The Hunting Party
Warning : hold SPOILERS for The Hunting Party season 1 , sequence 3.The Hunting Partyseason 1 , episode 3 aired on Monday , February 17 , and centered around a female nonparallel killer . The installment first leads viewers to believe that Bex ( Melissa Roxburgh ) and her team are hunt a male escapee , making the reveal more surprising . On top of that , the intellect behind the murders is aver to be an drive to save the environment and animals .
The serial follow Bex as she work to recapture escaped captive . They have break free from a place holler The Pit , which wasrunning experiments on the inmatesin an attack to prevent people from becoming killers . Sara Garcia plays Jennifer Morales , who works day in and day out with Oliver Odell ( Nick Wechsler ) . The net moments of Episode 3 line up Odell at the heart and soul of a tilt , lead witness to believe that he just might be in on the escape .
The Hunting Party is a crime adjective series released in 2025 , center on a specialized team of investigators tasked with savvy infamous killers who have elude from a secretive and non - existent prison facility .
ScreenRantspoke with Sara Garcia to discuss the event of the recent episode . She shares how interesting it is to see a femaleserial killerfeatured in the show , and why the characters ' tragic backstories allow a sense of empathy . Garcia explains what she thinks setsThe Hunting Partyapart from other serial publication and teases the ripple effects of the episode throughout the season .
Garcia Explains Why Episode 3’s Serial Killer Offers An Interesting Take
“I Thought That There Were A Lot More Moments For Empathy”
The trace Partyseason 1 , installment 3’sserial sea wolf is female and her reason for murdering people is an effort to salve the environment . She ’s obsessed with savage and has buy a parcel of ground that she can protect . Garcia admits , " I really establish myself being like , you know what ? I get it . Environment . It was a really interesting take on the traditional serial killer . " When it amount to the orca being female , she was surprised because"that ’s not commonly what happens . "
The Hunting Party ’s Melissa Roxburgh & Patrick Sabongui hash out their characters ' evolutions , criminal psychology , and sequence 2 ’s surprising Orcinus orca .
Garcia feels that the reasoning behind what she has done and the fact that The Pit was lying to her supply " a good deal more moment for empathy . " She lead on to say , " Truth be tell , not that I ’m excusing any serial kill behavior , but I think that when you look at backstories you gain how the monsters are made . " The characters have become manslayer because of the thing that happened to them , and Garcia shares that " those stories can often be very tragic . "
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The empath in me is always like , if only we could have intervene and show them have intercourse betimes on in life , maybe they would n’t be doing this later on . I intend that there ’s always way to empathize with another human being , and their history , even if it ’s dark .
What Sets The Hunting Place Apart From Other Serial Killer Shows For Garcia
“They Went To Some Dark And Twisted Places, These Killers”
When asked what setsThe hunt Partyapart from other series featuring serial grampus , Garcia says,“The mystery of the stone is a through transmission line that keeps us on the edge of our seats . As we see , we really do want to bang what ’s going on there . Why were they hold up these sequential killers in secret ? What were the experiment all about?“She explains that " the biggest thing that sets the show aside is that mystery story , and require to get to the bottom of that and really fall off our teeth into that . "
Garcia pass on to let out that this is not just something that keeps audiences engaged , but something that is drive Bex the whole time . “And also , they really sound to some drear and twisted places , some of these killers,“she explain . " One of the big things is that the orca germinate , and so they do n’t really match their original MOs , so that ’s part of the difficulty in tag them down , because they become a picayune turn more minacious . "
Ethically , I do n’t know if I personally agree with it . It does make for some really interesting TV .
The prisoners have likely evolved because of the experiments conducted in The Pit under the guise that it facilitate stop potential murderers . But can someone be guilty of a crime they did n’t give ? This offers a lot to think about , something Garcia agree with . " Ethically , I do n’t know if I personally concur with it . It does make for some really interesting goggle box , " she admit . " I think the through line of credit of not know who to trust , and the the great unwashed you think are good might not really be as good as you think , is just an intriguing conception for me . "
Sara Garcia Discusses The Dynamic Between Morales & Odell
“I Like To Consider It An Older Brother And Younger Sister Relationship”
The final moment ofThe Hunting Partyepisode 3 let out that Odell might have something to do with the prisoners escaping The Pit . He downloads something onto a quarter round drive and hurry out of the elbow room suspiciously . ScreenRantasked Garcia what that might think for the relationship between her character and Odell . She opine Morales would"be shocked"because of how close they are .
From Morales ' position , she gets to be with Odell on an daily base , working nearly with him , and I think it ’s interesting that Morales is seeing the man underneath all the closed book and it does form a bond there . I like to consider it an sure-enough brother and younger sister relationship . I think for Morales , she is seeing Odell on a day - to - daylight base , and she ’s sort of getting a glimpse of him that the other teammates are not .
Because of this , the two of them are very close , but in the show as a whole , she find there is a " through line of mistrust . Who can I trust ? Who ’s the good guy , who ’s the bad guy ? And Bex is really trying to envision that out , and she ’s been conflicted when it comes to Odell . "
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The Hunting Partyseason 1 airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC .
