Afterlife - Episode 1x04 - What Doesn't Kill You

And the battle begins…

This very well may be the best episode of Afterlife yet. Again, we have this separation between Aurora, in which we get a complete Aurora centric episode, and no Jonathan. However, the story made me forget all about that and it took me until typing up this review to realize it.

I didn’t really have any problems with this episode. The episode was well-paced and, unlike the previous episode, gave us more story from the present and less from the past. Personally, I find the present story-line to be more interesting then the past. I don’t know exactly why, but that is just my preference.

Yet again, an episode of Afterlife wows me with the use of its guest stars. Liliana was great, as well as the rest of the family. While their story is very sad, Liliana initially seems to be very kind, only to turn on Aurora. I can see why Liliana would do what she did, but I feel as though she should have listened to Aurora’s advice. Liliana lost everything anyway, so she might as well have gone the easy way and left instead of putting her life at risk with the Ravens. I hope that we’ll see the family once again though.

Aurora’s past is a bit more interesting than Jonathan’s. Jonathan lived a fairly bland life (at least that’s how it seems at the moment), while Aurora was a trained assassin. In death, Aurora seems to have changed though. In the past, she was ruthless. As can be seen by the murder she performed, Aurora wouldn’t let anything stand in her way. She WANTED to kill people. However, in the present, she hold compassion for those around her. She finds that killing others, while sometimes necessary, isn’t right (especially if it is an innocent person, such as Liliana’s husband).

I get the feeling that Trias will win another battle with Aurora, with the help of the other thugs or not. I simply don’t see what she could to beat all of them, especially with her injury. On top of that, Trias will be even more determined to kick Aurora’s ass, especially since now he has tasted the power of being the leader and surely won’t want to give it up.

This is definitely my favorite episode of Afterlife so far. At this point, I feel like things have the potential to get even better, so hopefully the rest of the season continues to live up to the rising expectations.

Jimbo’s Next Theory
Aurora will be beaten (once again) by Trias. He won’t kill her, but simply capture her. That is when I believe that her and Jonathan will meet again.