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"This Week... The Magus crew continue their trek to the Sahte Falls where they discover Emmet&amp;#039;s camera bag. Upon further examination of the tapes within it, they find some powerful footage of Emmet (Bruce Greenwood) that shows him spiralling out of control, leading the crew further into the Amazon... There&amp;#039;s Magic Out There... Our interest was peaked by the title of this week&amp;#039;s River instalment - would &amp;#039;Doctor Emmet Cole&amp;#039; provide us with more answers regarding the fate of Bruce Greenwood&amp;#039;s intrepid and quite possibly disturbed explorer? It&amp;#039;s Day 28 of the search for Emmet, and Lena (Eloise Mumford) is still understandably a little upset after witnessing her father Russ (Lee Tergesen) turn into a ghost and burst into flames last week. The hunt down the Amazon continues regardless and soon the Magus crew uncovers tape left behind by Emmet&amp;#039;s crew\u2026 The new footage reveals that, a few months back, Emmet was busy having a major meltdown, convinced that he&amp;#039;s heard a mysterious tune while passing over the Sahte Falls. Along with his own crew - Russ and fellow camera operators Manny and &amp;#039;Rabbit&amp;#039; - Emmet is looking for a tribe with amazing healing abilities, believing they can lead him to the magical &amp;quot;source&amp;quot;.  It&amp;#039;s an unfortunate consequence of this show&amp;#039;s premise that a terrific actor like Bruce Greenwood has so far been under-utilised. As the title suggests, &amp;#039;Doctor Emmet Cole&amp;#039; provides him with some much-needed screen time. Greenwood is excellent as Emmet, expertly flipping between the likeable TV host and the unhinged naturalist. He&amp;#039;s just as good in the lighter moments - witness his amazing impersonation of Paul Blackthorne&amp;#039;s Clark - as he is in the more emotional scenes. A particular highlight is Emmet reflecting on the origins of The Undiscovered Country and recalling the death of his first child. Soon, Emmet wanders into the territory of she-demon Il Tunchi (predictably terrifying Paulina Gaitan&amp;#039;s Jahel) and the sinister sing-song tune that he heard previously begins to plague him and his crew at night... This week, The River is back to embracing what it does best - unseen or barely-glimpsed threats, implied danger, allowing the viewer&amp;#039;s imagination to stir up most of the scares. There&amp;#039;s also some memorably gruesome visuals - Il Tunchi&amp;#039;s skinned victims - and the sing-song tune that accompanies the demon is an unsettling motif.  One of the few flaws with &amp;#039;Doctor Emmet Cole&amp;#039; is that, as the explorer&amp;#039;s journey unfolds, we keep cutting back to our regular characters. Occasionally this benefits the story - Lincoln watching back his final phone conversation with his father works well - but we are treated to a lot of the Magus crew standing around, watching video screens, looking concerned. Perhaps the entire episode should have been composed of Emmet&amp;#039;s footage, with less of a focus on Lincoln, Tess and co.? Despite our initial hopes, &amp;#039;Doctor Emmet Cole&amp;#039; leaves many questions unanswered. Some are intriguing - just what is the mark on Lena&amp;#039;s neck? But others are just plain frustrating - why exactly does whistling back at the Il Tunchi soothe the beast?  But small quibbles aside, The River continues to impress - this sixth episode boasts unexpected twists, proper scares and even a decent cliffhanger ending. It&amp;#039;s a real shame that a show this entertaining, with this much ambition, hasn&amp;#039;t found a wider audience. Let us know what you thought of The River&amp;#039;s latest episode below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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