Sweet/Vicious Episode 6: Fearless. Fearful Copout.

While I can appreciate Sweet/Vicious for its complete lack of interest in your emotional investment or feelings about how it should play out, there are times when the show blatantly blows its hand for the sake of continuity. Regardless of where Ophelia or Jules wind up each week, it was always fun either watching them loosen the noose around their necks or just plot out the next completely bonkers revenge plot. And, with the events of Episode 5 finally rearing their ugly heads (the whole campus knows there's a vigilante on the loose), it finally appeared that the duo had been cornered in a way to force the show to finally invest in a permanent solution to the series weakest problem: just how are these girls supposed to walk away from this scot free?

For the most part, Fearless was a decent episode with enough remnants of the Episode 5's unique twists that it almost felt like Harris would finally put the pieces together or Nate would finally figure out exactly what Jules' problem with him was (he was too drunk to realize what actually happened) or, maybe, the whole world would finally figure out that the vigilante was actually targeting the right people. And, while none of these things came to fruition, it was still fun to watch Ophelia finally react intelligently to the threat of arrest by figuring out how to make an effective scapegoat.

Unfortunately, even after two episodes of the promised prospect of Harris finally figuring it all out and either a.) turning our heroes in or b.) joining them, it turned out the show just wasn't willing to pull that particular trigger. The Harris arc has officially been pulled back to another safe distance and the duo is free to either stop altogether (unlikely) or continue with a vengeance (more likely considering Nate's actions at the end).

On the plus side, we are finally able to glimpse why Darlington College seems to be such a safe haven for rapists (the president is involved) and, even when campus cop Barton seems to be grasping at minimal fumes, he still seems to be the best bet for figuring everything out (he finally found the damn wall! YES!). While these things are good setups for the remaining four episodes of the series, it would have been nice to actually see something finally come to fruition after such a long slog these six episodes have been. Unfortunately, it appears this series is only here to tease you until whatever finale the writers have planned finally pops up out of nowhere merely to tell you some miniscule and overlooked detail is the key to everything (I really hate when they do that). Whatever, I'm still in this for the long haul despite being so fed up. Bring on Episode 7.