After stumbling badly out of the gate, Primeval has made the move into respectability with it's strong finish to this, its second season. With one episode to go, I'm back in the fan brigade for the series.
The special effects budget for the last episode will be a doozy as the group deals with being in the middle of a zoo of prehistoric baddies. But that's this weekend coming up. This past weekend's effort was a decent setup. I still wonder why bad girl Helen Cutter continues to wear the rags of her Jurassic era sojourns in the now. And the ability to time Lester's future pets' escape from its pen to spear the mind-controlled future creature was ... unbelievable. I also hated the 'empty' ARC complex, save for the snarky politico.
Other than that, it seems the weasel Leek is more involved than being Helen's flunkie. That's good. The rest of the Professor Cutter crew were pretty good, including having Stephen come to the realization that he was little more than a dupe in Helen's plan. Nick Cutter's cutting Stephen off at the knees when he brought Helen to meet her estranged husband was good stuff. As was Cutter's dalliance with thinking Jenny was the traitor. His apology back at the ARC was priceless.
Two horrible episodes, one bad one, three decent ones and one last shot to send Primeval fans off into an off-season wanting more. Saturday's looking like a very interesting day.
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