Hair
Episode 3 of Servant Season 3 begins with Julian waking from a horrific dream. Within his nightmarish visions, he sees Dorothy dead and unceremoniously vomits over the balcony. Is this a premonition of things to come? Well, either way he heads over to the Turner household with renewed vigor, determined to solve this mystery once and for all. ..
While Dorothy busies herself with work, prepping for a Marilyn Monroe lookalike contest, Julian approaches Sean with an idea. He wants to do a DNA test on Jericho and decides to use Leanne’s DNA alongside Jericho’s, believing she’s the real mother.
Sean helps Leanne overcome her fears of the outside world and goes for a walk through the park. It doesn’t last long though as once again Leanne becomes spooked and forces them to head home.
Julian remains undeterred in his mission and for old times sake, has Roscoe call in some favours for him. And while he does that, Julian snoops about to get DNA from both Leanne and Jericho. It doesn’t go to plan though, eventually leading to Julian finding Dorothy’s hair as a back-up plan on her hairbrush. After all, if that comes up as a negative match then it would indirectly show that Leanne could be Jericho’s mother.
Dorothy decides to shoot a new story out in the park after the Marilyn Monroe gig goes awry. Specifically, she settles on filming squatters in the park whom Sean has started feeding. Dorothy senses a PR opportunity and ends up interviewing her husband, disguising their relationship with the tagline of “local man.”
Julian receives the news back from the DNA test. Sitting down with Dorothy that night, he grits his teeth and admits the truth about the DNA test – Jericho isn’t hers. Only… that’s not true. It turns out Julian used the wrong hairbrush and it’s actually a brush belonging to one of Dorothy’s friends, Lucy.
Leanne sees three squatters looking up at her from the window and she is nervous. She wonders what they are doing.
The Episode Review
This entire episode felt like a waste of time. Julian snooping for DNA and then testing it… only to find out he never actually got the right DNA in the first place. The whole episode shows us absolutely nothing beyond that the squatters outside could be part of the cult. Then again, they may not be.
The chapter does not develop the characters or the plot. There is no horror, mystery, or noteworthy drama. ..
The latest episode of “Servant” was a disappointment. The plot seemed to drag and the characters were not as engaging as they had been in earlier episodes. Hopefully the next few chapters can improve on this trend. Compared to season one, this show has lost its creepy edge. ..
