‘The English’ Episode 5 Recap: ‘The Buffalo Gun’

should English Six episodes? The story it seems to tell – and it’s much more obvious now that the plot points have been pieced together – could probably have been told in three, or maybe four hours, of well-crafted television. But while the show did get loose at times (especially along that midsection), there was a nice sense of ease to everything. English It’s in no rush to get to its destination, and if you can stomach the intricacies of the plot, that’s not a bad thing.

After the turn last week in the pastWe’re back in the present where Kills on Water (William Belleau) tells captive Eli (Chaske Spencer) he has a job for him. Black Eyed Mog (villain Nicola McAuliffe) has been killing Native Americans, and she needs to get her out. Maybe that will fix some bridges for Ellie.

But Cornelia (Emily Blunt) has already defeated Ellie to the Black Eyed Mog. The female tabletop showdown is a tense and terrifying affair (exactly the kind of tense and terrifying that this show specializes in). We learn more about this villain – she had her eyelids removed by Native Americans, so she’s up about 50 for revenge – and also We see Behind her mask (this show delights in gory detail).

In the episode’s distinct sequence, Black-Eyed Cornelia tells Mog that Ellie has been sent to kill her. Just as she questions the insinuation, Cornelia shoots her. Then Cornelia killed one of the sons of the Black Eyed Mog. Another son is…