This story also started with a plot and premise that they’ve already used this season, a man transforming on an aeroplane. Except this time he didn’t turn to goo, but instead into a werewolf, somewhat unbelievably. Actually by the time he’s been mutilated in a subsequent air crash he resembles Porcupine-man, which doesn’t actually sound as worrying. When it comes down to it, the story is really about that, and what the bit of John still resident inside her can reveal before he disappears when her mind purges him. After a ‘gut feeling’ from Olivia it leads Charlie to a new contact, who, while being interrogated, starts his transformation. Luckily, Walter is on hand to tranquilise him, and slow his progression into a ‘beast’. But before going under he gives them the name of a reseller of biological weapons, Conrad. I was secretly hoping it was disgraced Lord Conrad Black, but it was just some bad dude they’d made up. John explains that he was actually a good guy, and not the traitor that he’s been portrayed a, which frankly I didn’t buy even if Olivia lapped it up! The best part this week was when Olivia and Peter try to ensnare Conrad and his cronies by posing as purchasers of Biotech weapons interested in the man-beast virus. It’s a well played scene that injects some tension sadly lacking from the rest of the proceedings. Eventually, they get their man, and friends, allowing the closing scene to be Olivia going back in the tank to say goodbye to what is left of John’s personality. I still like this show, but it needs to get a bit more wild and crazy than the mildly bizarre that it’s falling into becoming. Check out our review of episode 12 here.
