Exciting times hunting demons. Impressions: Unless the next episode picks up significantly, this may be it on this one for me. It's just so boring. Most of the episode is spent just sitting around, either eating or drinking, while reciting their backstories. Aside from the guy who says that he totally has an interesting […]
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