Shackles - Episode 3x07 - The Roar of the Gale

Three words – What. The. Hell! This may just have been the craziest ending to an episode (excluding season finales) EVER! How… who… what… I’m speechless right now.

This episode was packed with pure action. I couldn’t stop reading for even a minute. This doesn’t just mean there was great writing from a particular Mr. Shrine, but it also goes to show how perplexing the story of Shackles is. Part of me wonders if this is how the rest of the season will be, as we saw multiple characters die.

I’ve never really liked Parina. She is the type of character that I despise. Now, despite the fact that in my last review I expressed my hatred for the new Brett, I was sad to see that the other leaders didn’t want him to run The Annulus anymore. With Parina’s death, I wonder if the decision will hold or not. After all, since when does a dead person even matter in Shackles?

Tara was a strangely written character. We never really focused as much on her as we do the normal Poisoned, which is slightly disappointing. Her wind-gasms will always be remembered though, at least by me. Basil’s death doesn’t matter much to me, although it would have been cool to see Kaeto without a voice. (By the way, GREAT casting of Fredric Lane as Basil. ABSOLUTE GENIUS!)

From the get-go, I never believed that the creature was Xera. I was too much of a stretch for me. Even if it hadn’t been revealed so soon, I would have then had an easy theory. But alas, you can’t go easy on me for once, Angelo (DAMN YOU!).

I’m still hung up on that cliffhanger. I can’t even use words to describe what could be going on at this point. At first, I re-read it again to see if it was from Kaeto’s eyes, but it wasn’t, so there went another possible theory (of her dreaming it). I can’t wait to read the next episode!

Jimbo’s Next Theory
The young Milgate Epoch that we see isn’t real… somehow. Don’t ask me how or why though. As I said before, I initially thought that it could be Kaeto dreaming, but as the script states that she goes underwater and then is picked up, it shows that we’re seeing this from our point of view, not her point of view. Can’t you tell that I’m confused at this point?