Demons, Season 1, Episode 5

Demons continues its intermittent ride this week as Luke, now starting to adjust to life as a “half life” slayer, finds himself in mortal danger. Mina, back to her normal state after last week’s vampire outing, sets her sights on unearthing the death of a teenage boy….only to have her vision flash the image of Luke’s dead body on a rooftop into her mind. Galvin proceeds to tell Luke to stay safe, at home, out of harms way which is just what a rebellious 18 year old wants to hear right?

In typical horror fashion Luke doesn’t listen to Galvin’s pleas, is soon socialising at school and trying his best to attract the attention of the newest girl in town – the very attractive but somewhat hostile Alice .

Whilst Luke continues to ignore any threat to his life Galvin and Mina set about trying to discover just what is after their slayer. The solving of a manuscript clue in the vision leads them to the conclusion that it the would be assassin is on a revenge killing, an old slay of the Van Helsings has come back to haunt them. After being chased through a tunnel by a dragon like creature & a ball of fire they soon discover that the perpetrator is in fact a Harpie, a woman come monster who lures her victims to a siren death. 2 of the three Harpie sisters were cut down by a Van Helsing forbearer, it doesn’t take a genius to work out just who’s come back.

Luke by this time is smitten with his new found love, he’s shown her around London, they’ve had ice creams on the beach, she’s been on a killing spree and is gently luring Luke in. Irate at even the slightest possibility that Galvin might be correct Luke decides to test it himself by bringing Alice to his flat and trying to induce her transformation. Being an ancient being she however is slightly intelligent and switches the drinks but before long Luke discovers the truth, after another bloody death and a wonderful transformation as Alice bone shatteringly and painfully transforms into her true self and along with Galvin and Mine tracks her down and smites her.

The success of ITV’s Demons has been sporadic with some great episodes alongside poorly written scripts and cameo castings. Whilst enjoyable it still remains to be a poor mans Buffy, a wannabe Supernatural. It remains to be seen whether the series can pull out of its nosedive but so far it doesn’t bid well for a second season.