The Winchesters Season 1 Episode 3 Review: You’re Lost Little Girl
The Winchesters kicks off its third episode with child abduction and dabbles in a bit of darkness. The Winchesters Season 1 Episode 3, “You’re Lost Little Girl,” continues the pattern of childhood trauma and demons.
The second episode, The Winchesters Season 1 Episode 2, “Teach Your Children Well,” explores a similar theme. As a pair, the two episodes are an interesting start to the series.
This installment focuses on trauma from abandonment by a parental figure due to uncontrollable circumstances, or in Mary’s case, demon hunting. Mary becomes vulnerable to the demon because she feels lost, just as John’s independence makes him vulnerable to the previous demon.
The demons deserve a thank you from Mary and John for helping them work through their personal and parental issues. Each new episode has been a free therapy session.
The Winchesters‘ real folklore of La Tunda and Bori Baba is an unexpectedly cool element. It honors different cultures and encourages us to learn more about these creatures.
Eventually, the show will likely create its own monsters. It may also borrow from the Supernatural creature vault. However, the hope is it will continue to explore international folklore because, so far, the monster building is one of the show’s biggest strengths.
It keeps revealing new layers to these characters.
On this episode, Mary shows her fear of life after hunting. Thus far, this is her most vulnerable moment.
A new possible love interest for Mary, played by Ryan McCartan, enters at the end of the episode. It is curious that this new development happens after John tries to ask Mary out to the movies, and she brushes it off.
Is the show heading down the “Mary doesn’t like John romantically (despite her longing glares)” path, or is she afraid of falling for him? Obviously, her hesitation to date John may come from Mary’s parents.
The CW seems to have an unspoken rule that every show requires at least one love triangle. The introduction of this character could fulfill that quota.
Additionally, he could work for the Akrida and Rockin’ RRockin’wever, this twist almost seems too obvious.
Finally, after three episodes, some details about Ada come to the surface. Her witchy aspirations and potential ability to keep secrets make her an even more intriguing character.
Ada’s decision to trap the demon in a plant highlights her intelligence. She may possess the brains of this gang, but her trustworthiness still seems shaky.
Latika also gains more depth with the addition of her seemingly dead parents. Curiously, she mentions a mother on the phone. Hopefully, this isn’t because Latika is somehow involved in her father’s death, and her mom blames her for it.
That would make her situation even sadder.
The Winchesters‘ monster building is a strong aspect of the show, but the actual demons and monsters aren’t that visually pleasing (in a monster-sort of way). Additionally, they fail to make a lasting impression.
The show doesn’t budget to create iconic TV demons and monsters. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, and many more shows have given us visually interesting and unforgettable monsters.
Some of these projects have budgets bigger than The Winchesters. However, the show’s monster issue seems to stem from not finding its own unique twist on these creatures.
Hopefully, future monsters visually stand out and have more of a presence.
Other Thoughts
- This episode only has a few direct ‘70s refe’70ses but ensures that the era still remains a character.
- The Winchesters works best when it doesn’t take itself too seriously. For example, the children’s lost items become a hilarious moment in the show.
- The children generally feel very ’70s Stranger Things, and that makes me want more of them.
- I am glad that it seems like The Winchesters won’t make Carlos and Latika a romantic pair — something I feared after the pilot episode.
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The Winchesters airs Tuesdays at 8/9c EST on The CW.
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Jerrica Tisdale
Jerrica Tisdale is your favorite neighborhood pop culture junkie. She will annoy you with random TV and film facts, while complaining about whatever is the hottest new book. She has been a TV fan all her life but writing about it for over a decade. You may find her work all over the internet especially reality TV rants. She is a senior writer at Tell-Tale TV.