Under The Banner Of Heaven Episode 3 Review
«Surrender,» the latest episode of Hulu's Under the Banner of Heaven, slows the pace of its first two episodes. With the crime established and the family of suspects slowly trickling into the plot, little time is devoted to interrogating two of the Lafferty brothers: Allen (Billy Howle) and Robin (Seth Numrich). Instead, «Surrender» makes a slight shift in the series' focus and the slower pace actually allows the series to improve on one of the issues that appeared in its first two episodes.
Like any crime story, the hunt is part of the draw. Given the brutality of the crime that serves as the backbone of Under the Banner of Heaven, tracking down the practically definitive list of suspects is part of the series' intrigue. «Surrender» doesn't offer too many clues that get its detectives any closer to uncovering what happened. However, «Surrender» does manage to add a bit more detail to the Laffertys, even though the episode's focus is elsewhere.
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«Surrender» shifts the focus from the state of Allen and Brenda's (Daisy Edgar-Jones) relationship amongst themselves and their family to the struggles of Detective Jeb Pyre (Andrew Garfield). Early on, Jeb discovers young Jenny Lafferty (Carina Battrick) in the woods, who is of the same age as his own daughters. As Detective Pyre questions Jenny about her parents and any knowledge she has of Allen and Brenda's wedding, he picks up on Jenny's reluctance prompted by the fear of what her parents have told her. Detective Pyre's own daughters are being prepared for their baptisms, making the internal struggle for Jeb that much more difficult to master. To make matters worse, Allen Lafferty's revelations about what has transpired, make Jeb
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