The Cold

I find this episode rather poor. It's entirely fuelled by MacGuffins, which is only to be expected by this point, but in my opinion the potentially interesting locations and guest creatures don't come across nearly so well as they should. The change in dynamic between Imhotep and Wealser (and its possible ongoing consequences) offers a heck of a lot but delivers very little. However, I could have forgiven all this and decided to fairly like the episode overall if it wasn't for the criminally wasted opportunity to have Alex come through as a true and pure-hearted hero by releasing the ice trolls from their servitude at the end. He managed to get his hands on the locket, so why didn't he do it? Simply because some writers can't recognise a golden opportunity to flesh out and develop a great hero when they see one!