Dr. Horrible: Act III

It was at precisely the moment when I began to think that the final chapter of Dr. Horrible was actually starting to suck that it suddenly became much better than I had hoped for…

*Spoiler alert!*

The intro-song was alright, but not spectacular. I liked the idea of the Captain Hammer groupies, but not the execution. The visual of the second, untouched frozen yogurt was a poignant touch.

Fillion’s speech/song was well-done and clever.  A few great, reusable lines, including: “Justice has a name, and the name that it has, besides ‘Justice’” and “it’s not enough to bash in heads, you’ve got to bash in minds!”

I didn’t really like Harris’ comeback solo. For the first time Horrible came across as being completely unlikable, but I guess that was foreshadowing. Then Hammer’s loss of powers tantrum was kinda annoying. It was in that moment when I grimaced and expected the ending to be rather mundane, some sort of Dr. Horrible change of heart and a Billy/Penny reconciliation/romance.

But no! Tragedy! “Captain Hammer will save us”. Ouch.

And suddenly the tale becomes much deeper – the loss of the only truly good thing in his life pushes the protagonist over the edge into darkness, with but a glimpse of his shattered humanity in the final moment. It’s, it’s…

horrible.

this darkness which you know you cannot fight