This week's episode began with something that made me both happy and annoyed. A scene from the web premier rearranged and truncated. Of course, the bits they removed were, in this case, fine by me; they were unnecessary to the progression of this new story being told. The meat of the scene was still there and I was so relieved to see that bit of backstory exposed (I'm referring to Helen's early memories of John Druitt and what a good person he used to be). I was also, surprising to some, very happy to see more of Christopher Heyerdahl as Druitt. Again, an entry on my list of fantastic actors.

As for the overall story of this episode, it had a very X-Files feel to it, which is neither positive or negative absolutely. On one hand it felt a bit cliched, on the other it was its own story with some old themes woven in. I've seen so many stories like this, where people are trapped and start getting hysterical. It's an age-old fear as far as I can tell; even the original Twilight Zone dedicated an episode to this kind of human reaction (the newer version remade it, albeit shakily). There are stock characters in such a story: The belligerent one, the scared, quiet one, the one who no one trusts and the authority figure. All of these were present in this episode.

Also on the list of done-befores is the illusion monster. Every culture has some legend or another about beings that can manipulate perception, especially the kitsune spirit in Japan and vampires in Western lore. Something else that rang of The X-Files was the difference in perception between all the people; it's definitely possible if the creature was more primitive, but this one struck me as more sophisticated. It knew how to respond as a person (and as whoever it impersonated, for the most part). One thing I wondered, though, was what the creature wanted. It could have just busted out after the plane went down if all it wanted was freedom. Why kill off the people inside, and what was it feeding on if they were prey? To be honest, as soon as Silvio mentioned his fiancee I knew he was a goner.

That's about all I've got to say about Kush. Anything that anyone has to add is welcome.