Relic Hunter (TV Series) So Shall It Be (2002) User Reviews

Like Father, like son?

[unbrokenmetal · 6/10 · 21 December 2014]

De Viega (Simon MacCorkindale), the villain from 'Sydney At Ten' and 'Hunting With the Enemy', returns. Sydney didn't sleep well as she dreamed about him. Arriving in Britain, Sydney and Nigel are picked by a young man who introduces himself as Gareth Watson. He can't be the real Gareth Watson, as Karen knows he is older and currently with her at a book signing. Than who the hell are you?" Sydney asks the young man frankly, after casually defusing a bomb, and he confesses he is the son of no-one else but De Viega. De Viega is back on a treasure hunt, but when he meets Sydney, he makes an unexpected offer of co-operation, because he made enemies of a secret organization...

This episode ended the 'Relic Hunter' series after 3 seasons. Not satisfactory to me, as this is not something special, just an average episode.

Series finale

[xbatgirl-30029 · 7/10 · 12 May 2023]

I wish this episode had ended the series with more of a bang but it didn't. It definitely doesn't rank poorly but, all in all, it was pretty average. It does set up a possible 4th season, perhaps with more from the Gural Nataz (however it's spelled). I'm glad Simon MacCorkinale was featured, since he was one of the show's producers. I was a fan of his since Manimal (what can I say, I was about 7 - it hasn't aged well.)

This episode also happily had blessedly little of Simon's pantomime mugging. That was wearing very thin by this season. It's nice that Karen got to go with them to England. The actual relic of the week mystery was ok. Sydney certainly did have a habit of just going off with any stranger pretending to be someone else. You'd think she would wise up eventually but no.

Personally, I think the show started to get a little tired in season three. We'll never know if it could have renewed itself in season four with more of a serialized storyline or new characters. Or if it would have declined further. Perhaps cancellation was for the best. I will miss Sydney though.