Salem Season 2 Episode 3 Review: All Choked Up

This week's episode entitled "From Within" wasnt as action packed as the first two but it was still great fun. The scene opens with a little girl at a well. She hears giggling inside. We all know its a trap but she, being a child in colonial America, has never seen "The Ring". She pulls up the bucket. A hand reaches out and drags her down the hole. Later she stumbles out of the well and through town. Salem residents are not very observant. No one notices her. Maybe they're used to ooze covered little girls wandering the streets. Anyway, she happens by a home and barfs some slime into their water trough. Mental Note: This will be important later.

Mary and John Jr sit down to a nice diner. The child continues be creepy. Mary tells him he eats like he's been raised by wolves. He's hiding a dead bird under the table. Johnnie says it reminds him of her. He thinks it's beautiful. We of course are focused on the fact its D-E-A-D.

Are You Overcompensating For Something Hawthorne?

Elsewhere Hawthorne continues his bid to become the new Salem Magistrate. He's such a jerk. He continues to insult Mary about being an uppity woman at every turn. I cant wait till he meets his demise. Mary picks a whimpy Selectman named Corbin instead. He's secretly a witch. The election will be at Mary's house at dinner. She removes the familiar (I call him Todd the Toad) from Sibley's throat. He begs her to put him out of is misery. She will think about it IF he goes along with her plans. He will vote for Corbin for Magistrate.

John is slinking around town. Apparently any person can conceal their identity by simply wearing a bandanna around their mouth. Who knew? I'll have to try that later but I fear my glasses will give me away.

John thwarts Mary's plans by capturing Corbin. John threatens him with a knife. But its not just any knife. It's a super duper red witch-killing knife. OK then.

Mary and Tituba have to perform a quickie spell during the party to shut Corbin up before he rats them out. That tongue scene was gross and entertaining. Hawthorne succeeds in becoming Magistrate. So it's Hawthorne 1, Mary 0 in this round. I would point out her that all she had to do was poison him at dinner. It works well in "The Tudors" and "Game Of Thrones" but I guess not.

Across town a crispy Mercy is still plotting her revenge. She has her Daddy (who is now under her control I assume due to another bird/penis transplant) and Dolly to help. Dolly heads over to visit Issac. That poor guy is a complete mess. He's oozing all over the place. Issac thinks Dolly is an angel. We know better since she and Father Mercy later arrive and smother him.

Cotton and Anne are in a carriage headed back to Salem. They are accosted by two men who say the town is quarantined due to the pox. Cotton tries to talk them down but they get rough. One assaults Anne and she goes all red eyes. Yep that dude is done. How long can Anne keep her secret from Cotton?

Mary and Dr Wainwright have an interesting discussion about witches and scientists. Are they really the same? He says the thyroid houses the soul and tries to convince Mary of this by choking her out. Say what? Luckily he stops before killing Mary (or our show would be over). They then patiently kiss before she excuses herself. Who knew Wainwright had a kink? And he also has a major thing for Mary. I'm liking it. She could use sexy R&R. That girl has a stressful job.

Want Me To Scrub Your Back?

And in the final scene Mary is taking a bath when all of a sudden some creature appears and tries to drown her. It then kisses her, bites her lip and disappears. Mary is left gasping for air in the tub. Flash on over to the Countess who is also in her tub tasting her bleeding lip. That witch has a thing for baths and blood kisses. I wonder what Mary tastes like?