This week’s episode was a little lacklustre, but with the season’s finale being not too far away, it is starting to get quite tense!
It looks like this episode is setting up an upcoming storyline as firstly we learn something important about Fenris. In 1985 New Orleans, Andreas is picking up his sister’s music box after some modification. Lauren is obsessed with this box and listens to the music all the time while doing research about her ancestors. She even falls asleep while listening to it and her dream turns out to be a vision from the past when Fenris last fought. In her sleep she shouts discs of air through the apartment which catches the landlord’s attention.
Time to take charge. #TheGifted @NatalieAlynLind pic.twitter.com/MHaPuNOvLR
— The Gifted (@TheGifted_TV) January 9, 2019
This is a bad time to be in the spotlight, because now that the purifiers have started with their raids. Speaking of, Turner is on a current raid himself in a shelter for homeless children. Fear can blind people, which is the reason why his partner shoots one mutant child because he got a nervous finger on the trigger. Turner fights with himself because he knows that the kid did nothing wrong, however he chose to cover the truth. My friend, there is a difference between criminals, terrorists, and good old racism.
Jace knows this is wrong. #TheGifted pic.twitter.com/lp5MR3FGRL
— The Gifted (@TheGifted_TV) January 9, 2019
Meanwhile, Johnny is still sedated while the other discuss what they can do to stop the mutant uprising. As Clarice puts it, they cannot start a war with just the four of them, so they need some serious help, but no one is interested in fighting.
After some negative talk, Marcos drives to the next hiding spot from the underground when he loses control over the car because Lorna took over. Marcos takes his chance to tell Lorna exactly how he feels about her, which was long overdue.
But she is not there to talk about their relationship, she needs his help to stop Reeva’s next mission. There are new recruits, ex prisoners, and mass murderers at the HQ from the Inner Circle. They have killed over 1000 people on a ship and Reeva takes everyone in who would help her kill humans once and for all. This goes too far for Lorna who do not want to cross this line to build a peaceful future for her daughter.
When Marcos comes back home, he and Clarice decide to see the Morlocks and ask them for help, but first he apologises to Clarice for suspecting her to work against the underground and cheating on John. Obviously, Erg refuses to help because this is not his fight, but he can help with some information.
The episode ends with Lorna and Marcos going after Reeva and witnessing that she meets Benedict Ryan, the anchorman who is the head of the purifiers. Did anyone see that coming? I did not and I cannot wait for Reeva’s explanation!
When evil powers collide…
Don't miss a new episode of #TheGifted next week, West Coast! pic.twitter.com/KAoqk8aZh2
— The Gifted (@TheGifted_TV) January 9, 2019
There are some things that will keep us thinking until the next episode airs, such as Lauren finding a hidden message in the music box, written by Andreas in German, that it is now on the next generation to continue their fight. Somehow, the music has an impact on Lauren’s personality, because she starts to get reckless, aggressive, and with no remorse. To put it short, she starts to act like Reeva. Will the season end with Fenris standing united on the wrong side?
Side note: The music box is playing an ballade called “The Erlking” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, which tells the story about an evil king who steals children. You can read more about the poem every child in German speaking countries has to memorise during their education here.
Then we have Turner, for whom I impatiently wait to change sides, because he proves that he has no problem with mutants “as long as they follow the law”. But to finally see his mistakes, he has to put down what blinds him and rethink his whole situation. At least he sees himself not worthy of his wife, who calls him after she saw him on the news as a hero for “saving human children from an attempt attack by a mutant child in a shelter for homeless children”. No his daughter Grace would not be proud of her daddy.
John might have slept through the whole episode, but it was worth it for the few minutes he was awake. Finally, he confesses his love to Clarice, somehow, and admits that the reason for his actions is that he is scared of coming close to someone because he is scared to lose someone he loves again.
Even in the face of death, Thunderbird had Blink on his mind. ⚡️☄️ #TheGifted @Blair_Redford pic.twitter.com/t1HtClcDyz
— The Gifted (@TheGifted_TV) January 9, 2019
This moment is “ruined” by Evangeline, who calls all the original leaders of the underground, which starts collapsing completely. She apologises to John for not believing him and gathers everyone to prepare to fight.
The last thing I want to address is Reeva saying to Lorna, “You are royalty. There job is to destroy. Yours is to build from the ashes.” I would love to hear them say Magneto’s name out loud and how exactly this “building” and “ashes” look like.
