After the surprising death of protagonist Nick Cutter at the end of the previous episode the team are repairing the ARC; Jenny has been given Cutter's old job and Connor believes that his device to lock anomalies is almost ready to use. Early on we learn that Christine Johnson, Lester's boss, is doing something with the Predators. More importantly journalist Mick Harper steals a portable anomaly detector from Jenny's car so he, his boss and a team of reporters manage to be first on the scene when the next anomaly opens in an aircraft hangar; to make matters worse he tricks Jenny and Connor into entering the wrong building and locks then in. Eventually they are released by ex-policeman Danny Quinn but by now there is a Giganotosaurus running around the airfield! At least Connors device seems to work.
I was half expecting a bit of a cop out opening whereby Cutter had somehow survived after all but relieved that wasn't the case, even though he was one of the best characters in the show. While only a relatively minor part of the story it was nice to see Christine's plot line develop a bit with a major revelation. The main story was rather fun, even if it is hard to believe the journalists would behave the way they did at least their behaviour made their ultimate fate rather enjoyable. The giant dinosaur they have to deal with was suitably menacing; it was fun seeing it run around the airfield better known as the 'Top Gear Test Track' sadly there was no sign of The Stig! Jason Flemyng's return as Danny Quinn was welcome although his presence at the scene wasn't fully explained; no doubt he will be joining the team in the near future. Overall a decent episode which had good standalone elements as well as advancing the main plot.
I was half expecting a bit of a cop out opening whereby Cutter had somehow survived after all but relieved that wasn't the case, even though he was one of the best characters in the show. While only a relatively minor part of the story it was nice to see Christine's plot line develop a bit with a major revelation. The main story was rather fun, even if it is hard to believe the journalists would behave the way they did at least their behaviour made their ultimate fate rather enjoyable. The giant dinosaur they have to deal with was suitably menacing; it was fun seeing it run around the airfield better known as the 'Top Gear Test Track' sadly there was no sign of The Stig! Jason Flemyng's return as Danny Quinn was welcome although his presence at the scene wasn't fully explained; no doubt he will be joining the team in the near future. Overall a decent episode which had good standalone elements as well as advancing the main plot.
