Quick Summary: Magic Mike...I mean Marcos is playing with fire when he works for Carmen. Meanwhile John and Clarice grow closer as do youngins Lauren and Wes. Caitlin takes on an even greater leadership role and Reed finds Father Knows Best. And Agent Turner finds himself working with pure evil.
Honesty is the Best Policy: Every week there is a lesson to learn and this week was no different. Honestly, being truthful was the mantra being honed in. Marcos should have been honest with Lorna right away but she had to find out for herself. In doing so he ruined (for the time being) their perfect, beautiful relationship. Now while this is a bump they will overcome it wasn't needed. The moment in the car feeling their baby he should have spilled the tea to quote the kids today. Wes is dishonest as well and Reed's pep talk to him was perfect. You can't blame others for your mistakes, you have to tell the truth and deal with the consequences. Wes and Marcos have some great parallels. Both are deep down nice guys who committed crimes for others. Yes, they can say that they had no choice but really they did. They also end up telling the truth in the end of the hour though the lies come with consequences.
Reed doesn't hold back when he hears the name Trask. The Underground finding out he is further connected to the bad guys could have proved a problem but he follows his own advice and is honest. John withheld the truth from Clarice which made her leave and now he is stuck having feelings for two women...and this can only end badly. So you know be honest.
Love So Shinning and New: This ep showcased all the stages of love. There was Lauren and Wes who are in the crazy teenage stage. It is a real stage, not calling them crazy. Lauren was just dating Jack like two weeks ago and now she is over him and into Wes, you can see why her parents are concerned. She doesn't know him only that he is his own Disney park amusement ride. John and Sonya are at the "we will always have feelings but one of us likes someone else stage". John and Clarice meanwhile are experiencing hot damn what is this with a more mature angle. Marcos and Lorna are going to be parents and fully in love but they still have their problems, trust being the major one. Caitlin and Reed meanwhile have the crazy teenage stage, the hot damn feelings and fully in love with years of being together and working out their issues. There is trust, commitment and the love that the rest of the gang is striving for. Kudos to the show for not just displaying the younger love stages. The lessons this show teaches...once again we learn what ship goals should be with Caitlin and Reed.
The Good, the Bad and the Real Evil: If you thought Jace was bad, the Doc shows how pure evil he is. Using mutants to exterminate other mutants is twisted on so many levels. Jace's brain is so screwed up right now as well but will he find a way back to the man he use to be? Will it be in time to save his soul before he does something more horrible than we have seen?
Caitlin The Teacher: I was so getting an Xavier vibe from Caitlin teaching the kids. Notice how Magneto's daughter is doing the training and preparing the young mutants to fight in the war and distrust humans while Caitlin is saying fight smartly and also keep learning? Sounds very much like Magneto/Xavier. They both had two vastly different approaches to solving the problems and Caitlin like Xavier wants the kids to find a place back in the world while Lorna does not. This could set up a really interesting conflict and I would love to see more Emma Dumont and Amy Acker scenes together maybe even having talks about humanity and such. Caitlin has become such an important part of the Underground because she has taken upon herself to take a leadership role from the moment she went to get to the medical supplies to save Clarice. She is the nurse, the healer, the teacher, the one who is honest at all times. When she doesn't like something she says it and this is so important to the narrative. Because at anytime any of the other characters could turn evil to be honest but Caitlin is the most pure good character. It doesn't mean she is always right, of course not, but she does things without malice. Now the old Caitlin didn't do enough to help mutants, yes, we can all be guilty of that getting involved if it doesn't directly concern us but she doesn't want anyone getting hurt. Even John and now Clarice have a reason for payback but Caitlin doesn't look to hurt the SS crew or Jace even after what they did to Reed and how they ruined her children's lives. This is so important for not only the show but as a reminder that revenge and fighting are not always the solution. The learning to fight scenes are cool but you need the knowledge to see the big picture. If you don't you could end of becoming Jace, the bad Doc or the other SS members.
Character Scenes Versus Action: The show does a wonderful job with the action scenes but in this ep it was the character scenes especially the small ones that held the most impact.
* Sean Teale once again proved why he is going to be a force to recognize for years. He does such a masterful job showing Marcos's disgust with himself and everything going on- he looks sick. His best scene of the ep though was after he lit everything on fire. Teale lets his body do the talking for him.
* Jamie Chung gets to add another layer to Clarice as she breaks down learning the fate of the refugees. Chung is heartbreaking and allows the tough facade to slowly crack until finally she needs to hold on to John.
* Coby Bell continues to amaze as he flips from making the audience want to cry for Jace to then want to shake him and get him over to the mutant side. It is a tightrope performance that he does with ease.
* Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker get to prove why they are the leads. Moyer has a great scene with Wes but it is their two parental scenes that are just perfection. The acting is subtle but just as powerful as they both show the struggles parents face when rearing kids. You have to teach them and protect them and sometimes that means being willing to lose them, too. Moyer's face as he tries not to overact but feels lost and Acker's use of the infection of her voice and trying to calm him while calming herself is just...well masterful. A+ acting here folks.
Trask:
More foreshadowing in a huge way here. Now if the Underground can stay honest and stick together maybe they can win this war but they also have to do more than training- they must learn from their mistakes and learn actual knowledge as well.
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