Aftermath time. And in Classic Helix style we have a
horrendous juxtaposition of music and terrible scenes as Anne, Kyle and Peter
see the aftermath of Michael’s massacre.
Day 8
Michael tells the remainder of his loyal flock – including
Landry – to “purify” anyone left in the abbey. Including the CDC except for
Sarah
Alan and Sarah are both arguing about the aftermath of
Sarah losing her baby. Alan wants her off the island or at least not working
while she not only wants to return to work but is sure that her baby is alive
somewhere.
Michael goes to tell the imprisoned Amy that he has
slaughtered everyone and how very hard it is, especially the children. Amy
pretends to be sympathetic while her face (turned away from him) shows how
little pity she has for him and his murders. She tells him he has a new goal,
to be by his side as a partner, to be the best wife/daughter he’s ever had, to
surpass all of her “sisters” who came before her.
She kisses him and he begins groping her and telling her how much he’s looked forward to having sex with her ever since she grew up which is immensely creepy on every level. Mid groping they’re interrupted by Landry and the minions who grab and outraged Michael; Amy snarks at them for taking their time.
He tries to intimidate Amy with his 500 year life span
and immortality but she isn’t shaken. She drops him in the oubliette and snarks
at him wonderfully – she’s very very good at it. He throws lots and lots of
arrogance at her while she is so epicly unimpressed that I have to applaud.
And, no, she’s not going to put any of the horrible things in the pit Michael
imagines and dismisses – she’s just going to cement it closed and leave him in
the Oubliette to be forgotten. It is an oubliette after all.
In the massacre room, Kyle can’t move from the dead while
Peter reflects how much harder it is to deal with so many dead when it’s
murder, compared to the diseased he is used to dealing with. He also tells Anne
that Michael will pay for this – because he has associates on their way
(Ilaria, we assume). Alan and Sarah join them and massacres are ignored while
Peter attacks Alan. Kind of deservedly I admit. Kyle breaks it up – and a squad
of armed and armoured troops enter the room.
It’s
captain Winger from the boat – she’s been sent by the CDC because the
pathogen has spread and there are now multiple quarantines. They tell her about
Michael, the cult and his massacre. Either way, the captain wants to take Peter
to help with the outbreak since he has more experience with it than anyone else
on the planet; they also introduce Alan and, thankfully, she hasn’t heard about
his terrorism past and is just happy to have another expert CDC doctor on the
team. She’s also not asking – everyone is coming with her whether they like it
or not. The island is going to be evacuated and quarantined – including the
surviving cultists despite everyone’s protests.
Peter runs after Anne who is in shock from both the dead
and the fact she is going to be forcibly removed from the island which is the
only home most of them have known for generations. Peter helps her handle the
many dead. While they do, Anne tells him about the past when Michael had
slaughtered everyone and Peter confirms he knows all about the immortality
thing and that he’s met a few – that originally there were 500 immortals. At
least Anne is no longer a member of the Michael fanclub.
Kyle and Sarah have a moment and Kyle decides, randomly,
that now is the time to show Sarah the family tree he found – and that it shows
the same man as the father for every child born over the last 400 years. Sarah
makes the clear leap that the father is Michael (or Michel Dubois) and that this
may be related to the pathogen. Of course Kyle finds this rather dubious so
Sarah decides to show off her eyes and tell him the full truth of the
Immortals. She also shows off her impressive healing and when he still doubts
it, she eats the infected honey.
Y’know, Sarah is just working on the assumption that an
immortal cannot catch the disease, she has no idea if that’s true or not.
Revelations are interrupted by the sound of gunfire –
some of Captain have killed Mycotic zombie that attacked them. But this Mycotic
Sarah had seen before and shot him 5 days ago which is a feat considering the
Mycotics usually die within 2 days, not 5 and that’s without bullets in them;
the doctors insist they examine the body. Winger agrees to a quick autopsy
Sarah runs into Amy and asks to see Michael but Amy reveals she’s the new boss. Sarah wants to know what happened to her baby but Amy claims complete ignorance but she offers to help Sarah.
Meanwhile Kyle and Alan perform the autopsy while Alan
fills Kyle in on immortality and Ilaria. The autopsy reveals that the Mycotic
has been gnawing on some tree sap so they assume that is how he managed to live
so long. Because why not? Kyle and Alan want to stay and investigate, Peter and
Winder think this is a terribad idea and they need to leave the island not go wandering
around outside the walls.
Alan storms off in a tantrum because he’s Alan and it’s what he does. Sarah moves to follow so Peter has his own tantrum.
Honestly, this show needs to kill off the Farraguts. Sarah
goes to Alan and invokes their baby and her tears to convince him to get back
on side.
Far more interestingly, Anne goes to Michael’s office and
finds Amy redecorating. Amy is the new boss and, no, she’s not going to share
that with Anne, the woman who tried to give her to Michael and was ok with him
raping her. It’s rather glorious with an edge of evil as Amy declares she wants
to be “more” than Michael. On the wall, in place of all the portraits of
Michael’s wives is just one picture – of Michael.
Alan, Kyle, Winder and her team go outside the wall to
find the sap – Peter having huffed off because everyone is agreeing with Alan
and it’s just sooooo unfair, waaaaah!
Sarah has stayed behind to talk to Anne about her baby
and learns that when they drugged her they didn’t kill the baby – they induced
labour. Her foetus is now alive in a glass jar. She’s also happy to give the
baby to Amy – if she will give her immortality.
Day 10958
Julia explores the ruins of the abbey while making very
melodramatic notes. Until she hears the sound of metal ringing on metal. She
follows the sound under the abbey, into the tunnels until she finds the
oubliette – now sealed with a nicely embossed “Michael” headstone. The ringing
comes from inside. She shatters the stone and finds a rather worse-for-wear
Michael inside.
She let him go and we learn why she has come to the
island. She’d heard that there was an immortal child on the island – one who will
have immortal stem cells which may be the key to curing the disease. He agrees
to show her where the child is
He leads her to the cliff edge where he claims there is a
cave – and pushes Julia over the edge where she clings to as rocky outcrop.
Michael straightens and stops pretending to be so weakened. He’d rather his
presence not be revealed to the immortals. Then his head falls off
That was unexpected – it was cut off by Caleb with Julia’s
sword that he stole. Beheading does kill an immortal
A pet hate of mine is when you can feel the plot being
forced along without any real natural reason why it would. Here we have a
classic example with Kyle deciding to read the old books, find Michael’s family
tree, realise that it’s odd, keep the book and then share it with Sarah.
Without knowing about the silver eyed immortals or anything else, surrounded by
plague and cult leaders and a forced evacuation to say nothing of working with
someone he considers to be a terrorist, yet he this book and its contents
manage to claim even a sliver of his attention?
I kind of love Amy now. Yes, she’s ruthless, driven,
cunning, ambitious and has maybe an edge of evil to it. But damn she’s so very very
very very good at it. And I love the slap down she gave to Anne – Anne may have
been abused herself but her own abusive past with Michael in no way requires
Amy to forgive what Anne did to her and what Anne encouraged her to do. Michael
getting his comeuppance was also most excellent
I’m glad we finally have a reason for Julia’s presence,
it was well past time for that revelation.
I am really tired of the Farraguts. Their endless,
childish squabbling and emotional temper tantrums are getting on my very last
nerve.
