Wire in the Blood (TV Series) The Darkness of Light (2003) User Reviews

Confusing.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 6/10 · 16 April 2021]

Follow this episode from start to finish, and be able to explain it at the end, and I'll be impressed, this was the only episode of Wire in The Blood, I thought was somewhat below par.

I can cope with visions, I like surrealism, but The Darkness of Light verges on strange and confusing, I get why and who, but it's just the how question that is hard to fathom.

The imagery is good, but perhaps better in a sci fi drama, the pyrotechnics look terrific.

Best of all for me, is the presence of Stanley Townsend, that velvet Voice is always very welcome on screen.

It's watchable, but on a rare occasion, 6/10.

Sci-Fi or What?

[Warin_West-El · 2/10 · 10 June 2023]

This episode is confusing because the killer is suffering from hallucinations but the audience is not told that until near the end of the episode. So the whole story gives the appearance of being sci-fi. Which, of course, is totally out of character with the premise of the series. The net result is confusion. You don't know whether you're watching Wire in the Blood or Lord of the Rings.

At the climax of the story a boy is locked inside a room with the killer. He doesn't yell to his parents or the police. Even though he knows they're on the other side of the door. Nor does he run for the door. The boy just stands frozen up against the wall. That whole scene felt phony and designed to create drama where none existed.