‘the Gifted’ continue to surprise, in a pleasant way, its’
viewers. This is good, because so far? Its’ numbers keep on dropping, sadly,
because it is a good show and should be continued for at least another season,
if not several.
Where did it go this week? In this week’s episode – ‘teMpted’
– the Morlocks finally played a bigger part than the usually did, which is…
Wait. Firstly, we actually got to see more of the rank and
file Mutant Underground members, even if their appearances were just a combined
cameo, really, but given how we’ve usually had just Clarice, John, Marcos and
Lorna, (plus the Struckers, technically speaking), this is already noteworthy.
Secondly, we actually had Reed team up with John for a
change as they tracked down Lauren, whose mind is being worn down by Andy and
the Frosts, with mixed results. Sadly, this is one of the weaker plotlines of
the episode; the scene where Lauren is prevented – by ‘fate’ – from leaving
D.C. because some cops are taking down some poor saps feels especially
contrived; understandable, of course: they need to keep Lauren on the show (for
now) – but contrived and not very believable or sympathetic, for that matter.
…While Reed spent some time with John, (and yet John still
got to go home alone, while Reed did his best to help Lauren with the Strucker
family legacy – double ouch), Catelyn actually helped the Morlocks to help
Glow, (who seems to be something of a love interest for Erg the Morlock leader)
to recover from a bullet wound and did her best to show them that they aren’t
living on a literal island, they are part of a bigger world and if they don’t
accept it, things can, and probably will, get worse.
This brings us to the main point of ‘teMpted’, and it is not
Lauren’s supposed temptation to join the dark side; it is the fact that the
Morlocks aren’t just an occasional wild card to be thrown into the Inner
Circle/Mutant Underground face-off, but a society, and a factor, in its’ own
right. Morlocks may be liked or disliked, but they have issues and needs and
they need to be addressed; sadly, until this week, these issues and needs were
addressed mostly off-screen, so to be brought forth into the forelight so
abruptly is…jarring. ‘teMpted’ was still a good episode, mind you, but for
apparently different reasons that the scriptwriters have intended, (re: Lauren’s
supposed temptation), plus… the show is taking a week off again and will return
only in Feb 2019. These gaps are also a part of the reason as to why ‘the
Gifted’ is not doing that well anymore.
Finally, we had Lorna and Marcos trying to capture/suborn
one of Reeva’s new minions – Max. It failed by 110%; Max is dead, and Marcos
himself is badly hurt. This is something of a cliffhanger ending, to keep the
viewers excited and ready for the show’s return next month, but it doesn’t work
like that in real life; shows always lose viewers and etc. after hiatuses, and
the same goes for ‘the Gifted’, because it is a TV show and all. A very good TV
show still, but nonetheless…
Well, for now, this is it; see you all soon, (hopefully)!
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