Marco Polo: White Moon

December 22, 2014 5:10 PM - Season 1, Episode 6

Marco goes all Columbo with Byamba. Khutulun makes a welcome reappearance. We find out who the Blue Princess really is. Hey! let's have another orgy. Sidao takes a hit.

A slow episode with a super cool finish. Worst assassination attempt ever though. I found the motivation (the sight of a little girl reminding her of her daughter) being the reason she lost her cool, a bit hard to swallow. She had been so cool and calculating up until that moment.

posted by unliteral (2 comments total)

I was disappointed at the way the assassination turned out. She should have escaped across the rooftops like in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. She had a lot of potential to be an awesome villain. Maybe she will escape somehow.

This episode is the first time that the dialogue really got on my nerves. But whatever, I guess it's been bad all along and I just noticed this time around.

The stuff going on in the walled city is interesting.

I was super glad that the archery training didn't end with Marco getting all determined and hitting the center of the target. Thank you, show writers.
posted by natteringnabob at 9:12 PM on December 27, 2014

I'm trying to grasp the workings of a deadly poison that somehow kills the intended victim just by being touched to their lips via a kiss, but somehow does not affect the person wearing it on her lips in the first place.
posted by dnash at 7:33 AM on January 2, 2015