UPDATE (6th Feb) - Correctly guessed dialogue speakers have been filled in
UPDATE (7th Feb) - More correct guesses filled in in
Last week Carrie dreamt of walking through those prison gates to freedom, this week it is a reality but it is Lucas and not the Gordon of her imagination that cares enough to show up and bring her home. Just in case the audience is in any doubt that she is having trouble with her split Carrie/Ana personality after her incarceration, we see two scenarios play out during their greeting of each other. It’s a technique the show has used in the past and I think it works brilliantly yet again here in showing the splintered personalities the characters hide from each other, and sometimes themselves.
The vast majority of this week’s instalment is essentially a two hander, which brings a different pace to the show than I think we've seen before, and is possibly a welcome break from the excesses of last week. I've really missed Ivana Milicevic these last few episodes so it’s nice to see her and Starr’s characters just chilling on the road together; it’s easy to believe the trust they once shared, and they both open up to each other in ways they don’t with Gordon or (for example) Siobhan. But after taking a detour they realise that someone has followed them and is watching them from the woods, their tranquillity is broken and they realise they will be forced to fight two different corners in order to stay safe in Banshee.
As for the title of this week’s episode, it’s inspired by from a novel by Peter S Beagle called
The Last Unicorn, it’s not a book I've read but it seems popular and very quotable from looking at this
page. I have included the most appropriate one as an image within this paragraph, it is partly quoted (and then used as inspiration for a dream sequence that Hood has, with a clever twist) in the episode itself but there are others that would seem to also fit just as well. My personal favourite being “
Don't look back and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.”
The Truth About Unicorns airs Friday February 7th at 10pm on Cinemax, below are some teasers to see you through until then. Don’t forget to come back and vote in our poll after the episode and let us know what you thought.
“I can't say I'm sorry to have you round a bit longer, what can I say, you keep me young, and you’re very generous with my whiskey, especially my good whiskey!” Sugar to Lucas
“I thought we could take a little detour, something I wanna show you” Lucas to Carie
“We read The Last Unicorn together when she was little, it was her favourite book” Carrie to Lucas
“You know, if the safe is the same make this place will be child’s play”
“I got Rabbit's case for myself, I figured I’d grab a few headlines, move up the ladder, but I busted him too soon” Agent Racine to ?
“Where would you go, what would you do?” Carrie to Lucas
“Enough people have died over this” Lucas to Carrie
“Two thieves broke in that night, and one got away.” Agent Racine to Lucas
“Re-entry is a bitch, under any circumstances, you must be missing your kids?” Lucas to Carrie
“Sorry, I thought this was a friend of mine’s car”
About the Author - Sandi
Sandi is part of the Senior Staff at SpoilerTV having been a contributor from back in the Lost days of DarkUFO, and who now writes previews for Banshee, The Musketeers, Atlantis, and other BBC shows. She also enjoys watching and commenting on other shows such as Sons of Anarchy, Hannibal, Game of Thrones and Elementary.
