‘Blinded: Those Who Kill’ Recap – ‘Episode 4’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Four of ‘Blinded: Those Who Kill’.
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We live in a world where we outright celebrate and encourage pressure. Because our fast-paced society believes that pressure brings out the best in us and there is some merit to that line of thinking. After all, we have seen people on countless occasions, use pressure as fuel to drive them forward and accomplish wonders along the way. But while there is indeed something to be said about harnessing the power of pressure in an hour of need, what we don’t talk about enough… are the many problems that heavy pressure can create. For it can motivate people to make rash and desperate decisions to accomplish their goals and that in turn, can lead to disaster when said decision is poorly executed and poorly thought out.

If anything, this is relevant to our discussion today, simply because that uglier side to pressure played out in the next episode of Blinded: Those Who Kill on AcornTV. For the next episode in this harrowing tale saw everyone under incredible pressure following the discovery of William’s body and rightfully so. Because the public was scared and pressure was now mounting on Louise and her team to do something to move the case along and well, that allowed for a bold idea to come up during their discussions. In that, perhaps the time had come to reach out to the public to see if tips would indeed help with closing this case and bringing the killer to justice and sadly… the team was so focused on how to do this properly, that Louise didn’t notice the trouble brewing at home.

Because being immersed in this kind of chaos again and being in a poor mental state because of her tumor… put Alice under a great deal of undue pressure. The kind that made her realize that her son’s killer would likely be brought to justice after her passing and that he’d likely kill a great deal more people before the cuffs went on his wrists and that motivated her to pull off a desperate gambit. One that involved her stealing photographs from Louise’s case files so that she could go onto Facebook and use them as props while making her own plea to the public for help in bringing the killer to justice. Which featured an offer for a massive reward and insults for Peter and well, that is what brought about the story’s exploration of the dark side of pressure. Because just like that… the police were inundated with calls and ‘tips’ and of course… Louise had to move out to keep any further leaks from happening.

But worst of all… Peter eventually saw that video and it managed to elicit some serious fury in his soul. Because he could not stand the thought of being insulted by the mother of someone he played God with. And well, that kind of indignity called for retribution at the highest level and that brought Peter to Alice’s doorstep. Wherein he revealed that he tapes the murder of his victims to relive the pleasure of that moment, by setting up playback of Markus’ final moments for her to ‘enjoy’ and of course… when the moment was right, he stormed into the house and dealt with Alice the only way he knew how… with swift and blinding violence. But this time around, rather than leave any clues behind as to his presence there, he made it look like a suicide, and Alice's poor state of mind prior to her passing, will make that quite believable for certain.

If anything, this is quite the chilling development on Peter’s part. Since it indicates he is giving into his bloodlust more often and feels empowered by his anonymity and really, all we can hope for at this point is that his bravado will be his downfall. But while wait to see if that’s the case, we can bask in one chilling and uncomfortable tale. One that really did a fine job of reminding us of how pressure can in fact, bring about disaster, especially when it rains down upon someone with nothing to lose and this episode also deserves serious credit for setting the stage for far darker storytelling. For Louise is in undoubtedly in a tough place now that she’s lost Alice and her love and Peter is likely near his boiling point again and will need to satisfy his awful cravings soon and that means that this exhausted team of investigators are about to be put to the test and it will be quite interesting to see how they respond to the elevated pressure that will soon be surrounding them. Until next time.

‘Blinded: Those Who Kill’ is available to stream now on AcornTV.  

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