Mayfair Witches Season 2 Episode 3 Cover the Mirrors- Interview with the Vampire Crossover
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Remember when you took swimming lessons, how you had to pass a section on treading water for a certain amount of time before moving on? Mayfair Witches season 2, episode 3, “Cover the Mirrors, felt like that. It spent what was deemed to be the right amount of time to check off the boxes, set things up, and move along to the next episode.

While that is all fine and good, and there were some interesting moments, the episode also spent too long spinning its storyline wheels. This made things more tedious than interesting, making it a bit of a slog to get through.

Rowan (Alexandra Daddario) and Cortland (Harry Hamlin) begin the uneasy alliance they formed in the last episode. They plan to bring the family together to lure Lasher (Jack Huston) in while protecting them all. Rowan gives the orders, and Cortland makes the calls, using his family connections to get everyone under one roof. However, being Cortland, he whispers other things to the family once there, causing even more strain to an already very stressed Rowan. Cortland lies and maneuvers things as best he can to his advantage, as, really, it’s what he does best.

Moira Mayfair (Alyssa Jirrels) is my favorite character at the moment. Not believing Rowan can do what she says, she plays both sides, continuing to work with Ciprien (Tongayi Chirisa) and the Talamasca to stop Lasher differently. She’s strong, tough, powerful, and tries to see the big picture through a wider lens, something most of the Mayfair family is incapable of. She is a bit naive, though, regarding what Lasher is capable of and how the Talamasca is very interested in using his ‘potential’ for something to help them, which sounds like a horrible idea. 

On the surface, this all sounds fine when creating tension and drama, but the good intentions backfire as some moments and storylines feel like the episode is spinning its wheels. While structured to make the episode move along with the family gathering and Lasher’s arrival, the scenes move from one location to the other around the house with a lot of what seems like forced emotions. The idea is simple, and execution works to get you from point A to B, but how they get there is strangely dull and flat.

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Even a scene in which Lasher attacks another member of the Mayfair family seems odd and weirdly put together. At this point, I’m not sure why the scene was necessary, except perhaps to injure Lasher on his way to the family gathering. Also, we must talk about how “Cover the Mirrors” opens as Lasher meets his first vampire. The undead in question makes an odd reference to his power creator, hinting at some possible connection with the Interview with the Vampire storyline. It was curious and interesting, but not mentioned again. Looking back, it fits how this episode evolved from beginning to end.

Speaking of the end, as Lasher shows up, Rowan goes outside to confront him on the street, only to jump in the way of Ciprien as he shoots a mysterious gaseous mixture out of a cool-looking wand device. Rowan falls, and the rest of the Talamasca arrive to capture the injured Lasher and take him away. The whole buildup of the episode ends not with a confrontation with Rowan but with being bested by the Talamasca. I think Lasher deserved a more interesting fate here. This is not to say chaos won’t come of this, but as with most of the episode, it just felt off.

“Cover the Mirrors” left a lot of questions and a sense of unfulfillment regarding the characters. What was with the vampire scene? What was the power Rowan unknowingly flexed on guests before exiting the house to face off with Lasher? Why does Cortland keep getting locked away somewhere? With the episode unable to get out of its own way to just let the story flow, the interesting questions and ideas were left hanging out to dry. While the episode served its purpose, everyone seemed too happy to simply go through the motions to get us there.

Rating: 3/5 Stars 

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