I wanted them to be diverse. The whole underlying principal of the X-Men was to try to be an anti-bigotry story to show there’s good in every person. – Stan Lee
This week started with the sad news of Stan Lee passing away at the age of 95 and he is the man behind the X-Men, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four, to only name a few.
On to this week’s episode, there is good in every person, and mutant. Undoubtedly, there is, but Reeva lost most of it 8 years ago when her friend was killed by human just because she was a mutant. This paved the way for the Reeva we knew now.
Before the show goes on a two week hiatus, the bank heist is taking place and we get to know the person with whom Reeva was texting—Quinn. He is working for Creed and he has to help the Circle to deactivate the mutant detector so that they can enter the bank. Reeva proves once more that she would do anything for here cause and even buries down her feelings for Quinn, because her people come first.
While Esme is taking care of Dawn back in HQ, the other two Frost sisters force the bank manager to make a statement of what they are doing and record it. Before that, if you have listened closely, you heard the word adamantium. Yes, the metal which is inside Wolverine is surrounding the safe. I have to say that I could not concentrate on the heist fully, because of Andy’s hair. Is he the lost third Carter brother? I mean, he totally looked like Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys back in the 90’s.
The mutant underground does not know of anything, because they have to take care of Reed. His powers just do not stop and he cannot control them at all. As Lauren say,s “We can’t keep running from what we are”, how about putting down your fear Reed and just accept your new self? It would definitely be better, as Kate’s plan to drive a couple of miles to a doctor who specialists on the X Gene to get rid of his powers. It is all about acceptance. There is nothing to be ashamed of, there is nothing wrong with you, you are great the way you are. That is what it is all about, remember? Could please someone finally say those words to him?
While preparing everything to move Reed from the apartment to the now abandoned clinic in which Kate used to work, Marcos is confronting Clarice about her loyalty to them. He oversaw that Clarice was close to Erg and that maybe she is hiding something from them.
Marcos asks John to question Clarice as well and when he confronts her, she confesses that she helped Erg and justifies it that he actually does something to help mutants and that she did it all mostly for him, John. Oh my poor Johnny.
I am sorry if I sound to you like a broken record, but here it is again. The voice in the movies is Charles, the voice in the show is Johnny. The voice of comfort, hope, and faith. People are losing faith, and like Charles, John does not know how to deal with the fact that everything he helped build is destroyed and that former friends, refugees, are calling for an uprising.
This uprising would only help the Purifiers, where Turner is about to meet their true leader, Benedict Ryan (played by Peter Gallagher best known for his role in OC California). He wants to put Turner into his show to blame Sentinel Services for not doing anything against the “terrorists”. No matter how this will end, this will not help to stop his divorce.
Now that we have to wait two weeks until a new episode airs, we can think about how Esme could be the key to bring down the Inner Circle. Lorna trusts her to take care of Dawn, which surprised me to be honest, and I have a feeling that she will change sites in the end.
And then there is the shocking end. While Lorna, Andy, and Rebecca are on their way to the safe, Rebecca mentions that she would kill all the bank employees. This, thank God, was not included into Reeva’s plan. They only want the money, nothing more.
After twisting the safe inside out, only thanks to Andy’s positive talking, Rebecca then decides to do what she wants and kills all the employees which have been locked up in the manager’s office. Thank you Rebecca, now no one will think that mutants are terrorists and we, the audience, would not want to know how Reeva will deal with her now.
FOX quickly included a little farewell to Stan Lee in the credits:
RIP #StanLee ending credits #TheGifted pic.twitter.com/hCMTZuuX2a
— The Gifted Wiki (@TheGiftedWiki) November 14, 2018
Lee appeared in dozens of Marvel movie adaptations, if not in person than through a picture. Coby Bell, who plays Agent Turner, mentioned once that the cameo he had in the pilot episode was a lucky accident. Lee happened to be in Dallas at the same time as show producers and they simply asked him and he agreed.
You can see that short scene in the video below:
I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re able to entertain people, you’re doing a good thing. – Stan Lee
