Had Potential but didn't Deliver

SkayM87

*** May Contain Spoilers***

Hex aired when I was at Uni and I caught the odd episode or so, but always wanted to watch the series in its entirety and chronologically. I finally watched the series recently and was really disappointed.

First of all, the first series should have been longer, to enable character development and relationship development. I feel we should have seen more of a development between Azazeal and Cassie and learnt more about their backgrounds. Their story seemed rushed to me. One minute she hated him, and once she had been possessed, she loved him. I didn't feel a real connection between the two characters. I feel as though we should have seen their relationship progressing. I felt like their relationship was lacking in on screen content but their relationship did have potential.

The Rachael McBain story wasn't really explored either. She appeared in one or two episodes in dreams etc but it was left at that. It would have been good to see her relationship with Azazeal and more about his motivations etc, as well as how Rachael and her daughter met their ends.

I found Cassie to be very annoying, but again I think this could have been down to how she was portrayed on screen. The Azazeal character was very strong, I feel he should have been a bit more of a main focus on the show, not just appearing every now and again.

Then there is the script! The dialogue, in parts, was terrible and verging on amateur.The story lines themselves didn't really possess any real continuity, especially from series 1 to series 2. It just lost focus.

Towards the end of series 2, they had replaced the Cassie and Azazeal romance with Ella and Malachi, and it just didn't work. Ella and Malachi were both weak characters, on screen. But again, I feel they had potential.

Overall, and I know I have said it several times, the show had potential but it really didn't deliver, which is a shame. It's about time we had a good fantasy/sci fi show to rival Buffy etc.

score 4/10

SkayM87 2 April 2014

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2990773/