As our CDC buddies go investigating, we see Peter helping Alan recover from his hidden ambush attack. I was looking forward to this moment to finally get some answers on the Paris incident as well as some brother to brother confrontations (season 1 didn't have enough Peter/Alan moments for obvious reasons). Even though I didn't get that result quite as in depth as I wanted, it was still great to see Alan and the team together once more. We do get some of that confrontation that I mentioned between
the two as Peter try to get some answers out of Alan. I loved that we finally hear the words "Julia, leader, Ilaria" mentioned as I been hoping someone would talk about that Season 1 finale ending. It's interesting that Peter didn't know about this discovery which again makes me wonder exactly what happened to their communication in Paris.
the two as Peter try to get some answers out of Alan. I loved that we finally hear the words "Julia, leader, Ilaria" mentioned as I been hoping someone would talk about that Season 1 finale ending. It's interesting that Peter didn't know about this discovery which again makes me wonder exactly what happened to their communication in Paris.
The best moments in this scene is when Alan says "Immortals are the real plague here" followed by Peter saying"You're just gonna kill them all?" The reason this stands out to me is that we finally have someone to speak though as the voice of reasoning to Alan. I was expecting it to be Sarah, but I'm glad it's Peter instead (being his brother and all). I really like seeing these two together as these opposing forces on the same plain. They both want the same thing which is the safety of everyone around them, but Alan's way is a more personal and destructive path. Those Ilaria/Paris flashbacks can sure come in handy now (yes I've been begging for some and will continue to do so). In probably one of the best character returns for the show, we see Peter speaking to Major Sergio Balleseros over a communication device (I guess I can call it a high tech walkie talkie).
This scene completely fed on my wish list of wanting to see more of Ilaria as the camera zooms out of Sergio to reveal him speaking from Ilaira (not sure if it's the same building or another one of their headquarters). I'm curious how his character will fit in with everything that's going on. We never get a name drop from him at all until his reveal here. Last time I remember, he supposedly redeemed himself by helping the tribe and getting the list of children that Hiroshi kidnapped in the past. As for Peter, I honestly completely forgot about his hidden connection with them. That Scythe interrogation scene from Season 1 is starting to come back to me when it was revealed that Peter worked with them. To what extent, we still don't just how much of a sell out Peter is to the team. What we do know is Alan was ease dropping on the situation stirring up what will probably be the biggest falling out of the show so far. One can only imagine what this will do to their already unsteady relationship.
-Hiroshi's sword inscriptions.
I know I haven't been talking about Michael a lot these past reviews, but it's really due to me waiting for something really significant to mention. In this case, we finally get a tiny little slip of that evil smirk after Kyle calls him out on brainwashing the children. It was short, but just enough for him to slowly slither his way towards the villains category of the show. Also, there's that moment when he "rage yells" for everyone to calm down in the room possibly hinting at him snapping at anytime soon in front of everyone. It's his constant scenes of showing care and understanding to his people and even the CDC that just foreshadows something majorly twisted on his behalf. There's also those scenes of him referencing the pictures of what may be the generations of women who helped run the cult in the past (or maybe I missed something important about them, but that's my guess). It's interesting to know how long this following has been going on. Hopefully they take the time to really dive into the history of this cult.
The three women that he calls his "best girls" are starting to get a little more interesting as I feel that rio dynamic will surely shatter in an explosive confrontation in either close to the finale or sooner than we think. We've already seen hints of it in this episode. Everyone should keep their eyes on Sister Amy as she'll most likely try to take over everything from behind the scenes (just a theory) even after that "let's hug it out" moment. After all, she is the one that turned those kids into stone swinging psychopaths to begin with.
As for our favorite delusional mad scientist, we see Hiroshi going in to much lengths to make Julia "a part of the family". Honest, this guy has completely lost it putting what I assumed to be some sort of preserving agent into a tube to inject her with. I actually really liked this scene as I couldn't imagine myself in her shoes trying to helplessly talk my way out of such a horrible fate. Thankfully, she uses his insanity against him by utilizing Daniel as a way for him to get distracted with a imaginary fishing trip with his dead son. Here we have the first scene in Helix to really push the "edgy comedic" side of the series. Honestly, I had to pause the episode from the amount of uncomfortable laughter that I had. Any Andy Griffin fans out there? Now I know give the children stoning Kyle to death to a comedic tune scene a lot of crap for being off toned, but I have to give it to the producers for making this scene work. They pulled it off perfectly reminding that the show doesn't take itself too seriously even if the situation is. That what's important in the end is that you have fun watching these characters and theorizing on where the story will go. I do hope that this is the peak of ridiculousness for a while, but one cannot look at this scene and not say that it was genuinely hilarious and well executed (God knows how many times I had to watch "The Andy Griffin Show" as a kid).
Nostalgic classic sitcoms aside, we get this very intense scene where Hatake almost fully injects Julia with the preserving agent causing Julia to strategically retaliate by again utilizing Hiroshi's emotional state. She quickly makes her escape with an axe in hand as Hiroshi epically grabs his concealed sword from underneath the porch (I thought for a second that it would be a hunting rifle, but this was so much more awesome). We are treated with not only an intense chase scene, but a genuinely epic and quite badass fight scene between the two. Honestly, this was some of the best fight choreography that I have ever seen on TV in quite some time (even better than some of the combat heavy shows that I watch). A very high praise and deservingly so for this show for pulling off such an amazing action scene.
I truly wasn't expecting it at all. Remember those comments I had about the first episode terribly showing Julia as being weak and all? This was the moment that I was hoping for to put that idea to rest. Julia is anything, but weak as proven in her ability to keep up with Hiroshi's centuries of experience. I loved when she says "I had a lot of time to practice" really showing that badass personality that I been waiting for after her reveal as one of Ilaira's leaders. Like I said in Season 1, she has possibly the best character arc in this entire series, but they're teasing at it here and there. Finally, we get the moment that I was hoping would never come, but I knew it was coming eventually. Hiroshi's dying moments was something I didn't think would've impacted me, but it did. The writers knew exactly what they were doing with this character when they made him sympathetically insane due to being alone in mourning for a long time.
It was a heartfelt moment indeed as he gives Julia his sword with inscribed symbols on it stating to her "This is my legacy". You can tell Julia was filled to the bone with guilty tears leaving him there, yet it felt like a necessary move on her part. This was probably the worst thing she had to do in her life, but in the long run was part of a bigger mission from Ilaria. I would love to see how this changes her character and what that sword will mean to her in the coming episodes. Farewell to a great character in Hiroshi Hatake. At least he went out surrounded by his family (in a twisted sort of way of course).
The episode ends with Sarah's constant attempts to open Soren's mother eyes to what's really going on around her resulting in her getting stabbed in the worst place possible in her condition. We get this emotional moment of Julia laying down in an emotional state singing Hiroshi's song that's referenced a lot in this episode while Sarah is laying in critical condition worrying about the baby. There aren't many shows that would cause me to place my hands over my mouth in astonishment, so thank you Helix for being the first to do so. Overall, this is definitely my favorite episode of the new season thus far making me beyond hype for what's to come for our CDC team and Ilaria's hidden agenda.
Things to Point Out:
-Hiroshi's sword inscriptions.
-Ilaria building where Sergio is currently located.
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