Some Dark God Wakes

4 out of 5 stars.

Carnival Row begins with a bit of a mystery with its story telling. Introducing us to the 1800 world were man try to coexist with the faye and other human hybrid beasts. The plot focuses on a theme were people are prejudice towards other beast.

The plot follows Vignette (Cara Delevingne) who escapes from the soldiers that were attacking her homeland. And her ship wrecked in Burgue. She becomes a house maid while her former lover Rycroft (Orlando Bloom) who was presumed dead from her. Is still alive and is on a mystery murder case.

The script, direction, and story is engaging and exciting. It may be slow moving but it is an intriguing story.

I'm no prude but come on. Wonderful actors, great production but why do writers stoop to such low levels in order to tell a story. And a confusing one at that. I'll keep watching for a few more episodes in hopes that the story line keeps my interest.

I own that I am a sucker for fantasy and/or sci-fi. I own that I'm a fan of Orlando Bloom. I own that I relished period pieces (even tho' this one is in a tome long ago and far away).

But the real reason why I'm hooked on "Carnival Row" is it's obvious political parallels to our sole today. This first episode makes this political/cultural connection explicit.

There are numerous parallels to American in a post-Trump world and Brexit England. Just for a few examples: xenophobia, a mindless war, mass immigration, prejudice, class conflict... the list goes on and on. But identifying these and relishing the commentary is the joy here!

Join me and watch this show and you will have a grand adventure and serious thoughts about our world today!

This episode helped to create the world where this story takes place, the cities, continents, creatures, and political issues. More of that will hopefully unfold in the forthcoming episodes; however, this was a great setup to where and what is involved for this story.

Interesting beginning, but the chase scene is so dark that much of the time you just see a black screen.