"Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you brake
Every step you take
I'll be watching you"
- "I'll be watching you" - Sting
One of the highlights of Stalker is definitely its use of music. As far as I remember, every episode has had a song at the end that fit the episode very well. Wednesday's episode was no exception.
This week we saw a stalker who uses his victim's phobias to harass them. The first victim is Kristin, who is afraid of the darkness. She finds all her lights turned off after she comes out of the bathroom, and she becomes terrified as a man is filming her and escapes through the window. Kristin later tells Beth and Jack that she had been on an internet dating website. Her date from the same night, Zack, had actually seen her attacker but was overpowered and put in the trunk of his own car. After a second victim that has a phobia for snakes is attacked, the TAU cross references her dating website with Kristin's, and find a man named Chris Powell. It appears he raped a woman a few years before, and Jack and Beth pay her a visit. She moved to a high apartment building because her rapist is afraid of heights. In the meantime a third victim is abducted who is scared of drowning (honestly, who wouldn't be?) and the clock is ticking. After Beth and Jack arrest Chris, Jack goes to the rooftop to get him to confess where the third victim is. Janice and Ben are able to save her in time.
Elsewhere in the hour, Jack and Janice have "drinks" and Beth's friend Tracy tells her she's seeing someone. As it later turns out, that someone is actually Perry a.k.a. Beth's stalker. Sleeping with Tracy appears to be part of his big long-term plan, of which the endgame is to kill Beth. And by the way, Beth Davis is not really Beth Davis. Perry finds out that she didn't exist until 12 years ago and that there are no birth records of her. I'm guessing she changed her name after the whole stalking incident she has been through herself.
This episode was quite a creepy one but I enjoyed it. I find it interesting to discover what people's phobias are as everybody is afraid of something. I am also interested to see where the story with Beth's stalker is going and how that will unfold.
I am not sure about Jack and Janice's affair though. It was good to not see Jack as the creepy stalker but I am not sure if getting him with Janice is going to change him. After all, he says he is afraid to make the same mistakes again. I am glad that there was somewhat of a bonding moment between Jack and Beth as I did not really like her hate towards him over the past couple of episodes. Apparently Ben still has a grudge against Jack but at this point I don't really get why.
What did you think of this week's episode? Did you find it creepy? How do you think the story with Beth's stalker will unfold? And what are you feelings towards a Jack/Janice pairing? Sound off with your opinions in the comments below.
Here is a promo for next week's episode. It's very low quality so if someone has a better video, feel free to post the link in the comments.
About the Author - Daniel
Daniel is a Dutch university student studying Psychology. On SpoilerTV he is a reviewer of NCIS, The 100, Madam Secretary and the upcoming shows Battle Creek and Odyssey. He also enjoys LOST, Arrow, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Nikita, The Blacklist, Stalker, Scorpion and How To Get Away With Murder.
Ben is acting like a petulant 5 year old. His behavior has gotten old fast.
I still don't like that they have so many background threads running through this show. I can take her being a past victim of stalking, but then they add Jack as a stalker, then a new stalker for Beth. I'm amazed they have time for a case of the week.
Yeah, I don't really like Ben's behaviour towards Jack either.
They do have quite a bit background threads which I don't mind as they make the show more interesting. However, they should get rid of Jack as the stalker. They don't even explain why he is stalking Amanda and Ethan so at this point, it's just unnecessarily making him creepier.
I heard Every Breath You take and thought, finally, Sting must be happy someone finally got the point of his song and used it as it was written. So many proms and whatnots used that song as a love song, but it is not meant as that. It is about obsession and, yes, stalking. I do agree, the music in this show is very, very good.
I looked for the song and indeed I saw it wasn't meant as a love song at all. Weird that people see it like that. It fit the episode very well, and the show in general makes good use of music.
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Ben is acting like a petulant 5 year old. His behavior has gotten old fast.
ReplyDeleteI still don't like that they have so many background threads running through this show. I can take her being a past victim of stalking, but then they add Jack as a stalker, then a new stalker for Beth. I'm amazed they have time for a case of the week.
Yeah, I don't really like Ben's behaviour towards Jack either.
ReplyDeleteThey do have quite a bit background threads which I don't mind as they make the show more interesting. However, they should get rid of Jack as the stalker. They don't even explain why he is stalking Amanda and Ethan so at this point, it's just unnecessarily making him creepier.
I heard Every Breath You take and thought, finally, Sting must be happy someone finally got the point of his song and used it as it was written. So many proms and whatnots used that song as a love song, but it is not meant as that. It is about obsession and, yes, stalking. I do agree, the music in this show is very, very good.
ReplyDeleteI looked for the song and indeed I saw it wasn't meant as a love song at all. Weird that people see it like that. It fit the episode very well, and the show in general makes good use of music.
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