REVIEW: The Gifted, Episode 103
The Gifted continues its season with this third episode, entitled “eXodus” and in it, Kate continued to believe humans can still be trusted, or at least she believed her brother could.
Like the previous episode, this one started with a little flashback scene in which we saw the beginning of Lorna and Marcos’ relationship. I am actually liking these “sideline” scenes, because it somehow helps build the storyline, and make a little bit more sense out of the story. Not to mention that it was beautiful seeing the aurora borealis around the two when they touched each other. I guess we could totally see how they fell in love.
In the major storyline, and like I predicted last week, Reed decided to make the deal he was offered, therefore, finding out where the Mutant Underground was, and help the Sentinel Services get in. Of course, he was a desperate man without any other option to save his family, so I will say it is understandable what he did. Or actually, what he almost did, since he didn’t take it through and I am glad he didn’t. After he found someone who was willing to take him there, Reed crossed paths with a woman and her little daughter, who had just lost their husband/father because of the sentinel services. The Mutant Underground was going to be, for them, a second chance, a place where they would be safe from all the craziness, and when Reed discovered that, he knew he couldn’t ruin that. Sure, he wanted his family back together, but he didn’t want to destroy another in the process. I am sure things will definitely not go well from now on (not that they were going well, but they will be even worse), but I hope he will make it through, at least until someone goes to his rescue.
Because she still had a little faith in humanity, and ignoring everyone who told her that that was a stupid idea, Kate decided to go ask her brother for help, since he knows people. Andy and Lauren went with her, and Kate found out her brother wasn’t as willing to help as she first thought. It was a bit heartbreaking seeing that Kate cared so much for Danny, but he still didn’t want to risk his reputation and career for his sister. Sure, he didn’t tell anyone where they were, but all he was willing to do was offer them a place to sleep and some money. Of course that it is better than nothing, but it was definitely not what they needed.
Meanwhile, Andy started being sick of people never accepting mutants just because of the X gene, and he is on a “I don’t care about anyone” mood. It really must suck being in his shoes. I don’t think he had a lot of friends in school, since he didn’t seem like the most popular guy ever, but I am sure he had some, and probably most of them (if not all) turned their backs on him, just because he is a mutant. I do like his attitude now. Seems a little bit too rebellious sometimes, but it wouldn’t be to expect anything different.
When trouble doesn’t find the mutants, it appears that mutants go find trouble, and when they did, in order to try to save everyone, Dreamer decided to implement some memories into Clarice, giving her the motivational strength to open a portal and save the team, especially John. This was definitely not the smartest choice she could have made, but it was kind of a necessary one, even though she totally created a love triangle now. I am sure this is totally not going to turn out well for anyone.
Lastly, in a small but relevant scene, Jace Turner, closer to the end of the episode, got a call from Dr. Roderick Campbell, who apparently wanted to say that the Strucker kids’ abilities have something special compared to everyone else. Jace totally ignored the doctor, but maybe he shouldn’t have, because I can see a lot of great consequences to this.
Overall this was another great episode. Compared to last week’s, this one felt a little bit slower, since in the second we had a deadline, and everyone was working against the clock. This wasn’t as intense (expect in some scenes), but I still give it a 7.7/10.
Next episode will, as usual, air next Monday and it will have as a tittle “eXit strategy”, and in it a plan will finally be arranged to break into the Sentinel Services , so don’t miss it.