After having seen the first two episodes of season three of ‘Dante’s Cove,’ I can see the show maturing and reaching that “zone” type of place that most shows do by their third season. It is still a hit. While it is still great and I can’t wait until I can see the rest of the episodes, I’m finding a few things to gripe about. Okay, Dante’s is three now and I’ve only gushed about it and even built a fan site, so I’m allowed. Please! But first…

What I Love, Love, LOVE About the New Season

Grace’s Entrance. Whoa! Descending from cosmic orbit in a fireball has got to be one of the best all-time entrances of a character on any show. Glinda, good witch from Oz, eat your heart out! I’m also thrilled with how much she has been woven into the rest of the cast as well. Tracy Scoggins is fantastic in this role and even though her character has been central from the start, she has been woefully underutilized up until now.

Cat Fight. Forget Krystal, Alexis and the lily pond. When Grace and Diana fight the claws and teeth are sheathed.

Brit. Michelle Wolfe was also underutilized last season and I’m glad to see her character expanding too.

Reichen. Need I say more?

What Surprised Me

Ambrosius Is a Big Bottom. Who knew?

Toby and Adam. I never thought they would hook up.

Marco Mauled. We all know Marco came to Dante’s Cove to do more than run a bar. But what? The “mood ring” he got from his grandmother that detects evil makes me think she was a Tresum witch and he was trying to learn about it. But alas, we may never know.

Now for My Gripes

Tresum. Up until this season was a mysterious form of magic that no one knew about, let alone did they know Grace and Ambrosius were practitioners. Now everyone seems to know about them and it and in addition we now have a council that governs Tresum and is able to block one’s powers? Hmm… I will reserve ultimate judgment until I see the rest of the season, but it would seem some of the mysterious element has been lost with those revelations.

Clean-Cut Toby. Charlie David is gorgeous no matter what, but only scruffy Toby will do for me.

Van’s Cameo. The opening scene of Van fleeing from an invisible foe was not new. Yes, we noticed. It was unused footage from season one, clearly scene during the opening title sequence of the first season.

I’m staying tuned, are you?