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Gargoyles: City Of Stone, Part Four
Reviewed: 09/03/2013
This Feud MUST Continue!
And now we finally come to the end of a long rocky road of the Macbeth/Demona feud as Macbeth gets betrayed by Demona; slain by Canmore and then revived due to the pact made with Demona which ends in an epic fight to end the insanity. Will this feud end? Not if Goliath has anything to say about it. So let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written and edited by Michael Reaves. Teleplay is done by Brynne Stephens and Lydia C. Marano. Animation is done by Koko Entertainment Limited.
Opening Moment #1: We recap the entire Macbeth/Demona back story from part three which includes glossing over King Duncan's gruesome demise like glossing over the Hate Plague and Teddy's near death experience in Teddy Ruxpin. And we get a continuity error of when Demona is about to strike Owen and Eliza with the spike mace; she sezs the "I thought I rid myself of you human a long time ago" line instead of the proper line which is "But this shall be easily rectified!" because that was the line Demona said before she raised the mace and we freeze framed. You couldn't show her stalking Eliza and Owen in the preview? Idiots!
We begin this one at Castle Wyvern AFTER HAPPY HOUR (After dark. Although Owen and Eliza probably don't think it's happy hour right now. I'll try my best to pad this episode with enough stuff to get it over 30KB, but this show's pacing is so brisk that it makes it rather difficult) as we go inside with a closeup of Eliza's statue as Demona brings up the mace from another angle and considering that Bronx wasn't with the babyfaces when they left, this is the obvious signal that Bronx is going to rush in and tackle Demona down to the floor. And that is exactly what happens! I would have thought they would tease the spot with Demona looking over seeing the ripped tapestry (since she entered from the room which had the ripped tapestry covering the doorway) and then realizing that something is amiss; and then Bronx comes in. But no; she raises the mace and Bronx just attacks her. If this was TaleSpin; they would have teased it beforehand. Idiots! Bronx pushes Demona towards the computer and Demona suddenly...pets Bronx? Yeah. She tells him that no harm will come over anyone and Bronx calms down and lies on the floor. So Bronx bit Broadway and Macbeth turned him into a starfish and Broadway is now Patrick Star. Lovely! Demona plays with the computer as we see the babyfaces and tweener with robots spray the atmosphere with the white mist from the skies as Demona proclaims that she is going to change the timer of the explosion so that they are killed during the spray. That's REALLY STUPID Demona! I would extend the timer until it's sunrise plus one hour and the gas explodes in the city at sunlight. Then the spell is broken and that forces the babyfaces to retry again. Then again; Demona is full on psychopath at this point. So she reduces the timer to 13 minutes and then goes back to the door with the tapestry and proclaims that once this is done; she'll return to kill Eliza, Owen and Bronx with her laser cannon. And Bronx simply sits there and only growls; doing absolutely nothing. Wow; what a guard gargoyle dog these babyfaces have?! NOT! Bronx is the new Zipper of mid 1990's Disney.
However; Demona panics as she backs up to the computer and pushes a button to lock the console and here comes Macbeth wearing the hunter's mask as he proclaims that he found Demona easily when he saw the gargoyles and robots leave. He also proclaims (and this is important for later) that he is not here to hunt gargoyles per se; he is only after Demona herself because he wants this to be over. Remember that for later as we HIT THE FLASHBACK~! To Scotland 1057 AD in a misty bush land as we get the old Filmation spot of horses and knights with swords running towards the hard camera. One of them is clearly the hunter wearing a mask and since we already saw Prince Canmore steal the mask in the previous episode; this has to be Prince Canmore in older form. So we see the shadows of gargoyles in the skies as the horseback soldiers stop in the forest; and we have another fight as the gargoyle net the heels and in comes the soldiers of Macbeth on foot as they surround the heels. Canmore (same voice as Duncan) gets up and Demona appears like Don Karnage from Plunder and Lightning Part One. Demona demands the hunter to surrender and of course Canmore refuses to and we have a mace/sword fight for a while as the men of Canmore are dropping like flies by the gargoyles as Canmore dodges a spike mace shot that impacts a tree; then blocks more shots of the mace as the whole place is set on fire. Canmore notices a man down on his side and there is a horse neighing in the foreground. Canmore steals the horse and yells at everyone to fall back and he and all the remaining soldiers all bail away like a bunch of scalded dogs. Demona proclaims that the night is not yet over as her gargoyle warriors in arms join her and Second bows before Demona in a cute spot. So we head to a foggy Castle Moray AFTER HAPPY HOUR as King Macbeth is on the top of the castle tower in front of the bench looking out. He is wearing a crown with crosses on it and Demona swoops down and she embraces Macbeth and twirls him around like Teddy and Illana in The Journey Home; only Demona is an absolute psychopath talking.
So Macbeth informs her that he has a meeting to attend and Demona lets him go and Macbeth leaves. So we head to the royal hall as Macbeth, Luach (his new aide as he has now gone from Macbeth's colored hair to closer to Bodhe's colored hair when he was young; plus a full on mustache/beard combo. He looks like the same guy we saw in part three despite the fact that Luach was a kid during that flashback.) and Bodhe are exchanging notes on the situation. Bodhe wants Macbeth to rid of the gargoyles because if they do so; then the English will lose all of it's allies. Luach is supposed to get reinforcements; but he is completely against this because the gargoyles are brave or something like that. Macbeth holds Luach to calm him down and proclaims that he must weigh his options carefully and then make a decision on his own. We then see Macbeth leave as we see Demona looking on behind the window in red eyes mode; and then she climbs up the wall. So then we scene change to Castle Moray getting completely torched by the English with flaming arrows, flaming catapults and over such flaming objects. Wow; the animation here is actually perfect and I'm gaining more and more support for Koko Entertainment doing animation with Disney. Macbeth is on the ramparts backing up from the projectiles as one of this men (without a mustache/beard) comes in looking semi wounded informs him that Demona and her clan has turned on them. Geez; she is playing from the Kit Cloudkicker playbook; only she MEANS it! The soldier tells Macbeth that they are outnumbered five to one by the English as Macbeth is shocked that his plan with the gargoyles has been destroyed by Demona's vile treachery. Can you not see that Macbeth walks the path of justice and peace? Demona is now officially a master of trickery and betrayal. Macbeth can only watch as a horse arrives with Canmore wearing the mask that Gillcomegain and King Duncan wore in the previous decades and that ends the segment nearly eight minutes in.
After the commercial break; we get a completely recycled shot of the catapults firing flaming objects at Castle Moray as Macbeth heads inside the castle and breaks down the door as there is fire everywhere inside the room where Gruoch is who has full white hair and purple shoes which looks absolutely SWANK with the outfit. Macbeth hops to the corner like the wind and grabs her; then hops right out of the room and manages to do all this without any fire lapping onto his nor her clothes. Great stuff. They kiss on the lips as Macbeth admits that he wants to surrender and get Gruoch to safety; but Gruoch wants none of that. Gruoch wants him to flee and fight another day which is enough for Macbeth to run with her out of Castle Moray and we go to a long sequence of the big fight of Castle Moray with the English as it is clearly a lost cause for Castle Moray as flaming arrows from the Scots are not even doing as much as a dent on the heels. Tree trunks are used as battering rams to bring the castle doors down as more and more English soldier ride and run into the scene as this is a total complete squash match. The Scots aim is so poor with the boulders that they miss the English by at least ten feet. Log is rammed into the door; they break through and we see the English squash more Scots as we see more English running into the castle. However; we head below the drawbridge to a iron gated doorway which Macbeth kicks down. Gruoch wants Macbeth to hurry before they discover them gone. So Macbeth and Gruoch are walking in the foggy plains with their hoods on and out from the rocks come Canmore as we finally reveals himself with the mask off and looks like a generic babyface with black hair. He wants payment for becoming the true king of Scotland because Macbeth denied him the throne. Macbeth tries to point out that he took the throne because Duncan wanted to murder him and then he ordered the murder of Findla from Gillcomegain. The CYCLE OF VIOLENCE MUST CONTINUE see?!
So Macbeth circles Canmore as Macbeth offers one last chance for Canmore to beg for forgiveness and mercy and then we see on the mountain side top in the moonlight...Demona? Yeap; she has officially betrayed Macbeth now as Demona jumps down and admits that she turned on Macbeth because she overheard that Macbeth was entertaining the thought of betraying her. Despite the fact that Luach was totally against that idea and defended the gargoyles cart blanche. Macbeth is offended by this as he wanted Demona to govern with him and were allies for 37 years plus. In other words; he decided to give the middle finger to the English and give support to Demona. Demona doesn't buy this at all; because she hates humans see and just as Macbeth is distracted; Canmore stabs Macbeth in the back literally as we never see the sword make contact since it was off-screen; but both Macbeth and Demona over sell the entire scene and they both die. At least in theory. There is no pool of blood in this scene either; although it's not a logic break in Demona's case; it is with Macbeth. Idiots! Gruoch throws herself to cry over Macbeth as Canmore admits that Demona was the one who was working for HIM and then thanks to the bond cast by the Weird Sisters; Canmore believed that she would turn on HIM; so he killed Macbeth, which in turn killed Demona. Yeah; Demona betrayed the one true friend she EVER had and didn't give a damn about it because she hates humans; and it cost her her own life. This is the point where I started getting behind Macbeth as a tweener/babyface. I mean; how can I hate him anymore? He now has a good reason to kill Demona now because Macbeth actually wanted to keep the gargoyles safe in the mists of all of his subjects wanting him to give them up to please the English. He was fully behind Demona and Demona repays him by flying away and working with Canmore. Yeah; what an evil web we weave don't we? Did I mention that Canmore claims that he had his two aides kill all the remaining gargoyles while in the intern. Canmore calls the gargoyles an abomination who didn't deserve to live.
One of the aides informs Canmore that Luach is coming back with reinforcements (from Castle Endinburgh no doubt) and then they will be outnumbered. Gruoch asks what her fate will be and Canmore just bows to her saying he has no personal grunge against her and simply leaves with his aides. Then Luach and Bodhe arrive as Luach is shocked and pissed as he brings out his sword and wants the English dogs and their kind to pay for this as he is still defending the gargoyles despite only Demona being left. Bodhe goes over to Demona and grabs the crown and crowns Luach the high king of Scotland while Luach is in tears. Great booking there as Luach wants to take his leave; but Gruoch wants one last goodbye for her dead beloved as Bodhe and Luach leave her to give her that last request. Gruoch sezs her goodbyes in tears and then the Weird Sisters arrive out of nowhere (which is their gimmick in this cartoon) and they console Demona claiming that the pain she suffered is not fatal and she gets up. This is a perfect way to get past BS&P because it's not just there to please them; since this angle is a really important part of the storyline and the only way this whole ordeal is going to make any sense whatsoever. Gruoch is in shock as Demona is pissed off at Gruoch, but Gruoch blows her off for being such a treasonous psychopath and tells her her clan is dead more or less. Demona is in pissy red eyes mode; but Gruoch stands her ground because Demona calls her a liar. She dares Demona to go search for her kin and Demona just storms off while the Weird Sisters go to Macbeth and he gets up alive. See; Macbeth and Demona can die; but if one shall live on; the other shall live on and the only way they can both perish is if they kill each other at once as the WS walk into the mist and disappear. Macbeth tries to embrace Gruoch; but Gruoch steps back claiming that he is a ghost. Macbeth and Gruoch embrace anyway as Gruoch realizes that magic is what is keeping him alive and therefore he would be feared by the Scots themselves. Gruoch basically tells him to flee Scotland; but she cannot come because someone has to tend to Luach anyway. They both embrace one last time as the sun rises and that ends the segment 14 and a half minutes in. Well; that was a great story; marred by BS&P's decision to make everything turn into an exercise of futility. However; sometimes it creates magic like this, so there is a useful tool for those otherwise useless idiots anyway. And this show is a prime example of it...Damn; even with the extra padding, there is only six total paragraphs in this episode so far...
After the commercial break; we return to reality (no, not really) as we head back to David's office with Macbeth facing Demona as Macbeth proclaims that he has fought through the centuries to get to her and Demona casually blows him off for trying to fool her into thinking he's someone else. I don't think he gives a damn about being Macbeth, Demona! We close in on the shot of the computer and we have less than a minute has elapsed as it's close to 12 minutes (despite having less than nine minutes left in the entire episode) since we started the flashback barely five minutes into the episode. So we head to the skies as the babyfaces and tweener with robots continue the spraying stuff as Goliath joins Xanatos proclaiming that this plan will work and David claims he has no doubt about it. David is more concerned about Bronx ripping the tapestry and Goliath then panics and wants to return to the castle right now! Huh? That came out of nowhere. Oh wait; so Goliath KNOWS that this is a doorway? So we return back to the office as Macbeth reveals himself and he wears the mask as a symbol of her treason against him. Demona casually blows it off like a psychopath as she doesn't give a damn. She reminds him that if she is killed by him; he will die with her. And then Macbeth cuts probably the best promo of the entire series and the promo that turns Macbeth from a heel into a tweener/babyface for good:
Macbeth: After this long a lifetime, I have no fear of that, and no desire to live in the kind of world you're creating. Revenge is a dish best eaten cold, Demona. And I have waited nine hundred years for this meal.
At this point; I wanted Macbeth to kill Demona and end this feud because Macbeth now has every single reason to get his revenge on Demona. Let's recap: Demona hates humans because she was betrayed by Captain and Hakon despite the fact that she did nothing to help her kind at Castle Wyvern and was in on Captain's plan to begin with. Then she took it out on Gillcomegain's face for no reason at all prompting Gill to swear revenge and become the hunter. Then she refused to help Macbeth and only did it to get revenge on Gill (And Gill basically died via Disney death); and then made a pact that she didn't want with Macbeth because the Weird Sisters felt working together would stop King Duncan and it did. King Duncan gets killed in the most gruesome fashion with Seline's shadow sphere. Macbeth becomes king and actually gives Demona the second highest spot in the command. Bodhe wants Macbeth to surrender the gargoyles; which pisses off Demona; despite the fact that Luach was fully supporting the gargoyles and Macbeth would think about it. Demona desserts Macbeth and the castle goes up in flames while Luach is getting reinforcements; and Canmore comes in to finish the job; and Demona turns on Macbeth and gets killed with Macbeth with Macbeth's back turned because Macbeth made the decision to basically take Luach's side of things on the gargoyles front. Canmore turns on Demona and her clan; the pact the Weird Sisters revives them and Gruoch calls Demona out on her treason and both flee. Not to mention that she turned on David Xanatos earlier in the episode in a similar way. Macbeth did absolutely nothing wrong to deserve any of this and Demona brought the destruction of Castle Wyvern and Castle Moray on herself because she is a human hating sadist. She earned her death and I applaud Macbeth here because if you listen to the speech he gives, this is not just for revenge anymore. He would rather die than live in her enslaved world because in Vows; she admitted to her young self that she is doing this for world domination. So Demona is the clear monster heel in this fight (which even Demona realizes when she sees Macbeth doing the speech as a "Oh crap; he's serious" moment); while Macbeth is the heroic babyface.
Sure; Macbeth is a heel to Goliath and company; but he's as much of a tweener as David Xanatos is. TaleSpin had Shere Khan as the tweener; but he was used for comedy reasons. This is the pure drama TaleSpin was known for; but it was hard to take seriously with funny animals (but many fans still did take it seriously anyway which made it the "Disney product I remember"). Macbeth has lived a long life, longer than anyone ever has. It's almost like those hyperbole ages in the Holy Bible. Like Adam living to 989 years for instance. Macbeth has nothing to lose himself; but he is not going to let Demona dominate the world just because she hates humans like a psychopathic sadist. Anyhow; you would think that this would lead to the most epic finish ever. Well...HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~! Read on and watch them flush that down the toilet. So Macbeth brings out the laser gun and Demona rushes in as we have a wicked fight. One of the best fights in the series bar none as we have 11 1/2 minutes left on the clock. They punch each other in the face and oversell pain. They fight for the gun and they shoot up which causes the chandelier to come down; but it hits nothing of note. Then the laser beam hits the floor creating a hole and we replay Treasure Of The Golden Suns Part Five just as Goliath and David come in through the double doors. The floors crumble and Owen and Eliza are about to go through the floor and Goliath swoops in and manages to grab them and pull them to safety. David yells at Demona and Macbeth tackles Demona through the hole and they fall directly down to the basement floor somehow. That was weird. David runs over to the computer and proclaims that the computer is locked and he cannot access it because Demona change the password as they have eight minutes left on the clock. David proclaims that only Demona can save the city.
Now; I know a lot of people were calling Baloo out for taking the Idiot Ball and running with it in Plunder and Lightning Part Three on Kit's fake betrayal pointing out the handcuffs being taken off in front of them (never mind that Kit would at the beginning of the third act take Molly's doll; rip it open and yell shut up at her. Kit knew that Rebecca and Baloo would see the handcuffs being taken off, so he ripped Molly's doll to get the stone and blew off Molly with mean language in order to make sure Don Karnage wasn't in on it and to make it convincing. It wasn't because Baloo is an idiot; it's because Kit knew that taking off the handcuffs while pretending to say that he betrayed Baloo wasn't going to be enough. In fact; if anyone had the idiot ball; it's Don Karnage, who fell for the fake betrayal the moment Kit asked him to let the saps go before Baloo threw the bag of gold dust into Don's face.). Here's an idiot ball moment for David Xanatos: Why not just radio the gargoyles and tell them that Demona has set the timer ten minutes early? And why not have radios to begin with so the operation can go far more smoothly. That way; Demona will lose, and even if this leads to Goliath losing his clan; Goliath and David still win because the plan is still going to work and the spell will be dispelled. And it's still basically 3 on 1 against Demona (four if you include Bronx, six if you include Owen and Eliza who should be revived at this point) anyway. Again fans; why are you still defending this as the best show on Disney's Wonderland? Sure; it's a great show and stuff; and at least you fans have more creditability than Rescue Rangers ever did; but come on! Goodness! I have managed to pad this episode past ten paragraphs! It's a miracle! Okay; so let's move on as David and Goliath (HA!) swoop down as we see more fighting with Demona and Macbeth as Goliath runs in to stop this "nonsense" (to Goliath. To us this is epic!); but Demona and Macbeth punch Goliath in the kisser and he takes a bump. Good; Goliath is such a fuddy duddy! This fight was getting interesting and I don't want to see him ruin it!
David goes for the arm cannon; but Macbeth counters with the PEARL BOMB OF DEATH (Well; now we know that Seline was responsible for that at least!) and it explodes causing the castle basement to crumble and everything falls including a lot of steel beams. So we free fall through the ceiling into the same area where Owen was in Leader of THE PACK~! Demona and Macbeth splat on the hallway in the middle of the beautiful garden like area which is clearly inspired somewhat by the building housing Rebecca's apartment; including the waterfall. So Macbeth gets up as Demona is flat on her back and he notices a piece of rubble which contains one of the most crooked spikes in history. So Macbeth grabs Demona and Macbeth is going to spike her to death! Oh goody; this would be a perfect, fitting death for both of them because if you recall; Macbeth was slain by Canmore in the back when Demona had Macbeth distracted in the flashback. I am so enjoying this and this in WWE would be the end of the blood feud right there; but of course, this is Disney 1990's and Goliath has to break this up somehow claiming that death is never the answer and life is. And then the Weird Sister show up and in our minds; they are modern girls wearing purple; but in Macbeth's eyes, they are ugly witches. So we get question and answer session which involves yes or no answers! Question: When will Goliath stop (verbally) beating his wife? I'm not going to bother with this because in the end it points to the same conclusion that life is the answer. Which is stupid because Macbeth was no longer interested in revenge as a prime motive and was doing it to save the city. Of course; as I noted, the only reason this is happening is because they have to do this to save Demona to get the access code despite the fact that even if Goliath loses his clan; he still wins because the city will be set ablaze and everyone revives leaving Demona against six other guys. And that is without radios! Macbeth lays Demona onto the floor next to the spike debris and backs up feeling so tired and the WS allow him to drop down and sleep. I'll give Macbeth this; he didn't protest this moment. I should point out that the Weird Sisters actually point out that Luach was killed in battle after becoming King of Scotland a year later; but how Macbeth knew this; I have no idea.
David rushes forward because he finds this so amazing; but it will mean nothing without getting the access code as there is two minutes left on the computer monitor. So we get a white background as the Weird Sisters surround Demona (in their modern outfits which kills the continuity they were shooting for because Demona always met them directly as ugly green gargoyle like creatures. Damn; they are killing the epicness this show is supposed to have.) and we get this charming exchange between Demona and the Weird Sisters and I quote...
Demona:
I will have vengeance for the betrayal of my clan, vengeance for my
pain.
Seline:
But who betrayed your clan?
Luna:
And who caused this pain?
Demona: The Vikings
destroyed my clan.
Seline: Who betrayed the castle to the
Vikings?
Demona: The Hunters
hunted us down.
Phoebe:
Who created the Hunter?
Demona: Canmore
destroyed the last of us.
Selene: Who betrayed MacBeth to
Canmore?
Goliath: Your thirst for vengeance has only
created more sorrow. End this cycle Demona. Give us the access
code.
Demona: [Dejected and in tears.]
The access code is alone.
Notice that not once she blamed herself in all this; until she is in shock when Seline asks who she betrayed Macbeth to Canmore and that's when Demona realized that she had absolutely no reason to betray Macbeth and was only just because. Demona is done and she knew it; so she gave the access code anyway. David flies up and rushes to the computer; types in the access code with five seconds left and pushes a button to terminate the countdown and that is that as Bronx stares at David and David blows him off while restarting the countdown proper. So then we head back to the garden area as the Weird Sisters are now children which actually makes sense from Goliath's perspective; but they keep it the same for Demona despite the fact that when Demona saw the WS in previous flashbacks; they were green gargoyle like creatures. How can anyone not notice the obvious mistake despite the fact that they got the continuity right with Macbeth?! Demona wakes up and now she's pissed and she blames the humans as usual. Yeap; she is really that stupid and psychotic. And she has not learned anything; which means that she is the monster heel psychopath for life now. I have more sympathy for El Capitan than I do Demona now as THIS FEUD MUST CONTINUE~! Goliath is seriously going to rue the day he allowed his morality get in the way of his better judgment. See Hunter's Moon and you'll see why. Anyhow; Demona is in pissy red eyes mode and Seline and Phoebe grab Demona while Luna waves her hand and tells her that she is tired and she must sleep. Demona goes out of pissy red eyes mode and drops to the ground unmoving; like she was hit in the head with a large gun. The WS form a triangle over Demona and Macbeth who has magically appeared on the pathway after not being there earlier. They proclaim that they are responsible for Macbeth and Demona's stories and therefore they will take care of them. Goliath asks who they are and the WS proclaims that this story will be told yet another time. In other words; THIS FEUD MUST CONTINUE~! So they flash white and as there is a flash of light; everyone except Goliath disappears from the pathway and that is that.
So we head to the ramparts of Castle Wyvern as the babyfaces and David watch the Steel Clan explode in the sky and the whole sky is set on fire; in probably the most muted of explosions ever witnessed. And we get a lot of burning embers raining down on the city which David calls amazing in roundabout terms. We head inside the office as Owen and Eliza finally awaken and sell a headache. Eliza wonders what is going on and the babyfaces all run in and embrace Eliza. How charming?! So they walk out as Owen and David shake hands because the plan worked in spite of the idiot ball being teased by David earlier. Goliath is about to leave as David proclaims that they are a great team as he wondered why he let them live and it's because Goliath is a useful idiot to him. Yes; he's comparing Goliath to Baloo being a useful idiot to Shere Khan. Lovely! Goliath claims that David is a useful psychopath once in a while as he smiles and we see all the Gargoyles (with Goliath holding Eliza and Broadway holding Bronx probably as punishment for the ripped tapestry) flying away as we pan down to ground level and see all the stone statues turn back into humans who also sell a headache (and one fat man wobbling like a drunk) and some really crappy animation of an old couple crossing the street. This lead to zoom out shots of NYC as the sun rises and that ends the story arc at 21:00 approx. What a great story arc that got killed at the end with idiot ball moments and a finish that did nothing for anymore. Macbeth has pretty much accepted his fate; but Demona is still a psychopath and nothing changed. This feud must continue! Yeah. Koko's animating at the end was pretty lame too. **** (80%).
THE REVIEW LINE
So we end the entire story arc of Gargoyles with the worst part of the entire arc! I didn't see this coming; but maybe I should have. The first 18 minutes of this was perfect along with the heel turn by Demona on Macbeth; Macbeth's decision to finally end Demona's life to stop her from hurting anyone anymore and Demona being at her sorry sickest best. The animation was dead on; the fights were intense and up until Macbeth was going to kill Demona on the spike debris; this was a perfect ***** episode. And then Goliath came in and ruined it! Actually; it was more like the Weird Sisters, but still. I found Goliath's speech on life and death to be so hallow because Macbeth was going to do everyone a favor and stop Demona for good. He has already lived for 900 years; so it's not like he doesn't have time on his hands or anything. The only reason this happened was because of the idiot plan: The plan itself was excellent; but certain parts of it really exposed this episode: No radios? I mean if the access code is locked with ten minutes ahead of sked; then why not simply radio to the gargoyles that Demona screwed with the timer and they can throw away their gas packs? Even if there is no radio; the explosions would still happen; the place is ablaze, the spell is still broken and Demona would still be at least three against one (up to six if you include Bronx, Eliza and Owen). In fact; I doubt those packs would have killed the gargoyles when they exploded! So there's a lot of problems with this. And of course; Demona has learned nothing and thus this feud must continue. So for those who wonder how Hunter's Moon happened and the Quarrymen in Goliath Chronicles; you can lay them at the feet of Goliath and the Weird Sisters. I'll explain that when I get to ranting on the series finale one day. Overall; this was a great episode for eighteen minutes; but then became just another very good episode with a crappy finish that made David look like an idiot. Next weekend is the return of Demona, Macbeth and Coldstone in High Noon; for no reason whatsoever. Yeah; this is when the show goes from being awesome; to just being freaking crazy! Then we go to Outfoxed as we discover that Halycon Renard is the daughter of Fox! And Preston Vogel looks like Owen Burnett with black hair. Why is that? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~! Then it's Revelations as Matt Bluestone is still hunting for Illuminati members again; only a gargoyle is involved. Which one? Stay tuned for this and more crazy stuff in Gargoyles. So....
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.