Review: Haven, Season 2 Finale, Ep. 212 “Sins of the Father”
Air Date: Friday, September 30, 2011, 10/9c on Syfy
Rating
Revenge is a dish best served cold…as death. “Sins of the Father” is a great season finale. There are vengeful ghosts causing mayhem and murder via the hands of the living; Rev. Driscoll (Stephen McHattie) returns as a ghost – to finish what he started; the mystery about Audrey’s (Emily Rose) identity and how Dave (John Dunsworth) and Vince (Richard Donat) are involved in the cover up; Duke (Eric Balfour) realizing exactly what being a “troubled” slayer really entails; and of course – romance.
Vince (Richard Donat) gives Audrey (Emily Rose) the ring that belonged to her when she was Sarah
Some very intriguing pieces of the “who is Audrey” puzzle are revealed. I knew Dave and Vince knew more about Audrey than they let on but the question is why they chose to keep it a secret. Vince says they were waiting for the right time or when they thought Audrey was ready to hear it but I think we’re passed being ready and so is Audrey.
Audrey: “Who am I?”
Vince: “You were Lucy; before that, Sarah; before that…we’re not sure. There’s a lot we don’t understand, like where you go in between the troubles.”
Dave: “How you always look the same, but uh, you have a new person’s memories each time you return.”
Vince: “The only thing that’s the same…is that you always help the troubled when you do.”
Vince gives Audrey a gold band adorned with flat triangular looking stones. It belonged to Sarah, about whom Vince says, “She was a…friend.” I suspect she is something much more.
John Dunsworth as Dave Teagues
Before they can finish the conversation, Nathan (Lucas Bryant) texts Audrey about a homicide so she has to leave; but Dave isn’t happy with Vince and all the information he’s shared.
Dave: “You told her too much.”
Vince: “She needs my help! And you’re not getting in my way this time.”
Vince looks daggers at Dave which leads me to believe both brothers had some kind of relationship with Audrey when she was Sarah and Lucy. I’m guessing Vince was in love with Sarah but when she returned as Lucy Ripley, she and Dave fell in love. And now Audrey and Nathan are growing closer.
Audrey (Emily Rose), Duke (Eric Balfour) and Nathan (Lucas Bryant) at the cemetary when Nathan's dad shows up
Duke and Nathan both have (dead) daddy issues when their respective fathers pay them unexpected visits. Simon Crocker (guest star Tahmoh Penikett), Duke’s father, comes back explaining how their family “troubles” work – they kill a “troubled” person which kills the curse completely; it cannot be passed through generations. Easier said than done, right? Killing someone shouldn’t come easy even if it does have appealing benefits. And when Nathan’s dad, former Haven Police Chief Garland Wuornos (Nicholas Campbell), returns, his message is also difficult to hear.
Chief: “You two can’t be in love; she’s just too important to this town.”
Nathan: “Well, what does one have to do with the other?”
Chief: “Because Nathan; if she is in love with you, she’ll want to take risks for you and we can’t have that. You’ve got to keep her alive, understand me?”
Nathan: “You came back to tell me that? That I can’t…that I can’t be in love with Audrey?”
Chief: “Yeah, I guess I did.”
Nathan: “Well then (pause)you wasted your time.”
Getting back to Duke and his “trouble,” when Kyle (Torrance Coombs) impales himself onto Duke’s knife to save his unborn child from being afflicted, I begin to think about how Duke’s “trouble” works. As you saw with Kyle, when a drop of his blood gets onto Duke’s hand, Duke’s skin absorbs it, causing his eyes to glaze over in a cloudy white haze. But if you recall in “Business As Usual,” when Duke only cuts Dwight (WWE Superstar Edge) the “bullet magnet,” Duke begins to shake, and his eyes glaze over cloudy white. Instead of killing Dwight, though, I think absorbing the blood increases Duke’s strength or power. If Duke doesn’t kill the “troubled” person, only wounding him, does it still affect the curse? I can’t wait to find out how they elaborate on exactly how Duke’s “trouble” truly works.
In addition, Simon reveals Audrey’s connection to the Crocker family. As Sarah, she killed Duke’s grandfather; as Lucy, she killed Simon; and now as Audrey, she’s going to kill Duke. Duke argues, “No! A tattooed man’s supposed to kill me.” Simon retorts, “She doesn’t have to do it with her own hands.” Duke isn’t sure what to believe. (Side note: Thank you for giving us a freshly showered topless Duke. Balfour looks incredibly sexy…purr)!
Audrey (Emily Rose) and Nathan (Lucas Bryant) questioning the grave digger Kyle (unseen)
It is such an endearing moment when Nathan suggests he and Audrey have dinner together. They’re both antsy around each other; it’s almost like you can feel the butterflies in their stomachs. But when Audrey offers to make pancakes, Nathan gets a little flustered (it’s adorable):
Audrey: “Uh, how ‘bout I…how ‘bout I make pancakes?”
Nathan: (cautious but smirking) “We talking about dinner or…or break… (wiping his chin)breakfast?”
It is so cute how anxious they are around each other all day. The intense sensual tension, with an underlying “I wanna jump your bones” vibe, resonates right through the television screen. I’m saying “sensual” rather than “sexual” because the immediate feeling you get is they want to passionately embrace, kiss and simply hold each other. For Nathan, that’s probably more erotic since his “trouble” prevents him from feeling anything…except Audrey. She’s the only one he can feel.
Emily Rose as Audrey Parker
As Audrey, dressed in a sexy satin camisole and dark jeans, preps for her pancake dinner with Nathan, there’s a knock at the door. Audrey is tasered by an unseen assailant. Is it Duke? Is it Dave? Is it Vince? When Nathan finds Duke’s necklace so conveniently left at the crime scene, you immediately give more weight to Duke’s involvement but I’m not buying it. I may be reaching, but I think Agent Howard (Maurice Dean Wint) has returned. He’s the one who sent Audrey to Haven in the first place and the house on the small island is what caused the real Audrey Parker’s (Kathleen Munroe) amnesia. The plot thickens.
This season was amazing. The cliffhanger has me in a tizzy. Nathan appears to have a fresh tattoo similar to the one that belongs to the man who is supposed to kill Duke. But the tattoo looks strange – almost as if it were branded onto Nathan’s inner forearm. I’m trying to recall every episode this season and Nathan rarely wears his sleeves up. As the episode comes to an end, you hear one single gunshot.
I’m so glad I discovered Haven. It’s absolutely one of my favorites. Audrey has come a long way and now that she and Nathan has realized their feelings for each other, could she go away again as history denotes? Will Dwight return or did that cut Duke gave him more serious than we think? Will we find out more about Dave and Vince’s incredible knowledge of Haven and the “troubles?” As of now, there’s no official release from Syfy about season three for Haven, but with such great ratings this season, it would be foolish of them not to renew the series. (Jedi mind tricks Syfy execs – You will renew Haven.)
Luckily for us there will be a special stand-alone Christmas episode! I’d like to be on Duke’s naughty list and Nathan’s nice list. Or vice versa.
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