This second entry in the 'Castle Rock' series continues the deepening mystery of the cursed town and recent events that occurred there. Narration is supplied by Terry O'Quinn, whose character committed suicide in the opening episode by the most creative of means. We learn quite soon that what prison guard Zalewski (Noel Fisher) observed on the bank of monitors in the observation room never occurred, and that the mysterious prisoner found in a lower level of Northeast Correctional hadn't affected a breakout, even though his cell looked empty. But it's suggested quite effectively that he could make one think so, particularly when former Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Scott Glenn) is shown reading the note warden Dale Lacey left for him. In it, Lacey referred to 'The Kid' (Bill Skarsgård) as the devil, the idea lent further credence when the Aryan prison inmate dies of metastatic cancer right after The Kid is remanded to the same jail cell. Apart from the ominous nature of the story, I got a kick out of how the adult Molly Strand (Melanie Lynskey) pulled the old razzle dazzle on her sister by signing her name to a forty thousand dollar note and sticking her with the lunch bill.
Review of Habeas Corpus
