Episode seven of Disney+’s Willow, “Beyond the Shattered Sea,” slowly picks up the quality of the show, but the program itself is just not what it’s cracked up to be in terms of quality. All of this being said, as the show’s second to last episode, I’m just glad that I’m almost done with having to watch it all.
This episode opens with Airk, played by Dempsey Bryk (The Birch, The Fight Machine), in the Immemorial City, where he meets a young woman who claims to be Lili of Cashmere. He also experiences a vision of his sister, Kit, drowning and being rescued by Elora.
Meanwhile, Elora, played by Ellie Bamber (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Les Miserables), and her friends continue their journey across the Shattered Sea. They reach a cabin that houses an elderly fisherman named Zeb, played by Julian Glover (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. For Your Eyes Only), who claims to be an adventurer, but is forced to leave when the Dag and the Doom attacks. The group escapes on a carriage drawn by a mudmander named Kenneth, whom Graydon endearingly befriends.
During the large fight, Graydon, played by Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Dope), finds his own magical abilities and destroys the Dag. Elora also continues her training with Willow and Graydon, but she struggles to come to terms with her emotions and use of the Crone’s magic. Kit and Elora also resolve their differences (finally).
Returning to Airk’s world, he gives into Lili’s advances, which she turns against him and performs some sort of ritual on them in a temple. The episode ends with Elora and co. finding themselves also in the Immemorial City where they encounter the changed Airk.
Overall, “Beyond the Shattered Sea” leaves a lot of unturned stones and inconclusive plot lines.
Rating: 7.0/10.0