Velma Episode 7 and 8 are now out! Charlie Grandy develops the show with Mindy Kaling who plays the central character as well as the executive producer. Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein and Sam Register also serve as the executive producers. It is produced by Kaling International, 3 Arts Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution.
We have Mindy Kaling as Velma Dinkley, Sam Richardson as Shaggy, Constance Wu as Daphne and Glenn Howerton as Fred Jones. Alongside them we have Russell Peters as Aman Dinkley, Melissa Fumero as Sophie, Sarayu Blue as Diya Dinkley, Jane Lynch as Donna Blake, Wanda Sykes as Linda Blake, Cherry Jones as Victoria Jones, Frank Welker as William Jones, Nicole Byer as Blythe Rogers, Gary Cole as Lamont Rogers, Stephen Root as Sheriff Cogburn, Fortune Feimster as Olive, Yvonne Orji as Gigi, Ming-Na Wen as Carroll, Shay Mitchell as Brenda, Debby Ryan as Krista, Karl-Anthony Towns as Jacques Beau and others.
The seventh episode of the series is titled ‘Fog Fest’ and the eighth episode is called ‘A Velma in the Woods’. Both episodes are 25-30 minutes long.
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Velma Episode 7 and 8: Is This Still a Murder Mystery?
Velma Episode 6 ended on a rather interesting note, where audiences thought that the future episode will delve deeper into the mystery of the murder of the girls and find out more about Velma’s mother being missing/murdered. Although the last episodes served more as fillers there was some expectation from the upcoming two where the tables turned a lot.
The seventh episode of the series opens with our titular character stuck with the ‘jinkies’ note in her mother’s handwriting and shifts her focus to collecting information to find out what her mother was trying to say with the note. As iconic as the reference to the OG show is, the segment of Velma being on an investigative search seems repetitive as the show is on a loop to keep the audiences guessing.
Meanwhile, the brain-removing murderer is out there. The police, of course, take no responsibility for the situation and tags it as a supernatural activity. The interesting part is, this inclusion could very well give this story a Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin twist but, it just ends up being bogus by the end. The Fog Fest is the ritualistic dance that we come across in the seventh episode.
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In the eighth episode, there is some closure to certain flying storylines. The episode is again dedicated to Velma’s missing mother and also focuses on the relationships of the characters that we saw develop in the previous episodes, such as Norville and Gigi, Velma and Daphne.
Velma Episode 7 and 8: Final Thoughts
Velma is a show that really wants to hit the mark but, cannot. The seventh and eighth episodes are shallow as ever. Although it is important to mention that the eighth one is by far one of the most well-made ones in the series (kind of similar to episode one), by not being backed by other good episodes, it loses its charm.
With only two more episodes left before the series comes to an end, the core on which the story is based still seems unexplored and not focused on enough. However, it would be safe to say that not a lot of people are going to miss this show coming to an end.
Meanwhile, you can now watch the latest episodes of the show on HBO Max. To read our review for all the episodes of the show, click here.
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