Air Date: Friday, August 26, 2011 10/9c
Rating
“The Tides That Bind” bound me to my seat! From the moment the episode starts, with a group of young pre-adolescent boys standing on the edge of a dock staring into the water singing a chilling song, I am beyond curious – I am mesmerized.
“The sea is dark
The sea is deep
Down below
Is where they sleep
Cold and dark
Below the foam
They wait for us
But never alone.”
If that doesn’t tempt you to continue watching, perhaps the boys tossing another boy into the water with a cinder block tied around his ankles might further entice you. Oh, did that get your attention? Because it sure got mine! I really enjoy Haven. The peculiar cases seem to become stranger each week. If you’re an avid fan of the uniquely odd and unexplainable, Haven is where you should be.
As if the behavior of the boys weren’t weird enough, the actions of a man, Leith Glendower (Scott Baker) who comes down to tell them supper is ready are even stranger. As he walks towards the edge of the dock, he peers into the water to see the young boy immersed in the murky depths but he doesn’t jump in to help him – he just stands there shaking his head as if this is something common. Now I’m absolutely enthralled!
L-R: Duke (Eric Balfour), Nathan (Lucas Bryant) and Audrey (Emily Rose) go to the Haven docks to confront Rev. Driscoll about kidnapping the Glendower boys
Audrey (Emily Rose) and Nathan (Lucas Bryant) learn Leith’s body is found washed up on shore, an apparent suicide. Could the guilt of not helping the young boy have driven him to kill himself? It doesn’t seem likely. The Glendowers live on the outskirts of Haven with no paved roads leading in or out; sounds ominously like a cult, doesn’t it?
I find it interesting Duke (Eric Balfour) knows Leith has a tattoo – the same tattoo the mysterious man who is prophesized to kill Duke has. So how did he find out about Leith’s tattoo? Duke isn’t part of Haven PD and he wasn’t there when the body was found. What’s more intriguing is all the Glendower men have this unique tattoo. Could someone in the Glendower family be Duke’s mystery man?
Leith’s parents, Cole (Kenneth Welsh) and Gwen (Brenda Bazinet) explain to Nathan and Audrey about the strange affliction the Glendower men all share:
Cole: “For generations, when the troubles come, all Glendower men, young and old, lose their ability to breathe air.”
Nathan: “How do you live?”
Cole: “We migrate…into the sea.”
Gwen: “The children are affected the most. They need to breathe water for a few hours every day as they change.”
The first thing that comes to mind is the comic book hero, Aquaman – are the Glendower men real life aqua men? And now Leith’s son Daniel (Nicholas LeBlanc) is going through the change but his mother Mary (Joanne Boland) doesn’t fully understand. With the uber creepy Rev. Driscoll’s (Stephen McHattie) help, she kidnaps all the boys, including Daniel, and keeps them in an old barn. Mary thinks the good Reverend can cure them of their trouble. McHattie does a phenomenal job of giving me the heebie-jeebies every time he’s on screen. His grizzled appearance and beady-eyed stare really send chills down my spine – the kind that give you nightmares.
I’m very anxious to find out how Evi (Vinessa Antoine) and Rev. Driscoll know each other when Duke thinks they’ve never met. Could Driscoll be the man Evi called in “Roots?” I don’t like the sound of their conversation.
Evi: “Are you sure we’re doing the right thing?”
Driscoll: “After everything you’ve seen, you could even ask me that?”
Evi: “I know…”
Driscoll: “You’re sure…Duke doesn’t suspect anything?”
Evi (smug): “No. He fell for me getting you away from the church, didn’t he? And now that he knows his father was murdered, you’ve got him.”
Eric Balfour as Duke Crocker
I’m worried about Duke. Not only do Evi and Driscoll have something up their proverbial sleeves, but Duke approaches Cole as the Glendower men migrate towards open water.
Duke: “Wait, before you go, you need to tell me – your tattoo, what does it mean?”
Cole: “When Rev. Driscoll and others like him come for us, there are those who will fight.” (Could you be a little more cryptic please?)
Duke: “Do you know me? Do you know why they want me dead?”
Cole: “All I know is you’re being watched in case you decide to follow in your father’s footsteps.”
Duke: “Is that why one of you killed him? Simon Crocker? Do you remember?”
Cole: “I don’t know who killed your father but if you want to stay alive, I suggest you stay out of his business.”
Emily Rose as Audrey Parker
There is so much going on in “The Tides That Bind,” you really need to watch to fully understand. I’m very puzzled about Nathan’s late father knowing Lucy Ripley (Audrey’s mother) and how they helped the troubled just as Nathan and Audrey are now.
Audrey to Nathan: “Looks like we’ve been following in their footsteps without even knowing it.”
Along with more questions, I’m also more deeply invested in finding out what is actually going on. And if you missed tonight’s episode, it was the second Twitter-infused episode – though only one scene – asking you to follow @davehaven and @vincehaven.
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