As Hellsing recovers from the bloody aftermath of the
Valentine Brothers assault, a massive manhunt gets underway for the group that
hired them. But Hellsing isn’t the only
group looking for answers. The Vatican
is back. And while Integra attends a
meeting with Enrico Maxwell, head of Hellsing Vatican Cousin, Section XIII
Iscariot, Alucard gets his long overdue rematch with Alexander Anderson…and
both might not walk away this time. With
their world in chaos, Hellsing has no idea that a much greater threat is about
to reveal itself: A foe who may be as old and as dangerous as Alucard himself.
After last weeks all out bloodbath, I was expecting a bit
more retribution from the Hellsing Organization. But seeing as how they might save the reveal
of who was behind the attack for the finale, it makes sense we don’t get right
to it. However, as we head into the
second half of the TV Series, things get a little…strange. When this show aired, the Manga wasn’t even
close the being finished yet (it wouldn’t wrap until 2008). So we get what happens to all shows that
catch up with their source material…we get a new story. Which means the “real” masterminds behind the
Valentine Brothers attack will probably not be revealed…and that’s a shame.
Instead, we get introduced to the supposed “big bad” of
the second half, Incognito. The prospect
of Alucard squaring off with a monster as strong as he is isn’t a bad idea at
all. Hell it’s totally exciting for us
as much as it is for him. We do get a
small glimpse of Incognito’s power with his mind warping abilities that left
Integra and Walter in a rare, helpless state, Integra more so. The Hellsing head honcho found herself at the
whims of a monster who was having fun with her sensual torture. The fact that Incognito managed to put
Integra in harms way produced an interesting reaction from Alucard. He was pissed and caught off guard, though
not for very long as his smirk was back on his face pretty quick. It still is nice to see him concerned. Though if he could sense Victoria was onto
something about the minds of the Hellsing team being clouded, why didn’t he
break the mind control earlier? Probably
too busy seeking out Incognito but oh well.
It certainly left Integra in bad shape.
Is she done for since she apparently decided to end her own life rather
than become a monster?
We also got a welcome return from Anderson, his bad ass
Irish accent, blades and all. His
rematch with Alucard was about as short as the last one but it gave us some
cool moments. Alucard got to unleash his
Jackal, which could very well have killed Anderson as he theorized if given the
chance, and Anderson got to cut off Alucard’s head. The flashback scene was interesting, seeing
what looked like a pre Regenerator Anderson taking on some shadowy foe he
couldn’t kill. Will we see any
clarification to this? I hope so. But with the wind shifting over to Incognito
as the new foe, I don’t think Anderson will be much of a factor from this point
on. Which sucks, he’s such a wasted foe
for Alucard, the two are excellent together.
Lastly, we got some good development for Victoria. She finally seemed to be embracing her
Vampiric role and was given a more take charge attitude, which is fitting
seeing as how Hellsing has been recently decimated. It was great to see her lead the troops into
battle and sense that something had happened to Integra and Walter at the
mansion when “Not Integra’s Sister” was around.
The side story with her meeting the ancient Vampire, Helena, could have
been a bit more interesting. But in
truth, much of Episodes 8 and 9 could have been combined into a single episode
and maybe given the way for an extended, two part duel between Alucard and
Anderson. I keep thinking about “wasted
opportunity”. The show is trying and introducing
good concepts, given it caught up with the Manga. But there’s still a ton it could do. Could they be saving it for the finale? Well…I guess we’ll see when we get
there. Til then, judgment is reserved.
The spooky and action packed finale of Hellsing arrives
next week. See ya then.
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