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Exit to Eden (1985)
by Anne Rice

I just must ask: has anyone seen a little-known movie from 1994 called Exit to Eden?  Or read the book of the same name it's based upon?

If you ever decide to sit a spell and read the book, let me tell you this now: you are highly unlikely to utter the words, "Sleeping is fun."

Episode 8 - The Innocents

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Again, get comfortable.  Bring a wedding feast, airline peanuts, whatever you've got.  This is another long one.

From IMDb: Rowan is determined to save Lasher; Cortland becomes an unlikely adversary. 

The Season Two finale of Mayfair Witches seemed to have been resolving some things, but not others.  In case there is a Season Three, which has not been announced.  If there is a Season Three, what would have to be resolved from Season Two?

Episodes 6 & 7 - Michaelmas and A Tangled Web

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This is a long one.  Get comfortable, bring a wedding feast...

A Bit of Review During the Break

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While Super Bowl Sunday was in progress in New Orleans, AMC did not air a new episode of Mayfair Witches. Instead, we were able to watch the episodes already aired, in order. We were also able to see featurettes that discussed some of the more interesting things about Season 2. Of course, I was quite fascinated by the featurette that discussed how the scenes that appeared to be playing out inside the dollhouse!

Episode 5 - Julien's Victrola

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From IMDb: Rowan demands Julien's help in finding Lasher; Moira probes Cortland's mind for important memories.

Since it will be two weeks until Episode 6, and it took time for me to discuss Episode 4 due to being RUDELY interrupted by a Windows catastrophe, I thought I'd get right to it.  Well, those things and no matter what anyone thinks of the show, I'm still going to talk about the model (let's call it that) of the Mayfair house in Julien's afterlife.  If you've seen my images and/or video of my 3D model of the Mayfair house of the novels, which is always very much a work-in-progress, you probably won't be surprised.

Episode 4 - Double Helix

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From IMDb: Rowan must find Lasher in order to right her wrongs, but even Sip doesn't know where Lasher is.

Episode 3 - Cover the Mirrors

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From IMDb: Rowan desperately partners with Cortland to try to stop Lasher; Moira assists Sip in capturing him.

Whew!  Now that Alicia and Gifford have both died immediately after encountering Lasher in the flesh, and the Mayfair victims have increased in number, Rowan has realized the number will increase unless she stops Lasher.  While the first two episodes did indeed feel closer to the novels, the third episode takes us more into the onscreen version.  With a surprise or two.

Episode 2 - Ten of Swords

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From IMDb: Rowan must find Lasher before more people are hurt; Sip finds an ally in an angry Mayfair cousin.

I watched the entire episode thinking the actress playing Gifford was one I recognized from...somewhere...but didn't realize it was Thora Birch until I went to look for some meaningful images from the episode.  Wow.  She made a good Gifford Mayfair!

Episode 1 - Lasher

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Season 2 Premieres

From IMDb: Rowan Mayfair is determined to understand what Lasher has become; Sip is hell-bent on capturing him.

After a two-year wait, Season 2 of Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches premiered last night on AMC.  I only began to discuss my thoughts on episodes during Season 2 of Interview With the Vampire, but I thought I'd do the same here.  Especially since this site specifically discusses the Mayfair Witches.