Main cast: Brooke Smith (Madeleine), David LaHaye (Daniel), and David Bowie (The Host)
Director: Daniel Grou

Once again, The Hunger chooses to take a short story, this time the story of the same name by Kim Newman, but fortunately, this time the result isn’t some ghastly abomination like many of the previous episodes in this season.

Week Woman sees French artist Daniel, who has attracted the ire of an officer that now makes it his priority to be deport Daniel out of the country, reluctantly accepts his agent and lover Karen’s idea to marry Madeleine for a green card. She makes it clear that this marriage would be strictly business, as she’s into women, not men.

He gets a green card, she gets cash, so hey, everyone wins in this arrangement, right?

Poor Daniel may have to reconsider just how much he has won when Madeleine soon exhibits a case of multiple personalities, and some of these personalities are not the friendly kind…

The premise works far better in written word than as an episode, since it is an exploration of that very fine line between agony and ecstasy.

Daniel is forced to undergo a series of pretty painful-looking torture that is not even erotic in nature—it’s not really Fifty Shades of ICE here—but soon, perhaps because he is an artist, it’s apparent that he’s not exactly a victim. Perhaps he even enjoys having his mind broken by the tortures inflicted by his wife, but since there is no insight into his head in this episode, I can only guess.

It helps that the cast members are all very easy on the eyes. A young, clean-shaven David LaHaye is hot in a “nerd that works out and stays in shape” way, which is good as he spends nearly all his scenes here without a shirt.

Anyway, this isn’t a great episode, but still, it’s watchable and even intriguing at times. Hence, it’s an upgrade from the last few episodes, that’s for sure!