It's been shown how incredibly easy it is for the witches to manipulate people to their own ends, whether by magic, or blackmail.

Gladys Murray gets a quiet moment, by giving her husband the telling off he deserves and coldly informing him she's not planning on ending their separation.They fight off the witches with nothing more than their hands, feet, and some supernaturally-acquired Latin. Ethan and Vanessa, of course, should never be overlooked for badassery.

In 'Fresh Hell', she sends her witchy minions to attack Ethan and Vanessa, which would have succeeded if not for Vanessa pulling out some serious Latin, bathes in a tub of blood, and dispatches the minion who failed by winking and then slitting the girl's throat with a blade secreted in her ring. The villains in this show have always been a bit lackluster - if they're not offscreen altogether.Victor taking a level in badass and going from Non-Action Guy to acquitting himself well in the Grand Guigol battle, shooting several vampires and keeping himself alive as well as resident badass fighters Ethan and Sembene.Highlights being Malcolm killing the lead vampire and (while also a Tear Jerker) going Papa Wolf and choosing to save Vanessa from Vampire!Mina. The entire fight sequence at the climax of 'Grand Guignol', with the heroes taking on the entire vampire nest in the titular theatre.Ethan managing to perform an exorcism on Vanessa, with no 'supernatural' skills, and simply the purity of his faith in Vanessa to back him up.Particularly Sembene's proficiency with his kukri knives, and the final casual Boom, Headshot! Malcolm gives one of the Brides.Ethan, Sembene and Sir Malcolm taking on the vampire coven on the plague ship in 'What Death Can Join Together'.

You weak, foul, lustful, vainglorious man! How dare you presume to speak to me of death?! You think you've walked on corpses, spread them from here to the horizon, and I have walked further.

Vanessa: Have you imagined, for one moment, what this has been for me? An unforgivable transgression that has marked me for life! You think you've suffered.

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