From Dusk Till Dawn Season 2 Episodes 7-10 Reviews: Will Santanico Finally Get Her Revenge? (Season Finale)

The Gecko brothers (Richie and Seth) plot how to get into Jackknife Jed's and make a big score. As an added bonus, Santanico will finally take out Lord Malvado. She's been dreaming about killing him for thousands of years.

Things dont go exactly as planned. The Geckos spent half their time fighting and the other half making up. They're at Uncle Eddie's place when the Regulator appears. A fight ensues. Richie and Santanico turn all culebra (much to the shock of Sonja). The Regulator is defeated-- but not before he fatally wounds Uncle Eddie. Sorry Ed, we didnt know ya well. On a related note, does anyone trust Sonja... cause I do NOT.

Freddie still has the bonds that everyone is looking for. After Lord Oculo is killed, Kate takes them to help free her brother. Poor stupid Kate! Scott doesnt want to be freed. He likes chomping on people.

Somewhere in the desert Tanner and Carlos figure out the prophecy thanks to the additional bonds. Kate has to sacrifice an innocent person as part of the aforementioned prophecy. I'm still not sure what it all means. It's kinda confusing. Anyway Kate is shot by Carlos. Scott wants to turn her into a culebra but he respects her wishes. We think Kate is dead which is fine with me cause she gets on my nerves...until the final scene where she awakes thanks to help from the santa sangre blood. Her eyes are all red. Oh, good lord. We're never going to get rid of that girl.

Scott agrees to drive the trucker filled with blood back to the bar for Carlos. We know he has something up his sleeve and will get revenge for Kate's (supposed) death.

Over in the other story line, the plan is to sneak into Jackknife Jed's by using a Greely meat truck. Santanico is put into a coma so Malvado cant track her psychically. I keep forgetting he can do that. He doesnt seem to be trying too hard to capture her. Richie kills Greely's manager and takes on his identity. When they arrive at the bar, Richie and Winchester Greely first meet with the Arbiter. That guy is super freaky. He has four arms. What is it with these guys and skinning? Malvado has a face coat (no I didnt make that up). The Arbiter skins poor Greely. Nasty stuff. As predicted Sonja is in cahoots with Malvado. Luckily she is dispatched quickly.

Richie encounters Malvado. He offers Richie his deepest heart's desire (which is apparently to run the operation). Say what? That seems like a stupid move. Running a vampire bar would not be number one on my list. Oh well, no one asked me.

Freddie is nearly buried alive but manages to survive. How many near death experiences is that poor guy going to have? He is visited by a woman named Lorena (Emily Rios) who says she works for another (female) lord. Freddie must fulfill his destiny and put Richie on the throne in Malvado's place. This will keep Carlos from trying to bring the culebra out of the shadows. OK, whatever. I'm still confused about all this prophecy stuff.

There's a showdown at Jackknife Jed's. Scott accidentally-on-purpose turns over the tanker. Blood spurts out and onto the culebra bar staff. They take a blood bath and then attack the patrons. Richie, Seth, and Freddie fight back. This is similar to the season 1 finale at the Titty Twister.

Carlos watches it all from outside. He has a new main squeeze Maia named (Demi Lavato). He vows to make her his queen when this is all over. He joins the fight inside. Carlos is difficult to kill since he beat the Labyrinth. The brothers finally chop off his arms and Scott whacks his head off. They order someone to scatter the body parts far away from each other. My guess is Maia will follow them and bring Carlos back to life.

Malvado is killed. That seemed too easy. The dude thinks he off to some place called El Rey (which is apparently snake vampire heaven). Go figure. That's two lords down (Oculo and Malvado) and seven to go. Malvado's culebras are now free to do what they want now. The Geckos fight but decide they will run the bar jointly and lead the snake vampires. Santanico (call her Kisha) gets on a motorcycle and rides away. She's had enough of these bozos and wants to go it on her own for a while.

Episode Guide:

Episode 7: Bring Me The Head of Santanico Pandemonium
Episode 8: The Last Temptation of Richard Gecko
Episode 9: There Will Be Blood
Episode 10: Santa Sangre

Grade: 4 Monsters (out of 5). Not bad but I was hoping for an epic battle between Malvado and Santanico during the finale. You know what they say about expectation. Also, as I mentioned previously, some of the plot points and character motivations are quite confusing. All in all, it's still a unique spin on the vampire story.

"From Dusk Til Dawn" will be back for a third season. It probably didnt hurt that Robert Rodriguez has his own TV channel for it to air on-- El Rey. If Santanico/Kisha is back next year, I'm all in.