‘Mayfair Witches’ Season 2, Episode 7 “A Tangled Web” Recap & Review

As we move closer to the season two finale of Mayfair Witches, I must say that this season has not played out how I thought it would. In some ways, this didn’t turn out that well, with abandoned themes and ideas and a main arc of the story that has played out more like a soap opera than anything else. However, it’s also a good thing. In “A Tangled Web,” numerous twists and turns in the story made a fun episode and set up the season finale with some very interesting storylines hanging in the air.

Locked in the underground tunnels at the end of last week’s episode, Rowan (Alexandra Daddario) manages to find her way out and is offered a vial of Lasher’s blood, what she’s been looking for, only to turn it down. Everyone wants Rowan and her gang out of the town before the wedding, and she’s not having any of it. With a little more investigation, she finds Lasher (Jack Huston). However, having been shown his blood has the power to create life from almost ash, Lasher begins to remember and is now fully on board regarding his wedding.

To complicate matters more, Ian Mayfair (Ian Pirie), who is as good at spinning webs as Rowan, has been manipulating things to ensure the wedding goes off without interference.

At the beginning of “A Tangled Web,” a trio of witches sneak up on a sleeping Lark (Ben Feldman) and take some blood. This binds Lark to Ian and the Mayfair clan, so harming him harms Lark. Then, and more importantly, Ian tricks his brother Cortland (Harry Hamlin) into paying their undead father Julien Mayfair (Ted Levine) a visit to trap Cortland there and have Juline take over Cortland’s body in the land of the living. 

While this is going on, Cyprien (Tongayi Chirisa) has been given the job as head of the New Orleans branch of the Talamasca, so he agrees to help them with the task of reading a long-dead body for clues about the Taltos and the body is that of Lasher. It seems the Taltos can be reborn, so Cyprien reads the memories of the centuries-old corpse, and the clues lead him to where else, Scotland. More specifically, the town of Kilbride, where the body was found.

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Even though it was a rather obvious way to bring the Talamasca and Cyprien back into the Mayfair family’s affairs, it was done well. It’s good to see that while happy with his new job, Cyprien is also hesitant to believe everything he hears and sees, thanks to years of manipulation and secrecy by the Talamasca.

I wondered when, and possibly if ever, Moira (Alyssa Jirrels) would reappear. She is found/directed to her whereabouts, safe and sound but isolated, so she can’t read people’s thoughts. This is due to many people telling lies, and it’s hard to keep track of what is fact and fiction. I feel bad for Jirrels being on the sidelines, who has been a breath of fresh air this season, but hopefully, she’ll have a part to play in the finale. 

The episode was fun for many reasons. It moved at a better pace than the last few, leading us to interesting plot twists with some good dialogue and story. The twists were done well and gave several characters things to do in the next episode. Juggling many characters and storylines has always been a struggle with this show. Still, at least for this week, they managed to keep everything flowing nicely and created a real sense of urgency regarding the outcomes for certain characters. 

“A Tangled Web” was a solid episode, and the show now has more than a few things to tackle in the finale. What is the outcome of the wedding? What is Julien up to? How do they rescue Lark? And what part will the Talamasca play? While finales are tricky, it’s made more difficult as there has been no confirmation yet that there will be a season three. Let’s hope that if the show ends on a cliffhanger, it’s just a pause and not something permanent. 

Rating: 4/5 Stars