Who else is in shock?
The Hunting Party is known for including some shocking twists, but they don’t typically drop that many in one installment.
Before we dive into that cliffhanger, let’s discuss what a sinister serial killer Jamie Chung made.
Chung portrayed Nancy Albright, a drug addict, on The Hunting Party Season 2 Episode 12. Her addiction became dangerous when it escalated to murder to keep the buzz going.
While her Pit treatment seemed effective, it naturally failed after she escaped after the explosion, and she found a new kind of victims.
Every time the trio thought they figured it out, there was a new twist. This was one of the most entertaining cases on The Hunting Party, and Chung excelled in the role.
Besides chasing Nancy, the team dealt with the fallout of what Peck knew, and Nancy’s case hit Shane hard.
Addicted to Love or Murder?
Let’s begin by saying Jamie Chung never ages. She looked as gorgeous in the flashbacks and the modern scenes as she did 15 years ago in Once Upon a Time.
I loved how she played Nancy Albright in the opening scenes. Nancy was confident, sexy, and knew what she wanted in a man. That was hot.
It was sexy for a while until the belt came out, and I knew the guy was done for. It was creepy how turned on she was by killing him, and how she snuggled up next to him.
Nancy enjoyed seducing her victims, killing them, and robbing them for money. Her body count was up to 13, and she was addicted to many things.
The Pit Tried to Stop Addiction, Only Making Nancy’s Longing Worse
The Pit has done some creative therapies, and this one didn’t start horribly. Nancy needed to go through detox to heal.
I have mixed feelings about Dr. Moody offering her meds if she talked during therapy. She needed to process why she preferred her dates dead to alive and why murder was another addiction.
However, as someone who has studied psychology and social work, I have difficulty with Nancy being given an experimental drug without her consent.
Using M-CAM+ stopped the high regardless of whether she received morphine or not.
I think she needed help. I agree with Shane that it seemed unethical and didn’t sit right with me.
The Pit thought they had cured Nancy’s addiction, but they had only stopped her from getting high.
Her cravings were running rampant, so she had a new mission – to make new friends and new victims.
Nancy Changed Her Persona and Goals, Making Her More Dangerous
I had to give Nancy credit. Changing her persona to an NA sponsor was brilliant. Everyone thought she was genuine and helpful.
Her first murder after the Pit seemed different. It wasn’t romantic, just a friendly game of Jenga and coffee. She went from kinky, physical murders to drugging her victims.
The cops and the medical examiner didn’t give overdoses a second thought initially. She assumed she was home free.
But you should never count out the trio and their mystery-solving powers. As soon as they heard Nancy was acting as a sponsor, they tracked down the main chapter.
Bex tried to feel out some of Sammy’s friends to see if they had ever seen Nancy at meetings.
While Bex talked to them, I wondered if her mom really struggled with addiction. It’s so easy to make these things up to relate to others, and I’d love to hear more.
That’s exactly why Nancy was so dangerous. She recreated herself to be more likable and gain trust, and she was out to find more victims at these meetings, usually vulnerable ones.
When she saw them snooping around, she amped up her game by befriending another victim.
The Drug Dealer Made the Vampire Storyline More Fun
I’m not supposed to find drug dealers entertaining, but Gregory White, aka Zebra, was hilarious. Putting him in scenes with Shane and Hassani was ingenious, too.
I love how Shane always loses and ends up as the bait. With his military experience, he’s a skilled fighter and hustler, but he didn’t know “drug” lingo.
He may not have liked being hustled for info, but he wasn’t an idiot. When he saw pizza, he started talking.
The trio never expected to hear such a twisted tale, making me wonder why so many series have covered a “vampire” arc this season.
Will Trent and Best Medicine, and now The Hunting Party. Three shows and three networks. It’s not even near Halloween.
This was the most twisted. Since Nancy couldn’t get high anymore, she found a way to make her victims get high and siphon their blood out into her so she could feel the high.
That was creepy, and it was even creepier that she had friends help her.
I loved how Zebra explained this as we saw Nancy and her friends prey on their latest victim, pretty, innocent Lila, Nancy’s newest sponsee at NA.
It made me angry that the drugged her drink, taunting her that she should never trust strangers when she never wanted them in her house.
The drug dealer made this overall creepy story entertaining with his narration, but the murders were extremely sinister, and I’m glad that Bex saved the day, as usual.
Shane Struggled With How the Pit Worked
I’ve mentioned before how much I appreciate it when cases correlate to one of the characters’ lives.
Shane disliked that the Pit forced Nancy’s treatment on her, especially since it only eliminated the actual high, not the cravings for killing.
This one affected him because he wondered if there was an actual cure for these killers since he’s having such difficulty processing things with Lazarus.
He knew she was a psychopath, but wanted to believe there was still good in her, making him feel more like an idiot.
Poor Shane is such an optimist that it’s hard to picture him with a birth mother like Lazarus, but as an adoptee and an eternal optimist, I understand the hope.
I’m relieved they addressed his confusion and allowed him and Hassani to grieve together for what they both lost.
These team moments have been so important and make this procedural stand out.
Did Anyone Guess What Lazarus Was Up To?
Peck should not have been surprised that the team confronted him. While I believe he’s more of Lazarus’s soldier, I hated that he threw Bex’s relationship with Oliver in her face.
That seemed cruel, and I think Oliver would have chosen Bex over Lazarus.
I’m relieved that Bex stopped the guys from torturing Peck, though that probably wasn’t for him. Morales didn’t need to see him hurt more, even if she brought the truth out.
I felt for Shane since most of them referred to Col. Lazarus as this Big Bad they needed to defeat, but that was still his birth mom.
Therefore, it made sense that Shane reminded Peck that she was an experiment in the Pit and everything she did would come out.
They urged Peck to tell them what he knew, so that he’d end up on the right side.
I love Bex and the others, but I figured they didn’t know everything, and evil was coming.
I didn’t expect more graduates in the Pit, but that will make a fun season finale arc. I can’t wait to see Dr. Malak and Amanda Weiss again.
Hopefully, The Hunting Party gets renewed and can continue, as it would make a natural progression.
Over to you, The Hunting Party Fanatics. Did you enjoy Jamie Chung’s portrayal of a serial killer? Are you surprised we’re revisiting the graduate program at the Pit?