Episode
5: Little Fear of Lightning
This
weeks episode was dedicated to Wade aka Looking Glass and I loved it.
It starts off with him as a young man part of a religious group. They
are aware that the US and Russia are about to blow one another up so
they need to repent before it is too late. Wade walks up to some Knot
Tops and tries to convert them. Just when they are about to whip his
ass one of the girls leads him away to a house of mirrors. She
challenges his faith and then the strength of his belt as she pulls
his pants down. I was like “Dude, run!” She gets him butt booty
ass naked and then runs off with his cloths. He stands there naked
surrounded by mirrors and starts to yell at himself for being a
sinner and a fool. Next thing you know a sound starts making the
mirrors break and blood come out of Wade's ears. He heads outside and
almost everyone is dead. The camera pans out and we get to see the
giant squid that killed millions.
I was
telling people that this series earned that image. I know when the
movie came out I liked the different ending but after watching this
series so far I realized that the movie did not set the squid up and
if it had happened it would have been ridiculous.
Wade leads a group
for people who survived the squid attack. A woman shows up new to the
group and afterward calls Wade out. They end up at a bar where they
share their stories. As she leaves a head of lettuce falls out of the
truck. I knew it was a trap. Wade follows the truck and calls for
backup. He heads inside after searching the truck and grabbing a gun.
Basketball fall from the ceiling freaking him out. He sees a bunch of
members of the Kavalry throwing balls into a portal. He tells them
they are under arrest. He shoots at one and it is blanks. They let
him know they tricked him into coming here and then Senator Keene is
there and reveals a tape that lays all the shit out. He also says he
needs Angela out of the way for their plan to create another attack
to continue.
Veidt
is in an old video explaining how he created and released the squid
to stop everyone from using their bombs. And it worked. What he
didn't plan for though were the survivors and how it would affect
them. The image of Wade realizing that everything that he thought was
real and a threat was a lie was painful. His hats have this foil
inside to protect from alien attacks. His mask he wears is made of
the same stuff. He has a security system for when squids rain down.
His ex wife couldn't deal with his crazy shit. Oh, right. He gets the
results of the pills Angela gave him from the old man and they turn
out to be a pill called Nostalgia and are made from memories. At the
station he reveals this to Angela who is immediately arrested because
Laurie had Wade's cactus bugged. She downs the pills as she is taken
away.
Meanwhile
Adrian's crazy ass straps into one of his suits to be launched into
space via catapult with a tether. Well the shit works! He lands on a
man and starts using the bodies he has launched over the last few
years to spell of SAVE ME after spotting a satellite. Just as he is
cheering he is yanked back by the Game Warden who is a version of one
of the other clones he has made. This was a really good episode. It
took the mystery and strangeness out of Looking Glass but didn't make
his character seem any weaker. I just hope he survives that van full
of Kalvary members who showed up at his place at the end of the
episode.
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