Night at the lab, Abbie sees Alec and he explains that the spores she inhaled is causing this hallucination. He says “this Green is reacting to my thoughts”, he is slowly understanding his connection”, it brought this vision. Abbie sees the vines growing on the lab wall. Alec picks a plum for her to eat, this is a different scene in the comic book, she finds it delicious. He can hear the voices of the plants that Abbie thinks is about the Darkness, what she calls the Rot, it is named the Rot in the recent comic books. This is a better term for the evil since The Darkness is a name for another supernatural comic book character. Abbie heads over to the boat under the lab. Alec tries to warn her. Matt is at the diner, Liz checks on him, he is contemplating a transfer request. She wonders about Abbie. He says he saw Alec Holland and Abbie. Matt admits that he is scared about what Abbie said about the Darkness.
SWAMP THING -- “Brilliant Disguise” -- CRYSTAL REED, ANDY BEAN -- Photo: Fred Norris/ 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Morning, Maria is preparing a meal in the kitchen, Avery mentions the Conclave Group. Sheriff Cable enters to speak with Avery. She slams Avery to a wall angry at involving her son. The sheriff says Alec Holland is alive and wants them to take care of the situation. They leave, but Maria is suspicious. Out in the swamp, Abbie finds the plants have become colorful flowers. Um, pretty flowers, but the world of the Green is more surreal, like another dimension in the comics, so this episode is slightly off for me. Alec mentions the Green keeps a balance. Abbie heads out to take a sample of the rotting vegetation. Maria has come to the house of Jason Woodrue. She finds his conclusions questionable with the revived patient who was in pain. He answers that he trusts his work and she tells him to arrive to the dinner on time. Night at the swamp, Sheriff Cable and Avery are in a boat on the water. He says the swamp owes him for his dead father. She gives him the rifle.
It is now darker with Abbie and Alec walking the dead forest. She takes a sample from a dead tree, vines reach out, but Alec pulls her bloody arm free! Jason tries to put on his tie and his wife, Caroline, helps him. He hopes to cure her Alzheimer’s with his discovery. Sheriff Cable searches the swamp with her flashlight and Avery puts the rifle to her. He is knocked down by Matt. His mother tells him to take the body to the swamp. The night of the dinner, Maria is checking the Conclave Group website on a laptop and it lists Nathan Ellery as a leader. He is a character that first appeared in Swamp Thing #1 (1972). The night is stormy and Ellery (Michael Beach) enters. Ellery seems like the head of a corporation that is a great evil like Stan Edgar in The Boys. At the lab, Alec checks on Abbie’s wound which is infecting her and causing her pain. She mentions a Chinese Lantern plant, Alec concentrates, and vines grow the plant and Alec gives her it, but this does not work.
SWAMP THING -- “Brilliant Disguise” -- JENNIFER BEALS, VIRGINIA MADSEN -- Photo: Fred Norris/ 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Avery is tied up in the boat when he wakens with Matt holding the rifle on him. He reveals that Matt is his son. Avery stabs him with a knife and Sheriff Cable shoots his leg, but Avery leaps into the swamp water. The rot is spreading up Abbie’s arm, Alec transforms back into the Swamp Thing to save her, I like that he briefly transforms so Swamp Thing is in the episode. The dinner has started with Ellery, the Woodrues, and Maria. She knows about Mod4. She gives everyone Woodrue’s papers and it seems Maria is informed about all of his work. Alec is checking on Abbie’s wound as she slowly wakes up. They kiss. At Woodrue’s house, Jason is happy at the approval, Caroline was silent and didn’t know who was at the dinner. Matt and Sheriff Cable are stumbling in the dark with her covering his wound. Maria gets a furious knocking from them and allows them in along with a doctor. It seems like the good sheriff is working with Maria Sunderland! Alec sends Abbie away as the Swamp Thing! She tells Liz that she is going back to Atlanta. Another creature emerges from the swamp! This episode has some evil from the swamp and from people!
Four Vines out of Five!
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