June 2, 2023- number 10

Spoilers

“Judgment Night”

“Her name is the S.S. Queen of Glasgow. Her registry: British. Gross tonnage: five thousand. Age: Indeterminate. At this moment she’s one day out of Liverpool, her destination New York. Duly recorded on the ship’s log is the sailing time, course to destination, weather conditions, temperature, longitude and latitude. But what is never recorded in a log is the fear that washes over a deck like fog and ocean spray. Fear like the throbbing strokes of engine pistons, each like a heartbeat, parceling out every hour into breathless minutes of watching, waiting and dreading… For the year is 1942, and this particular ship has lost its convoy. It travels alone like an aged blind thing groping through the unfriendly dark, stalked by unseen periscopes of steel killers. Yes, the Queen of Glasgow is a frightened ship, and she carries with her a premonition of death.”

This episode is a ghost story. It starts off as a mystery. How did Carl Lanser wind up on the S.S. Queen of Glasgow? Who is he? Why is he having a premonition of doom happening at 1:15 AM?

I have to say that what was happening on this episode was confusing and was not clear. However, I will admit the episode cleared up the mystery rather quickly. Everything wrapped up with a nice little bow.

I did not love this episode. It was fine, but it all felt so rushed. This felt like an episode that could have benefited from a longer run time.

It had some pretty decent ideas in it and I liked the eventual reveal, but it just did not work in the overall.