Haven - Just Passing Through - Review

The question to 'Who Killed the Colorado Kid?' has finally been answered after Nathan and Vince take a visit to 1983. Time travel is a plot device that can easily convolute things in a show, but Haven has used it sparingly and done a solid job with it, 'Just Passing Through' being one example.

The team finds out they need to create a thinny to enter the void so they can find a controller to use the barn. Their answer is a woman, last name Colton, who is revealed to use a ring to open a thinny at will. They get Stephen Mosley from season 3 to use his time travel trouble to achieve their goal.

Being back in time we get to meet Lucy, and it is always great to see Emily Rose playing her other incarnations. Both Rose and Bryant were fabulous, as always, in connecting with each other as Lucy and Nathan meet. Their chemistry is spot on.

The episode also features some solid work from Jonathan Crombie who is perfect as young Dave in both appearance and mannerisms. The scene of Vince disguising himself as a literary agent and describing Dave's writing as "muscular" was quite amusing.

Landy Cannon also guests as a young Garland Wuornos. I can see Cannon playing a younger Josh Brolin, the similarity in their look and acting is uncanny. Both Cannon and Bryant have a touching heart to heart moment when Nathan tries to thank his dad for raising him the way he did. Despite being harsh, Nathan realizes it helped him become the man he would become.

Another emotional moment was on the beach. It was tragic watching Lucy and Nathan witness the death of James Cogan. The fact they could have saved him, but couldn't due to messing with the timeline, made the moment that much more devastating.This made for one of the more emotional moments of this season. It now truly feels like we are nearing the end of this series with the big question of who killed the Colorado Kid out of the way.

Through his trip through time, Nathan finds out the ring he has held close to his chest, intentionally given to him by his father, is the key to opening the veil and only a descendant of a Colton can use it.

This brings us to Duke's part of the story. He is being held captive by mystery men in suits waiting for their leader and finally William Shatner is revealed. Wait, no, just some guy that looks like a wimpier Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) from Fringe who has a letter from Nathan that he has held for over 30 years. This whole situation was way too overdramatic and cliché. The worst part was that it was built up for him to find out by the letter that he is needed to find the descendant of the Colton's and it is revealed to be William Shatner!? No? Not yet? No, just Hayley, that annoying girl from a few episodes ago.

In all seriousness, this was one of the more heartbreaking episodes of the season. With the final mystery surrounding the Colorado Kid now out of the way it really feels like we are winding down to the end and so far, for the most part, it has been a solid stretch of final episodes.

What did you guys think? Content with how the Colorado Kid story wrapped up? Excited as much as I am to see the return of Hayley? How do you think this series will end as we have now just passed the halfway mark? How do you think William Shatner will fit into all of this? Anything I missed about this episode that you loved? Drop a comment below and let us discuss!

About the Author - Kollin Lore

Kollin is an entertainment writer and a film and television, in particular genre TV, freak having grown up during the 90s and early 2000s a dedicated fan of Buffy and Angel. Current shows like Person of Interest, Supernatural, Ripper Street, Penny Dreadful, Grimm, The Blacklist, Game of Thrones, and dozens of other shows are currently occupying Kollin’s nightly hours. His reviews for Into the Badlands and The Expanse will be coming this fall!

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