The first season of Netflix`s Castlevania show was really more of a teaser than a full season. Over just four short episodes, it established the main characters and conflict and gave us a taste of the action, with the promise of more to come at a later date. In the portion of Castlevania Season 2 sent to press--six of the eight new episodes--that promise has yet to be fulfilled.Castlevania Season 2 follows characters on two fronts: Dracula`s court, and the small crew fighting against him. The latter consists of familiar faces: Trevor Belmont (Richard Armitage), Alucard (James Callis), and Sypha (Alejandra Reynoso), all of whom we met in Season 1. Like much of Castlevania, the chemistry among the trio has potential, but it`s yet to bear fruit, even three quarters of the way through Season 2. Unfortunately, they spend almost the entire first six episodes simply sequestered away in a massive library researching ways to take Dracula down.That probably sounds boring--because it is. And it`s made even more so by the distinct lack of action; where Alucard and Trevor clashed blades at the end of Season 1, now they`re content to simply trade childish barbs, much to Sypha`s (and likely the audience`s) frustration. Granted, they are on the same side now, but their dynamic gets old quickly.Belmont and crew`s preparatory storyline is really the B plot so far this time around, as the meat of Castlevania Season 2 follows Dracula (Graham McTavish)--or, more accurately, those in his vampire war council, since the Dark Lord himself does literally nothing in all the episodes we`ve seen so far. There`s one medium length flashback in which he massacres a council of merchants who offended him, but it`s not like that moves the story along. Dracula is actually extremely morose and depressed throughout Season 2 so far--an enormous sea change from his force-of-nature rage in Season 1, the reason for which is unclear, since these episodes seem to pick up shortly after the last batch.Inste ...
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