The conceit of "The Knife" is that Jack the Ripper is loose on the Plateau, doggedly pursued by a Scotland Yard inspector who has been on his trail for more than thirty years. That's dedication.
I wonder if the writers did an hour of research on Jack the Ripper or if they are relying on what they remember from the 1979 movie "Murder by Decree." They get the name of a victim wrong and their prime suspect died in 1890. Since he was in his 70s when the Ripper struck in 1888 he'd hardly have been in any condition to be running around a South American plateau in the 1920s even were he alive.
Malone picks up a knife and has flashbacks to 1888 where his playmates portray various good/bad guys at the time of the Ripper killings. Who needs it?
By this time the show was running on fumes. To keep chugging along they need an injection of something new, which they'll get in a few more episodes when Finn joins the cast.
I rather enjoy the idea of this ensemble cast playing various other roles, as when they go to the old west, etc. But I'm also a stickler when shows do real history. Their total lack of research and rather shoddy presentation of Victorian London (not to mention American Jennifer O'Dell's attempt at an English accent) are galling. Only Snow appears comfortable in his Victorian gear. He looks surprisingly good in a derby. And Marguerite shouting "Roxton!" Is annoying. I shouted at the screen for her to shut up but she kept right on going.
This rather foolish episode is eminently skippable. I won't say it's the worst episode ever, but it's pretty bad.
I wonder if the writers did an hour of research on Jack the Ripper or if they are relying on what they remember from the 1979 movie "Murder by Decree." They get the name of a victim wrong and their prime suspect died in 1890. Since he was in his 70s when the Ripper struck in 1888 he'd hardly have been in any condition to be running around a South American plateau in the 1920s even were he alive.
Malone picks up a knife and has flashbacks to 1888 where his playmates portray various good/bad guys at the time of the Ripper killings. Who needs it?
By this time the show was running on fumes. To keep chugging along they need an injection of something new, which they'll get in a few more episodes when Finn joins the cast.
I rather enjoy the idea of this ensemble cast playing various other roles, as when they go to the old west, etc. But I'm also a stickler when shows do real history. Their total lack of research and rather shoddy presentation of Victorian London (not to mention American Jennifer O'Dell's attempt at an English accent) are galling. Only Snow appears comfortable in his Victorian gear. He looks surprisingly good in a derby. And Marguerite shouting "Roxton!" Is annoying. I shouted at the screen for her to shut up but she kept right on going.
This rather foolish episode is eminently skippable. I won't say it's the worst episode ever, but it's pretty bad.
