing the characters, because I think they are really well written, but they were able to develop Amy and still make her episode creepy. Because of that loss of goosebumps, I am giving this episode a 7.1/10.
But as I said, the show will get better, so stick around for my review of the forth episode entitled “Modern Love”, which has Drew as a centric character.