Kate, again, stands at the crux of most of the
interesting conflict this episode. There’s even a whole new brewing conflict as
we see her daughter, Gracie, being taken to a new yay-alien church by their
oh-so-alien-loving nanny who is pulling Gracie away from Kate
And then there’s the resistance that wants to kill her.
Or Quayle does – and Kate learns through Will how many more people Quayle has
decided had to die for the sake of the greater good – including entire resistance
cells. On top of learning that Geronimo wasn’t the folk hero she first thought
he was, she’s shaken
Then there’s Broussard – she’s always been close with him
and he certainly returns some of that, being resistant to just kill her as
Quayle demands. Even if it gets close. Kate realises that Broussard wasn’t just
the man who held her husband at gun point – but he’s also the man Quayle uses
when he has to Clean Up people – including compromised resistance cells.
Kate is conflicted, betrayed, torn and doesn’t know where to turn.
On top of that Snyder presents Will with a picture of
their missing son. He’s elated and calls it good news but Kate calls it exactly
what it is – gross manipulation and exploitation. They were close enough to
take a picture but still couldn’t bring the child to them? They’re being played
and used and Kate knows it.
Meanwhile Will and his team has access to the rolodex
full of all the data humanity had ever gathered which the aliens now have (with
a definite comment on our putting everything on social media and tracking everyone).
Using Jennifer’s skills (she once run a dating website with a whole lot of
information to compile) they try to identify Broussard. Will’s experience helps
parse away the many many many fake identities and realise Broussard is a
mercenary, professional and generally not nice guy
And the final key to tracking him down (after a bomb that
kills several enforcers when they raid his house) with input from Katie
Who, then, after speaking to fellow resistance member about
the very nature of the resistance – and she warns Broussard giving him just
enough time to run before the police arrive. Oh and his neighbour is Quayle and
needs to work on his poker face
Searching Broussard’s house Will who finds a book – the same
book that Kate hid. He realises that Kate is resistance and using the book as a
code key.
Again I still can’t buy Will being so utterly dedicated
to the authority now? I need to see more justification for this than there has
been
I mean, he finds out his wife is working for the
resistance… I can see him being upset she didn’t tell him and I can see him
being conflicted over the deaths the resistance caused (including himself a few
times) but is resisting the Authority really something Will would find
horrific? Is there a reason why, as Beau says, he couldn’t let it go? I’m just
not buying it
Meanwhile Maddy is dealing with her new employer
Charlotte’s husband Nolan making moves on her. Which Charlotte is fine with –
so long as they only have sex when Charlotte is watching. Hey whatever floats
your boat!
But Nolan isn’t satisfied and tries to seduce Maddy alone
which she objects strenuously, especially since Charlotte suspects and demotes
Maddy and threatens her job – a job she relies on to provide insulin for her
son. Maddy’s not having that – she reads Nolan the riot act and threatens
blackmail: it looks very much like Charlotte may be involved in Nefariousness.
Of course Nolan isn’t listening – he’s more focused on
getting rid of Charlotte and keeping Maddy. This is going to be an utter hot
mess.
