Jekyll Season 1 Disk 2

Episode 4:
This was another flashback laden episode that showed us Tom and Claire met and how Hyde's first appearance came about. They did a much better job of making it obvious to the viewer this time and I could actually follow the story quite easily. It was nice to see that at least one of the characters from the first episode, the detective Miranda, has dropped her cheekiness and is now playing a very straight role, though her partner Min is still cheeky but it's implied that she's a bit soft in the head.
The show is very serious now. none of Hyde's look-at-me-I'm-Jim-Carey-from-the-Mask antics, but instead it's all rage and violence. That suits me fine. It gives Nesbitt a chance to show off his acting chops a bit more, adding to his already impressive performance.
There's a bit of a philosophical or perhaps physiological question that the show has raised. We've known from the first episode that Hyde is actually physically different from Jackman - he's two inches taller, a littler narrower across the shoulder, different colored hair and different hairline and different colored eyes. Clair tells the friend that introduced her to Jackman that every time Jackman gets his rocks off, his eyes go all black. This, we have been lead to believe is one of the several signs that Hyde is in control. But, it is also before the first time that Jackman is aware of Hyde, implying that it's before the first full manifestation. The question I have is, is there a Hyde light? I am just going to make a guess here, but I'm thinking if a woman notices her man's eyes change colors while having sex that she is probably going to notice that he appears to grow two inches taller. Either she doesn't, because it would have certainly been a strong memory if not actually freaking her shit out, or it doesn't happen, which means there is a Hyde light. If there is a Hyde light, is the whole notion that Jackman can be stabilized in one of the forms either as Jackman OR as Hyde a big red herring?

Episode 5:
Hyde has taken over and Jackman thought to be dead, well deleted as the scientist puts it. But, you know how television shows work, the earlier in the episode and the louder the pronouncement is made, the more likely it is to be proven inaccurate. That also goes for how many times they repeat something.
Hyde is able to access Jackman's memories like watching a digital recording of the events, and after a slap from Claire, he can access the original Dr. Jekyll's memories as well. When he does this, he finds that the kitchen maid for Jekyll, called Alice, looks exactly like Claire, and she was the key for the original Mr. Hyde, or is he the original still. They do nothing to answer the question as to the origins of Jackman.
Hyde pulls one over on the company except for the new evil boss lady. Well, new to the view, but she appears to be the head boss and it at for quite a while. She appears to be as smart and devious as the previous dude was annoying. That should make for some nice conflict.

Episode 6:
They changed the opening credits to call the series "Hyde" for this episode instead of "Jekyll". That kind of lets you think there's going to be a bit of finality. And of course that plays out.
We finally find out where the cloning sub-plot comes in, and I suspected, Jackman is not a clone. Nor does he turn out to be the original Dr. Jekyll, reborn or otherwise. He's just a guy who is the descendant, one of many, of Jekyll/Hyde.
The story gets wrapped up quite nicely. Do they leave us a couple of things that could be the mysteries of a  further series? Yes, they do. Does it effect the arc of this series to not know the answers to any of those questions? No, it doesn't.

Special Feature: Jeckyll, the Story Re-told
I don't normally comment about the special features. What would I say? "Just like every other featurette ever, they all said this was the best project they've ever worked on and the people they worked with the best ever."? But, I do want to comment about the interview with James Nesbitt. It's shot at the zoo, and Nexbitt is sitting in front of the black panther display, with a large window separating him from the large cat. The cat is just pacing back and forth the whole time looking through, or it walks back and gets up on a stump to get e better view, and at that very end of the interview, the panther has laid down beside Nesbitt (the other side of the glass of course) and is watching the action just like a house cat would. That really struck my fancy and made this featurette watching all the way through to the end.

Jekyll at IMDb