After the nice, somewhat splashy first episode, now come's the hard part for any new television show, producing a second episode that can help lock in audiences. And tonight does that in a nice way.
Despite it being Halloween, which to my mind means an episode saturated in monsters and John doing what he does best to save the day (employing elaborate magics), we get character and plot development, which is also nice. At the end of the first episode Liv used her scrying abilities to create a map of where various points of where demon activity will/are occurring throughout the United States. And it would seem, that whenever demon activity is in the making, the drops of blood that mark various points, will turn wet and freshly sticky.
Heading to a small mining town in Pennsylvania, Constantine runs into two things, the first being an artist by the name of Zed Martin (direct from the comics) who has been having visions of John, and drawing pictures of him, which is a great treat for fans of the comics to see basic rough sketches of various John Constantine covers and comic book panels from over the years.
The second thing he encounters is Coblynau, Welsh mining spirits, normally peaceful creatures, who are now murdering various heads of the mine that keeps this small town running.
What follows is a great look at Matt Ryan's development of his portrayal of John, really making use of the characters smarmy attitude and con man sensibilities to wheedle information from the townsfolk in order to ascertain the threat at hand. He really seems to be settling into his role of John Constantine, and I believe that he will grow into the Constantine we fans deserve and will be proud to remember in the years to come.
Again, despite the fact that for a Halloween episode this wasn't a very spooky, it was still nice. It had substance, and promises more cracks at monsters, demons and other things that go bump in the night for John Constantine. So come what may, I intend to stick by this show, through its good episodes and bad.
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