Quick Summary: Before Lorna and Reed are never seen again a six member team and the Strucker kids opt to save them but the past comes haunting back threatening their futures even more than Jace can.
The Past Is Gonna Get You: Last week's theme was the power of love and how it can be great but lead you to be stupid. This week that theme is referenced again while also adding on the past coming back to haunt your future. If you ever read a Nathaniel Hawthorne story you know how fraught with possibilities this can be. Marcos has to confront his past head on. Not merely as his ex getting in his face but also the dark side of him. Until this point Marcos has been shown to be a real hero so it is great to see the layers to the character. Sean Teale was really revealing in getting more of this meaty material to show the depth of his abilities. We can assume that Lorna was what saved him from being a thug forever that helped to torture others. Now though that he made that deal with Carmen he will have to confront who he was and who he is now. Also how will this effect the baby who has dark genes from Lorna as well? Instead of stopping a story line the ripples of this will be felt through. What will Lorna do when she finds out the truth? Right now it is a secret but after the horror she went through will she take her anger out on Carmen and unleash her dark side?
John's past is also haunting him this week and gave Blair Redford a great chance to explore more dimensions to heroic John. He thought his best friend, Pulse, was dead when he left him but as a Marine you never leave a man behind. How will this effect him going forward? Will he continue to go on the offensive? Eventually could he try to get Pulse back to his side?
Dreamer and John seem to be bonding again as Dreamer's action has set Clarice into being almost hopelessly in love with John. Kudos to Jaime Chung for showing us this new Clarice that we haven't seen before. Sarcasm stripped away she also was letting her guard down.
Heroes Don't Need Powers: Caitlin starts off this trend this week by being the voice of reason and coming up with their best plan to get Lorna and Reed back. She also joins up with the Mutant 5 even though she can't "shoot lasers out of her hands." She isn't expecting them to fight her battle for her, she is very brave and chooses to put herself in harm's way to get her husband and Lorna back. Suburban Caitlin is long gone and Warrior Caitlin has taken her place. She later uses her nursing needle skills to stop an armed S Services guy! Root would have even be proud. Then she proceeds to pick everyone up at the final rescue moment after stealing a vehicle. Heroes can be anyone who is willing to put themselves on the line. Amy Acker, once again, shows all the outstanding acting traits that make her...Amy Acker. After creating such iconic characters in the past a "regular person" might seem boring to audiences but thanks to the writers and Acker's performance Caitlin is astounding.
Even when Pulse is negativing the mutant powers Marcos won't give up. Luckily he had that gun with him though. John proved to be powerfully strong as himself. It made total sense he would be being an Apache and former Marine.
Performances and Plotting: The scene at jail where Reed tries to explain he changed and Lorna totally shuts him down...that was amazing. Huge applause to Stephen Moyer and Emma Dumont. The action of the episode was terrific as directed by Karen Gavoila who is a seasoned director. The ep was written, I believe, by two women, which is in it's self very cool. Come to think of it sexual stereotypes were turned on their head. Carmen was the "bossman" now. Lorna saved Reed and herself. Caitlin came in for the sweeping save. Clarice once again proved to be a huge asset. If not for Lauren, Andy wouldn't have blown the tire. It wasn't just the boys out there "saving the day".
This ep turned the show on its head because until this point it was all about saving Lorna and the Struckers getting back together. But now that they are together there still are a mountain of challenges and for the Struckers the war has become a place for them, too. What I loved though was that it was unexpected that Lorna and Reed's prison story lines were resolved. This shows me that there will be more twists and turns as time goes on. Usually shows wait forever for things to happen and lose audiences along the way. The plot tonight will further push the future story lines. Each week The Gifted ends up me waiting to see more which is its power whether human or not.
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