I thought this was a pretty substandard episode.  Which is a shame because I like Henry and want to know more about him.  But the revelation that he knew this woman so well and spent so much time with her that it made her husband crazy with jealousy, and we, the viewers, have never heard of her before, is phony as all get out.

Also, it was clumsy.  I'd figured out the who-done-it 15 minutes into the episode.  That it took these really bright people by surprise also seemed phony.

Does anybody else find that split screen thing they do really irritating?

Kara S

  no, not really. And I wouldn't call the episode substandard or clumsy. I mean this really isn't the type of show where they delve into someone's past for the sake of having a well defined character for the audience. I mean how many other chows have character pop in and out of the main character's lives? This isn't a soap opera or reality TV where we'll see every person they spend time with. It makes perfect sense that we'd never seen her. We, the audience only get a glimpse into these fiction people's lives.

It was a decent episode and yeah, I'm sure most people figured out "who done it" but to me the point of watching is to see how the people onscreen actually figure it out.

I had thought the point of Henry's character was that he was a loner who didn't have much contact with other people outside the Sanctuary.  If he's got a whole passel of friends he sees off screen that changes the nature of the character completely.

And he's only been a werewolf since the end of last season.  Since then they've been pretty busy dealing with being attatcked by the Cabal.  When did he have time to go to movies with this woman?

He's always been a werewolf. Well, an abnormal. It was just the first time that he actually manifested. It was one of the reasons he ended up with Magnus in the first place. At least that was my understanding last season. Could be wrong.

I think you guys are a little tough on Henry. You have to Remember he had a life before meeting Magnus too! Besides we dont know everything that he does outside the Sanctuary or the video Conferences he has with them. Thing is, Sanctuary doesnt do enough to show us these things which they should do in a nonchalant way. So when they popped up this episode it becomes Surprising to us. Sanctuary has to work better on its delivery in these prior episodes before giving us these interesting backstories and unknown characters! Hints, cameo's, something! Still the episode was okay!

No offense but maybe Tapping needs to brush up every once in a while, she seems to slipping from her accent a little too often! I noticed two or three slips in the last episode.

I thought Henry was an orphan and Magnus pretty much raised him.

And before he manifested his werewolf tendencies, he was very much in denial.  He almost commited suicide when he first started to manifest his wolfish tendencies and almost had a surgery which would have cured his lycanthropy but had some really unpleasant side effects.  Magnus, Will and the Big Guy eventually convinced him to accept himself as he was and embrace his differences rather than fearing them.

If he had been in therapy with this woman at that time, whouldn't she have been in the episode?  Wouldn't they have called in his therapist to counsel him in his time of confusion and mental anguish?  Especially if they were really close and spent lots of time together as friends outside of the therapy sessions?

But she wasn't in the episode and nobody said anything like "Gee, it's too bad (whatshername, can't remember) is out of town this week.  She and Henry are so close.  She could really help him right now!"

No, this woman Henry has been in love with for years just appears in a puff of smoke out of a plot hole.  It's lazy writing and it annoys me.

Kara S