User Reviews

Dorothea offers Quill free will, to get it she has to ensure Charlie uses the cabinet of Souls to defeat the carnivorous petals. April and Ram are transported to the world of Corakinus, to defeat him.

Some of the scenes between April and Ram are cheesy beyond belief, their dialogue is ludicrous, transported to a new world for the first time they start chatting about community. We're on episode five, and this is the third encounter with the Shadow Kin, it's a little too much.

I disagree with some of the reviews that slate the acting, it isn't bad generally. Polly Quesnel has definitely added something to the show, lots of charisma, dare I say Missy style.

The Special effects are the highlight of the episode, some truly brilliant effects and an imaginative world for the Shadow kin. The petals story is really intriguing, quite grizzly.

Pretty good 7/10

I'm glad I carried on watching Class after its awful first episode as it has slowly improved, getting more and more interesting with more and more complex plots. This episode juggles two story lines, one involving the Shadow King and the other involving killer petals. They then come together cleverly at the end.

The Shadow King storyline is the weaker one. April and Ram's actors are good enough (especially the actress who plays April) but the CGI alien world is quite unoriginal and lacks a creative quality that would make it more memorable. It's sort of just a generic rocky lava-world with a fortress. The Shadow Kin don't make an impression either, their King looks like he belongs in a cheap sci-fi show on CBBC. The battle between April and the Shadow King is a bit ridiculous too, even though she shares some of his characteristics it's far-fetched that she'd be able to survive longer than five seconds fighting him. Still, it takes an emotional turn as April and Ram's parents get involved.

Back on Earth, there's a brilliant new threat, the arrival of killer petals that keep multiplying. There are some unsettling Torchwood-like deaths are people are smothered by the petals. It's the first time Class has delivered a truly great, scary monster. It leads to some great moments with Quill, Charlie and his boyfriend as he's faced with a big choice. The only thing that lets it down is Tanya's TERRIBLE acting, I mean she couldn't act for her life. Everything that comes out of her mouth is said in a tone that has convinced me she doesn't know how to act. It's like she's trying to make it sound sarcastically funny or something, but it doesn't work.

The two story lines come together in a satisfying way, and I like how April is such a strong character who is able to command the Shadow King to destroy the petals. My only gripe is that the stakes weren't high enough at the time, there could have been shots of the petals spreading everywhere and starting to kill a lot of people, until April saves the day just in time. There would've been more tension.

This episode isn't without flaws but it impressed me the most out of all the episodes so far. I give a 7.5/10, just about rounding to an 8.