On the run from Auran’s forces, Black Bolt and Medusa reluctantly work with Louise to help locate the rest of their family; Maximus’ actions change the game completely.

With the series half way through its first season run, it’s hard to call Marvel’s Inhumans a success. Instead of the trippy visuals and epic family drama created by Jack Kirby, we’re dealt with Lost… literally lost, the cast has spent the last three episodes looking for each other. Slow is an understatement as to how to describe this series which has sucked anything interesting out of its source material and delivered a bland show that feels like it should have been burnt off during a summer run after which we could all forget it.

It’s hard to really say what stands out this episode. There’s Karnak getting his mojo back sort of and… well that’s about it. There’s little that’s interesting and the acting and dialogue remain as bland as ever. This is the “white bread” of live action comic adaptations. It’s unassuming, bland, doesn’t take risks, yet we eat it because we feel like we need to. Five episodes in and I keep holding out hope that we’ll see a twist that’ll make it all worth it, a tie-in to the Inhumans plot lines we’ve already seen on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The one good thing about this episode is that we finally get Maximus being bad and begin to betray his philosophy and freeing of his people. But, on the flip side we get Medusa and Black Bolt entrenched in their rule and when confronted they brush off criticism. There’s no growth and we aren’t given much to cheer for either warring faction.

I hold out hopes, but it looks like this series may go down as one of the worst live action adaptions in recent memory. But, there’s still a few episodes where it can redeem itself… so we’re saying there’s a chance.

Overall Rating: 5.0