For the most part, the two can’t even look at each other. This angst-filled convo in Alex’s car is teeming with tension. The height of action takes place with the situation at the dam and later with the car chase, but the height of emotion is a well-acted scene between Molly and Alex. Little glimpses of them like this in relation to each other makes their relationship that much more complex. He is neat and organized she is messy and all over the place. There’s a very quick moment showing Molly and Alex (Ewen Leslie) at their desks.

He’s in a coma and Grace creepily checks in on him at the hospital. Freddie is clearly troubled and mixed up with these gloamers who have some sort of power over him.īut, amazingly, he lives. When Freddie falls from the top of the dam, it’s sure to be to his death and one can’t help but think that might be a good thing. This relief is short lived-Molly’s ex starts the process of getting sole custody of their daughter. However, she wants to turn their relationship around so she promises Lily that she’ll take time off after Lily goes to counseling. Molly and Lily talk about the video and Molly can’t hide the disappointment in her face. In the aftermath, there is relief, but not for long. Related The Gloaming Review: The Night of the Mothers (Season 1 Episode 8) One really feels Molly’s desperation through the long, wide shots that create the visual distance between Molly and Lily as well as highlights their emotional distance.

The grandeur of this dam location is used effectively, breathtaking in both its beauty and its danger. Who is she setting out to harm (or help) and for what purpose? Grace continues to be a puzzling figure in this story. Throughout this unpredictable impasse, cutaways to Grace (Rena Owen) with a voodoo doll increase the viewer’s anxiousness even further. Playing Lily’s video at this point and Molly (Emma Booth) hearing about it for the first time adds a whole other layer of tension. The threat of Freddie (Matt Testro) pitching Lily (Josephine Blazier) over the top is enough to make the scene intense. The scene atop the dam is a real nail-biter. There’s a lot happening on The Gloaming yet nothing overwhelms the plot-it flows and it frightens in true ghost-storytelling fashion. More questions are raised and new connections are made. From the harrowing stand-off at the dam to a terrifying car chase, the action drives the intriguing story. It starts out with full, white-knuckle intensity and doesn’t let up.

This level of fright and unease is difficult to maintain episode after episode, but The Gloaming manages, hitting the halfway mark of the first season with edge-of-your-seat mystery and mayhem. The horror and the terror ramp up to new heights on The Gloaming Season 1 Episode 4, “Black Winged Angels.”

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