Part 3/11

*Episode 2x03 picks up around the same time where Episode 2x02 left off. The time jump between episodes is only a few days long and as I said in earlier analyses, time slows down significantly for the rest of the season as the action begins to condense.

Scene 1:

-Whispers has returned to the interrogation room. Now we know for sure that it is located in London. Will was right all along. There is a BPO facility in this city and it seems that it may even be HQ; or at least, Whispers’ HQ. This explains his British wife & daughter, as he has probably been stationed there for years and might even travel back and forth between London & Chicago.

-Milton is looking at himself in the two way mirror (Croome is on the other side). He is still off of his blocker pills for the moment and Will is still off of his heroin. They allow the connection to flow both ways as Milton has been tasked by BPO (Croome) to call Will in for a discussion.

-Will “visits” the interrogation room to talk about what just went down the other day, when he & the cluster discovered Croome’s identity. He tells Milt that he isn’t looking very good and wonders if he’s been having trouble sleeping. When Whispers doesn’t answer, Will says “I’ve been sleeping great, thanks for asking.” Like I mentioned previously, Will’s snarky attitude gives me life. From the tone of his voice to the way he’s comfortably leaning back in his chair so nonchalantly. After 10 months of fighting this war with Whispers, he has finally won the first battle and he deserves to give himself a big pat on the back.

-At this point in time, Will & Riley still need to hide out in their safe house. They may have discovered one of Milton’s superior’s identities, and they may have gotten the upper hand for a moment, but they are still running from Will’s connection to Whispers. They still need to hide their whereabouts. They still aren’t free.

-Whispers finally admits that he’s been underestimating Will as he responds “It’s all right, I get that a lot.” People really need to stop underestimating Officer Gorski (even us). I know I personally never will again.

-Whispers says “Allow me to congratulate you,” as Will turns his head to the side and starts talking to his cluster, who have come to celebrate his sobriety. This is the longest Will has gone in 10 months without having to shoot up heroin every single day. And this is the longest he has gone since “visiting” with his entire cluster together. Of course they are celebrating! Besides, as long as they stay at their abandoned church safe house and remain indoors, they are momentarily safe from Whispers discovering their location. So Will finally has a chance to take a well deserved break from the drugs.

-Will turns to his family and says “He’s kind of got this, like, sad, lonely dog look,” as they all burst into laughter. Then he comments, “That was the longest stakeout of my life.” Well, I’ll say! It was about 10 whole months long! “Right now we’re just kind of enjoying this.”

*Cheers!

-Whispers admits that what they have done is a victory. “It’s been a while since one of us has gotten to one of them.” The cluster bursts out laughing again. Seriously, Milt? “One of us”? You wish. Whispers claims, “You and I have more in common than you’ll ever have with any sapien.”- - - “Really? That’s all you got? A little sensorium pride? Give me some pound, brother.” Yaaaas, sarcasm. I love it.

-But Will’s had enough, it’s time to stop bullshitting. He knows how hierarchies work and he knows there’s no way that one of “us” is ever gonna be in charge of “them”, meaning that he knows a sapien must be calling the shots. He knows that one of those sapiens (Croome) is most likely on the other side of the mirror and he tells Whispers “I want him in here. Now.” Remember that Will is only “visiting” and that Whispers is physically there, so he is the only one able to see Will in that moment.

-Whispers hesitates. He doesn’t want Will talking to Croome, so Will needs to force him to get Croome in the room (that rhymed). “Oh that’s right, we’re amateurs, right?… Nom? Let’s give him a taste.” In that moment, Nomi hacks into Croome’s financial records and comes up with a few blackmail tactics. They find out that his aunt is sick and that an hour ago he sent “Get Well” flowers to her. They also discover that not only did he send his aunt flowers, but he also sent a bouquet of black roses to a woman named Rita. Except, Croome’s wife’s name is Claire. Uh oh, you naughty boy. With that, Croome has heard enough. He enters into the interrogation room to give Will what he wants: a one-on-one with him. Except it can’t be one-on-one because he needs to speak through Whispers rather than speak to him directly himself.

-Croome begins talking to Will out loud, looking at Whispers who is in the midst of his “visit”. He says, ”You went through a great deal of trouble, Mr. Gorski, to bring us to this point. Where do we go from here?” Will demands Whispers to repeat every single word he says. First, he wants a meeting with Croome. An actual one-on-one meeting, face to face. Second, he wants the meeting without old Milt here inside of his head. Milton hesitates at saying this request out loud. He knows that once he does, he’ll be fucked. Croome has been waiting for a reason to reprimand him, and he already has a few strikes on his record. Whispers claims that what Will is asking for would be a “critical mistake”. He says, “I am the only advantage in this situation,” and this is why he won’t say Will’s request out loud; to save his own ass. Damn, that conceited ego.

-Because Milton refuses to repeat Will’s words out loud, Nomi takes over again. She hacks Croome’s cell phone number and sends him a text directly:

*Remember that Croome knows Whispers by his alias “Mr. Gibbons”.

*And also, it seems that my calculations were correct! According to the phone, it is currently May 2nd in the show’s timeline. Damn I’m good :)

-Croome glances at the text and instantly agrees with the cluster, “From my position, Mr. Gibbons, you’ve exaggerated your value.” He nods towards the two-way mirror and gives the “go ahead” signal. At that very moment, two BPO employees (in their white jumpsuits & gas masks) take Whispers prisoner as he screams, “The Chairman will hear about this!” They shoot him up with that same clear yellow fluid that Jonas was injected with in Episode 2x01 (I call it the super-blocker because it cuts you off from the psycellium and knocks you unconscious). According to Whispers’ comment, I think this means that The Chairman and Whispers have a closer relationship than The Chairman and Croome. We find out why later.

-The very last second before Whispers is 100% knocked out, Croome asks one last question to Will “Is that it?” and Will hears it before he is completely disconnected from Whispers. In response, Nomi sends Croome text #2: “Jonas”. Not only do they want a meeting with Croome himself, but they want to talk to Jonas too (who is currently still a prisoner at BPO and is on the super-blocker, disconnecting him from the psycellium).

-Will falls back on the couch, officially disconnected from Whispers.

-Wow. Is this actually happening? Whispers is finally out of Will’s SOBER head for the first time in 10 long months! Nomi realizes “Oh, my God. Does that mean…?” (that Will can finally go outside? Yes it does!) Whispers is gone and he finally gets to see sunlight again!

-The cluster walks with Will & Riley as they exit the abandoned church and head out into the beautiful, gorgeous spring day in Amsterdam. They can all feel what Will is feeling since he is finally sober and they each let out a sigh of relief. This is the very first time the cluster has been together with a feeling of happiness and joy. They are usually under so much stress and worry that they haven’t been able to enjoy their time together for almost an entire year! And not only that, but they have never been able to enjoy themselves as a cluster since they were rebirthed. This is literally the first time; the very first happy moment they get to share as a cluster and I’m sobbing. No wonder Wolfgang & Kala are standing next to one another because happiness & love brings them together.

*What a glorious day!

Scene 2:

-Sun, who has been experiencing this whole thing from prison in the middle of the night in Seoul, lays next to Soo-Jin in her cell (timezones!). So that’s why she’s in her underwear. Min-Jung and Lina are asleep across the room. Sun lets out a joyful laugh as she returns from celebrating with her cluster. Soo-Jin is awake as well. She turns to her to tell her she was singing in her sleep and asks her if it was a dream. Sun’s reaction is adorable, “Mmmmmm………” *smile*. It wasn’t exactly a dream, it was Will’s real life, and she doesn’t want to tell Soo-Jin it was a dream when it was not.

-But still, Soo-Jin asks her “Was it about getting out?” and damn straight it was. It was about Will getting out, so Sun nods her head yes. She says “It was,” as a single tear falls from her eye. It is a tear of joy.

Scene 3:

-Lito is on a high from “sharing” in the happiness with his cluster. He arrives to his agent’s office full of excitement and joy. “I’m feeling it today, man! I’m feeling it! I’m having one of those days, man. I’m on fire.” How could he not be? “Look at this view. I love this city. We’re so lucky!” I guess it takes 10 months of worrying about one of your cluster members to realize just how lucky you actually are.

-Lito is excited to begin a new project and start the new movie he recently signed on for. He tells his agent and his PR manager that he has great ideas for the new role as he goes on and on about how he wants to play it. His agent interrupts him and bluntly says “The studio pulled the offer. They decided to go in a different direction.” Lito’s good day has now turned sour. The studio invoked the “morals clause” claiming that Lito’s sexual orientation is against their morals. Homophobic assholes.

-Lito’s agent explains to him that the project was shit anyways and now they can go after another deal; a better deal. Every year they say no to offers because Lito is too busy but now they can say yes. They pass him a pile of scripts to take home and read. As he is leaving his agent tells him, “You’re still our guy, you know that, right?” Yea, we’ll see about that.

Scene 4:

*Hold onto your seats for this scene folks, it’s a hell of a ride.

-Nomi & Amanita are a Bug’s floating home, preparing for a date night out to a restaurant. Nomi is shaving her legs while Neets puts on mascara. Nomi says, “I want pasta.” Carbs. Yes! Neets gushes over how delicious the pizza is and can’t wait to get her hands on a slice. This is exactly what they needed: a nice dinner out to remember what it’s like to be normal again.

-Sun & the girls are still asleep in their cell. It is the middle of the night. They awake to three guards at the door, shining flashlights in their faces. They kick Sun and tell her to get up, put on her uniform, and come with them. Min-Jung watches them drag Sun away intently, knowing in her gut that something is gravely wrong.

-Nomi & Neets start to head out for their date night. Bug takes one look at them and says, “Meow! There’s my Angels! You both look so damn hot!” Man, I feel like if I lived with Bug, I’d never be insecure ever again because he’d just shower me with compliments all day long. Which reminds me: is there someone out there working on that clone of him for me? Please and thank you.

-They grab their purses and start walking towards the door as Nomi is stopped dead in her tracks. She gasps. Sun has appeared to say, “Nomi, Help me.” She’s in trouble and she knows when to ask for help (unlike Wolfie).

-At this time, we see Sun being taken down a hallway in the prison with her hands handcuffed behind her back. There is a prisoner at the end of the hall who is sweeping the floor with a broom, and I actually think that she is the same prisoner who helps Min-Jung eventually get out of her cell to come to Sun’s rescue. I guess it’s also possible that Min-Jung bribed another guard, since she has already done so several times in the past. (When you get sentenced to life in prison, you tend to make friends within the system). But I truly believe this prisoner is the reason for why Min-Jung gets out of her cell, since she is literally sweeping the floor with the same exact weapon Min-Jung uses later on one of the guards.

Side Note - This is actually a parallel, and y’all know I love parallels but this one is special because it isn’t Sense8 related, it’s Cloud Atlas related! For anyone who doesn’t know, Cloud Atlas is another Wachowski movie that stars Doona Bae (Sun Bak) as Sonmi 451. In the movie, Sonmi is being escorted down a similar hallway and the parallels between the two scenes are uncanny:

Cloud Atlas:

*I found the GIF here [x]

Sense8:

*I just thought this was super cool touch! Lana is such a genius, pulling in inspiration form her & her sister’s other movies.

-Will also knows something is wrong, as he comes to Sun’s aid along side Nomi. He might have temporarily gotten himself out of his mess but now one of his family members has gotten herself into her own.

-Will immediately knows that the guards aren’t from Sun’s prison because the uniforms they are wearing don’t fit. Plus, two of them are carrying tasers, which aren’t carried by any of the other guards. This means that Joong-Ki has political corruption on his side. He must have friends in high places if he is able to hire 3 fake guards, who successfully infiltrated the prison system, to murder his sister in cold blood inside of a government institution.

-Amanita asks Nomi what’s going on as she responds that Sun is in trouble. “There are three guards. She thinks they’re gonna kill her.” - - - “The hell they are!” Can I just say how much I love the fact that Neets doesn’t give a single shit that her date night is falling apart? She drops everything with no hesitation in order to help the cluster and this is why I call her the honorary 9th member. Bug, Neets & Nomi run downstairs to their hacker cave. A few seconds later, Nomi assures Sun that they are already inside the prison’s security system. “We’ve got eyes on you.” Damn, they work fast!

-The guards escort Sun to a back room. Bug is watching through the security camera. They open a door to another room (a boiler room) and the surveillance camera goes out. They no longer have a visual. Nomi tells Sun that the camera just powered down and urges her not to go in that room. In an attempt to stop them from dragging her in there, Wolfgang begins “sharing” with Sun as they beat the crap out of all 3 guards with Sun’s hands still cuffed behind her back. But unfortunately, one of the guards pulls out his taser and shoots her down.

-Wolfgang is still in Sun’s body when this happens so the stun from the taser trickles down the psycellium and begins spreading to the rest of the cluster who, up to this point, were not involved in the scenario. But they are all about to be pulled in. The shock of the taser hits Capheus first as he is driving his matatu and he begins to swerve. Remember that Capheus is Sun’s counterpart so it makes sense that he is effected first. Nomi is also knocked down to the ground since she is directly sharing with Sun as well (I can only imagine Wolfgang & Will felt it too in each of their physical locations).

-The guards drag Sun into the boiler room. They have prepared a noose to put around her neck in an attempt to hang her. When she tries to get up, they shoot her with the taser yet again. Capheus and Nomi are feeling it the worst in this moment. As I said previously in my Episode 2x02 analysis, Capheus is Sun’s counterpart (Capheus/Sun, Nomi/Lito, Kala/Wolfgang, Riley/Will)… and Nomi was directly visited by Sun so it makes sense that it is more intense for them at first, even though it’s about to get intense for the rest of them as well.

-Van Damn pulls his matatu to the side of the road as he tries to recover from the shock of what is happening. Jela fusses over him, concerned about his best friend.

-Sun manages to get up, with the noose still around her neck, as she continues to fight back. (Literally all of Sun’s fights are fucking epic and it’s hard to believe that Doona never really did any action sequences before she took on this role). Sun seems to be winning but unfortunately, one of the guards pulls a taser on her yet again. This time, Kala feels it. The rest of the cluster is finally being pulled in as the intensity of the moment increases. Kala collapses to the floor of her laboratory at work as her coworkers rush to her aid.

-Sun has now been tased 3 times and she is exhausted from fighting. I think the reason for why she wasn’t knocked unconscious (which is usually what happens when you get tased) is because the cluster is taking the brunt of the shock and allowing Sun to recover more quickly than she normally would have. They “share” their strengths with her, giving her a bit of super strength and allowing her to recover from the taser quite quickly by “sharing” the shock of it with the cluster. But by the third time she is tased, she begins losing steam. Because of this, the guards are able to pull the noose tight as they lift her (and the cluster) off of the ground. This was an incredibly difficult scene for me to watch as the air is being sucked out of Sun’s lungs. We see each of our favorite sensies “sharing” with her in this moment as they experience the closest near death experience they have ever had as a cluster. They are feeling her pain. They are feeling her death. And in that moment, I want to die too.

Side Note - Jamie Clayton, who plays Nomi, has commented that this was the most difficult scene for her to film. She said that they filmed it on a studio stage in Berlin and that she was balling her eyes out as she watched each member of the cast take their turn swinging from the noose. That feeling really resonated in this scene and I could literally feel my heart breaking inside of my chest as tears streamed down my face.

-Angelica appears to comfort her child at the moment of her death but just when we think it’s too late, Min-Jung comes to the rescue. She has escaped her cell (thank you prisoner lady in the pink uniform) and she sticks the broom handle right through the back of the guard who is holding the noose, killing him instantly. He drops the rope and Sun falls to the floor, gasping for air. The entire cluster gasps for air as well as they all try and recover. I notice in this moment that I have been holding my breath too.

-Now there are two guards left alive. One of them is yelling at the other to get his taser out and shoot Min-Jung & Sun once again, but the taser is jammed. This gives Sun just enough time to get some air flowing in her lungs as Riley turns to Will and yells, “Help her!”

-The Holy Trinity is in action! Will, Wolfgang & Sun are able to attack one of the guards while the other is trying to un-jam his taser. When he gets it working again, Sun flips the first guard around as the second guard shoots him in the back. Oops, you missed. The guard is knocked unconscious (which is what is supposed to happen when you get tased lol).

-Sun rushes the third guard, wraps her thighs around his neck, and snaps it like a twig. It’s over. Two guards are dead and one is unconscious. Sun has won the fight. She begins panting and gasping for breath as Min-Jung watches in shock.

-As the cluster continues to recover, Sun is sitting on the floor while she pulls her arms underneath her legs and brings her cuffed hands to the front of her body. She reaches for the noose and releases it from her neck. Min-Jung smiles at her, relieved to see she is okay. “When they took you, I saw the look I used to see in the eyes of my husband. He thought he could do what he wanted to me. They made the same mistake like him. They won’t make it again.” - - - “No they won’t.” Min-Jung killed her husband for beating her (which is why she’s in prison in the first place) and she has no problem with killing a guard to save Sun.

-Riley & Kala (the two mothers of the cluster) begin fawning over Sun, asking her if she is alright. They fuss over her injuries as she tells them “No, it’s okay. No, it’s okay.” Min-Jung has a hilarious reaction as she watches Sun talking to herself.

-The entire cluster gathers at the prison to figure out what to do next. They begin to form a plan. They only have a couple of minutes before the prison figures out what is going on with their security system (thank God it is the middle of the night and they are most likely short-staffed) so Nomi asks Bug how the alarm system override is going. “I own this thing. I’ll make it sing ‘Born Free’ if you want.”

-Sun easily breaks out of her handcuffs (thanks, Will) as Min-Jung says that she is old and all they can do is extend her life sentence even further. She offers to take responsibility for everything that just happened. Sun looks at her and says, “You can stay if you want. Or you can come with me.” Min-Jung smirks, she’s intrigued. “Where you going?”



-Capheus “shares” with Sun as he approaches one of the guards and takes his keys from his belt loop. It’s pretty cool to see that Capheus & Lito are throwing the keys to one another in their minds, but in reality Sun is just throwing the keys up in the air to herself and catching them. Lito says “Jail break, baby,” as Sun continues “Time to bust out of this joint.” Is that a line from one of his movies?

-Sun uses the keys to escape the building as The Holy Trinity strikes again:

Will:

Wolfgang:

Sun:

*Full GIF set here [x]

-After knocking out the guard and stealing his cigarette, Sun waits for Min-Jung to come out of the shadows and they enter into the prison parking lot together. Lito says, “Shit. No cars,” as he flicks Sun’s cigarette to the ground. (This is a Season 1 parallel by the way. Lito sure loves to flick those cigarettes).

Episode 1x10:

Episode 2x03:

-No cars, no worries because we have Capheus! There’s a bus! Capheus easily hot wires it and starts the engine. Min-Jung turns to Sun and asks, “Are you sure you can drive a bus?” as Capheus chuckles sarcastically “Can I drive a bus?” lolol.

-Sun (Capheus) drives up to the gate and presses the buzzer. Will is worried about the gate clearance and Bug tells Nomi that he has a bit of a jimmy-job hack to get the job done. Nomi urges him to go with it.

-A man comes through on the gate intercom and says “I thought you didn’t have a run until the late shift?” (it’s early morning at this point, around 3 or 4 AM). Sun attempts to come up with an excuse but she’s got nothing. Nada. Zip. She turns back to Lito and gives him a look like “What do I say?” as he jumps into her body and lies for her without a problem. “Are you kidding me? Come on. Since when did these fucking guys ever give us a fucking schedule?” Well that worked. I guess if you use the word “fuck” twice in a sentence, people are more likely to believe you. Curse Words = Truth (this is actually a proven scientific study).

-The man on the intercom scoffs and says “That’s the truth,” as Bug continues to work on his hack. “Oh, here’s your clearance coming through.” Good job Bug! As the gate opens, Min-Jung, Sun & the cluster excitedly make their escape.

-Nomi stares at the computer monitor, dumb founded. Amanita is as well. “She–she’s clear?” - - - “Yeah.” - - - “Really?” - - - “Yeah.” - - - “We just helped someone break out of prison.” - - - “Yeah.”

-Well, I mean, he said he was gonna make it sing ‘Born Free’, didn’t he?

-”So much for normal,” says Neets. You got that right.

Scene 5:

-Will & Riley are still physically at their safe house in the abandoned church in Amsterdam. Wolfgang “visits” with them as he and Will try to figure out which step to take next in order to get Sun somewhere safe, away from the prison. They are the masterminds of the cluster, the ones who usually come up with the plan. Riley wonders “Is that it?” and Wolfgang says “No. They’re gonna come after her.” Will agrees, saying there will be helicopters looking for her and Wolfgang adds there will be roadblocks too. They agree to get rid of the bus and find a parking lot to find a new get-away vehicle. I fucking love to see law & crime working together. Will has never judged Wolfgang, not once. And although Wolfie judged him once in Season 1 (during the Independence Day scene), the two of them have ultimately come together in a way that is extremely satisfying.

-They find a parking lot and abandon the bus. When Min-Jung asks Sun what they are doing, Wolfgang responds “Shopping.” He’s done this before. Will, Wolfie & Capheus help to identify which vehicle to steal because it has to be one that isn’t too risky (since most have a pesky car alarm). Capheus identifies the perfect beater as Wolfgang breaks into the door. The way Sun embodies Wolfgang in this scene is pure brilliance. The actors really know how to take on the characteristics of each other at this point. (Most of them have been working together for about 5 years and they’re a tight-knit family).

-Riley asks, “Now what?” as Wolfgang says it’s best to stay in the city because it has the most hiding places. But Will is quick to remind him that it also has the most cops and cameras and Nomi adds that Joong-Ki is going to expect her. So Wolfgang says, “We need a place to lay low for a while.”

-It seems that Sun has been having this entire conversation out loud. Min-Jung asks her if she’s okay and she explains that when she’s nervous, she talks to herself. “Well… I don’t want to interrupt what was a very lively conversation, but I have a friend who lives not far from her. I trust her with my life,” and so that’s where they shall go.

Scene 6:

-Wolfgang & Felix arrive to Sebastian’s penthouse in Northern Berlin. It has been a few days since he offered to give Felix his club and the paperwork is ready to be signed. We can see a woman laying on the other end of the couch reading a magazine, but the view of her face is obstructed. Sebastian welcomes them to his home as he explains that he “owns” several players on two different professional futbol teams. “I’m interested in talent, not games. That’s why you are here.” He says this as he looks Wolfgang right in the eye. Then he turns towards his bar and offers them a drink.

-Felix looks around the room and begins to curiously stare at the woman on the couch. Wolfgang still hasn’t even noticed her yet. Sebastian continues, “Speaking of talent, allow me to introduce my extraordinary right hand,” and that’s when we meet her. From her silver platform shoes to her tanned sexy legs and tight black dress, we are officially introduced to Ms. Lila Facchini.

-She lowers her magazine and it’s obvious she is off of blockers because as soon as she makes eye contact with Wolfgang, the music zones in as they lock eyes and establish the sensate connection. Wolfgang doesn’t even know it yet. But Lila does. She’s been at this a long time. She has been awakened to her cluster much longer than Wolfgang has and she can identify a sensate as soon as she sees them. Besides, Wolfie is infamous. I am willing to bet that the potential of him being a sensate has crossed Lila’s mind before, once she heard the stories of all the men he has easily murdered on his own. Plus, he’s a Bogdanow. Everyone involved in the Berlin gang war already knows who he is. It makes sense because if I was a sensate myself, I would be questioning whether or not this infamous gangster had any hidden sensate talents of his own.

-Sebastian claims he would be lost without Lila as she crosses the room and walks directly towards Wolfgang. Felix looks her up and down, checking her out, but Wolfgang doesn’t budge. She walks right past him and introduces herself to Felix instead.

-Sebastian explains that Lila is Neapolitan. When Felix says, “Italian?” she corrects him. “Neapolitan”. Get it right, Fe. Fuchs then asks her to grab the contracts from his desk and she side-eyes Wolfgang yet again and walks off into the next room to collect the paperwork.

-Felix still can’t believe it, “So you’re just going to sign a huge club over to people you barely know?” Sebastian says yes, he made a promise. “You showed up. The club is yours. The last owner never danced, he never drank, never partook in any of the reasons you go to a club.” They continue to discuss as Wolfgang stands across the room listening to their conversation.

-All of a sudden, Lila appears next to Wolfgang and says, “Boo!” What the fuck? I thought she was in the next room? And so did Wolfgang but as soon as he turns his head to look at her, she’s gone. The sensate alarms are ringing! In that very instant we know Lila is a homo sensorium herself. She appears again and immediately begins coming on to Wolfgang, asking him if he wants to play. She begins grabbing him through his jeans while she “visits” in his head. Damn this woman has no fear, huh?! As she “visits” with Wolfie and gropes him, she physically walks out from Sebastian’s office with the paperwork.

-I’m not going to lie. Lila is hot. She’s sure of herself and that’s sexy. I don’t blame Wolfie for getting turned on by her confident presence. Besides, he has always separated sex and emotions anyways and this girl looks like she would be a damn good time (well… until he gets to know her, that is).

-Felix explains that the only reason they decided to show up to Sebastian’s in the first place is because they thought he was jerking their chain and wanted to see if he was joking or not, but Sebastian says that he is very serious about this. “If you give me a chance, I’d like to explain why.” Felix turns to ask a distracted Wolfie what he thinks. Wolfgang snaps back to reality, stares right at Lila’s physical body across the room, and thinks about it. He has actually just met another sensate. Which means he has a chance to gain information on the Sensate Universe, learn more about his and his cluster’s abilities and how the connection works, as well as possibly get even more intel on BPO. If the circumstances were different, if Lila was never there, I am almost positive that Wolfie would have denied Sebastian’s offer. He wants no part in this gang war and even though he isn’t being recruited to the Northern Kingdom, his best friend and brother is about to own a Northern Kingdom night club which will inevitably pull them both into the business aspect of things. But this is his chance to get to know more about his species, so Wolfgang decides it may be worth the risk and says “Yea, let’s keep talking.”

Scene 7:

-Capheus is at his home in Kibera. There is a man named Ken who goes on a daily route, delivering clean water to the homes in the neighborhood. Capheus exits his house and calls out to Ken. He presents his money and says he’ll take two but Ken informs him that prices have gone up again because it’s election time. “They gotta fill their pockets.” Ugh, that’s so disgusting. Political corruption is something we’re all sadly familiar with. Ken tells Capheus that the people can’t take it. “It feels like something’s got to give,” and the foreshadowing comments keep coming! Because Capheus is that something that’s got to give.

Scene 8:

-Wolfgang & Felix have decided to stay for dinner. The 2 of them are on the rooftop of Sebastian’s apartment with him & Lila, hearing out his business offer. “The competition lacks vision. I’m not talking about just the stupidity, I’m talking about monkeys banging on typewriters. They smuggle girls from Bosnia or some such place. They rig football games. Labor the margins with numbers and drugs. Talentless chicken thieves with pickpocket ambition.” He is obviously talking about Volker & Khalial, the other 2 Kings who are currently still alive.

-Lila continues to come onto Wolfgang as her sensate astral projection straddles his lap, while her physical body remains seated at the dinner table enjoying her meal. Lila is a seasoned vet. She knows exactly how to access the psycellium and how to control the connection to near perfection. Wolfgang realizes could learn a lot from her. She asks him if he has ever played outside of his cluster and if she is his first. Once again, he’s slightly turned on. Remember that Wolfgang is an alpha male. Sex & emotions are always kept separate and besides, Kala is freaking married at this point. Even though they are both smitten with one another, they’ve been avoiding each other to the best of their ability for the better part of almost an entire year. What do we expect from Wolfgang, for him to be celibate? Yea right.

-Sebastian continues to talk about his competitors. “Theirs is the old world… It’s tribal. It’s primitive. The new world is the interconnected world of global finance. What is considered illicit today is commonplace tomorrow,” but Wolfgang & Lila are involved in their own conversation. Wolfie wants to know how he can feel her touching him when he isn’t even touching himself. She explains it to him using a rather sexual analogy, “When you jerk off, do you think about your hand or do you think about something else? I am something else.” Wolfgang allows her to kiss him once, as Sebastian continues to talk about the crime world. “Capital exists beyond the auspices of ethics, morals or even law…”

-Wolfgang is still asking Lila questions about the sexual visitations between sensates as he continues to feel her up. He wonders if it feels this real because they’re physically so close and Lila says “It helps.” This is when we learn that physical proximity between sensates makes the connection stronger. This is also when Wolfgang learns that in order for it to work, you have to want it.

Side Note - I have suspected from the very first second I ever saw this scene that the reason Wolfgang was allowing this to happen was because he wanted to know everything he possibly could about how the sexual connection works so that he could use it on Kala someday. Although I was hella jealous for my girl Kala and hated to see Wolfie touching another woman like that, I honestly believe this was the only reason he was so curious about it. He’s like a sponge, wanting to learn everything he possibly can from Lila about what it means to be a sensate. Since he is quite the sexual being to begin with, it only makes sense that he would want to know how this particular ability works.

-Sebastian is still explaining the vision behind his criminal plan, “Money flows into this fine city constantly from all over the planet. I’m not talking about a trickle or a stream. Right now, it’s a raging flood.” At that exact moment, Felix turns to Wolfie and asks him if he has any idea what this guy is even talking about. Wolfgang, as smart and as sexy as ever, has been able to carry on two different conversations at once. Sure, he’s been listening to Lila and allowing her to play with him but he’s been listening to every single word Sebastian has said as well. Without missing a beat, he responds “Yeah. International money laundering. Big scale.” Lila is impressed “Oh, you’re good.” When Felix asks “How big?” the answer is “Billions.” Wolfgang continues, “He’s afraid that a gang war would be bad for business,” and Sebastian replies “Help me and I promise to make it worth your while.” Wolfgang claims they might be interested when his real interest is in getting more information from Lila. Sebastian is just a pawn.

Scene 9:

-Lito, Hernando & Dani are apartment shopping. They have been staying with Daniela since they were evicted from their apartment and they haven’t found a new place quite yet. Although they have set a rather low budget because Lito has not been cast in a new role yet, the collective opinion on the apartment they are currently viewing is that they all HATE it. This is the best they can do at the proposed price point but Lito is not having it and he refuses to settle on this place. There are cars that literally drive directly underneath the bedroom, for Christ’s sake! He asks the realtor if he can see the other apartment that is available, the one with the balcony. She says that she is showing it that day and that they can take a look at it if they would like.

-The 3 of them decide to view the other apartment. While Dani & Lito excitedly look around, Hernando asks the logical question. “How much did you say this costs?” It ends up being twice their budget!

-Lito & Hernando have an adorable meeting on the balcony to discuss their thoughts about the apartment. “I love it.” - - - “I love it, too.” But the price is too high. Lito is upset, “I’m such an idiot. The first rule of acting: hold onto your money. But no, no. I acted as if the train would never stop. This is my fault.” Hernando can’t bare to hear his soulmate blame himself, “No, it’s my fault. I never carry my share. Lito, come on. Two years ago, the Orozco museum offered me the job of curator for three times, three times, what I make as a teacher. But I wanted to teach.” - - - “You’re doing what you love! And that’s important, right?” I dream of one day finding myself a man who supports me as much as these two support each other.

-Lito continues, “And I’m doing what I love. And we love this apartment. Somehow it’s got to add up.” Right on queue, their solution to the problem excitedly runs out onto the balcony. Daniela. She is their answer. She asks them if they’ve seen the tub because it’s huge and the 3 of them could “totally all fit”. Daniela’s doing it again. She’s getting ahead of herself with her excitement. She says that she knows they haven’t talked about it but that the apartment is absolutely perfect. If they took the big room, she could take the smaller one and give up her apartment. If she did that, it would totally be affordable. Hernando & Lito look at each other and in a very sensate-like way, they nod at each other and agree to go with Daniela’s suggestion without saying a single word. Hernando smiles at her and says “I think the fact we could all fit in the tub… means it must be ours.” The family is moving in together y’all!

Scene 10:

-Min-Jung & Sun have successfully made it to their destination: an apartment complex in Seoul. It is still the dead of night as they knock on the door and ring the doorbell. The woman who answers recognizes Min-Jung right away as she pulls her into a loving embrace and invites them in. Thanks to the credits, her name is Mrs. Cho. She used to be an inmate in the same prison they just escaped from, and was very close with Min-Jung.

Scene 11:

*This is an extremely important scene when it comes to information about homo sensoriums and the Sensate Universe. Pay attention!

-Riley & Will are at The Hague train station in The Netherlands. Riley has arrived on an earlier train to stakeout the location as she waits for Will to arrive on another one. When Will steps onto the platform, he looks up at Riley and says “Croome said we could have an hour with Jonas.” So this is why they’re here. They’re meeting with Jonas. As per Nomi’s second text, BPO has weaned him off of the super-blocker to allow him to temporarily “visit” with Will (& Nomi, who is also connected to him). Riley informs him that she hasn’t seen anyone watching or waiting around and that she thinks it’s safe to commence the visit.

-Will wonders why Jonas would pick this place to meet as Riley says she will keep an eye on him from across the bridge. In that moment, Will is transported to Jonas’ location. He is strapped down to a bed, hooked up to monitors at BPO. Will can’t believe his eyes. They actually treat people like this? “Oh my fucking God.” - - - “Yes, my new surroundings are less than salubrious. I couldn’t understand why they were bothering to keep me alive… until I realized you were still free. How you managed that after being seen by Whispers, I’m not sure I’ll ever understand.” Because this cluster is badass baby, that’s why!

-Will knows what manhunts cost. He knew eventually someone higher up on the food chain (Croome) would hold Whispers accountable. Jonas gives him the congratulations he deserves, “Well done.”

-Will still wants to know why Jonas picked this place to meet. Jonas says that he wasn’t sure whether or not BPO would try to trace him to their conversation but that here, at least, they could disappear on any of the trains quickly. But there are train stations everywhere and Will wants to know why Jonas picked this specific one. As always, Jonas is impressed. “You are a good cop.” There’s that reminder again.

-Jonas begins talking about a memory he had here, saying that the train station was very different from when he first came ”but then again, so am I… so maybe this version makes more sense.”

Side Note - The Hague train station opened in 1973 and was recently renovated. It reopened in 2016, just in time for the cast & crew to film there.

-As Jonas is speaking, a flashback begins to commence. Will asks about what happened there all those years ago and Jonas begins telling the story of the moment he was rebirthed into his cluster.

-In the memory, Jonas is extremely young. My guess is that it took place 25 years ago. He is carrying several books and seems to be backpacking through Europe. If I were to guess, he probably had just graduated from university and was exploring the world on a mission of wanderlust. He tells Will he was just getting off the train when he “saw him”; his father. The sensate who birthed him. He was an elderly man, who expressed palpable happiness and joy as soon as he saw Jonas.

-Jonas begins talking about his sensate father in the past tense and Will wonders if he has passed on. “Cancer. A rarity for us. But he went surrounded by all his children. Some 80 of us. It felt fucking biblical,” and this is the moment that we finally find out for sure that Angelica & Jonas were in the same cluster. By saying the word “children”, Jonas means all of the homo sensoriums that his sensate father had awoken to their individual clusters (just like Angelica did for the 8/8 cluster in Episode 1x01). This very moment is the key moment in regards to them being in the same cluster because as soon as Jonas says his father was surrounded by all of his children, we get to see all of them in 1 shot:

*Jonas & Angelica are sitting with their father together, and that might even be the rest of their cluster standing directly behind them!

-But the fact of the matter is that since Angelica & Jonas share the same father, this can only mean 1 of 2 things: 1.) that they are in the same cluster, or 2.) that they are cluster siblings (just like the 8/8 cluster would have been with the first cluster Angelica birthed since they were both birthed by the same sensate mother). But I think option #1 makes a lot more sense.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REBIRTHING SENSORIUMS: We find out that any gender can give birth to a cluster. How fucking cool is that?! Apparently, sensates can also give birth at any time in their lives. This is one of the things that terrifies BPO the most: potential population growth. This peaks Nomi’s interest so she joins in on the party to say she has read about this (those books she and Neets have been reading are really starting to pay off).

Side Note - Remember that both Nomi & Will made eye contact with Jonas in Season 1, so she is connected to him as well. As soon as she hops in on the “visit”, the rest of the cluster “shares” with her & Will (minus Wolfgang who is busy with Sebastian, Felix & Lila) as they continue to ask Jonas questions.

-Nomi wants to know how many homo sensoriums exist in the world and Jonas says that estimates vary from the thousands to tens of thousands. With 7 billion people in this world, sensoriums are ridiculously outnumbered. But Jonas says the population is rising. When Kala hears this, she asks “why?” through Will. Jonas’ answer is extremely interesting, especially to science nerd geeks like me. He says “epigenetic factors” and the science behind this show continues to amaze me.

Epigenetic Factors are potentially heritable changes in gene expression (active versus inactive genes) that does not involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence — a change in phenotype without a change in genotype — which in turn affects how cells read the genes. This basically means that some people are born with a recessive or dormant sensorium gene but for some reason those genes are changing from inactive to active and replacing the phenotype (characteristics) with the previously inactive genotype, awakening more unborn sensates at an alarming rate.

*To further understand, see my post about Sense8 Biology here [x]

-Nomi asks if that means that anyone can be born sensate and Jonas turns to her and says, “No. Angelica could explain it more clearly, but it’s genetically encoded.”

Side Note - Notice how the only two people Jonas looks directly at are Nomi & Will, because they are the only 2 he is connected to. For everyone else, Jonas looks at Will and talks to the rest of them through him. It’s quite amazing how this show pays such close attention to details like this.

-Kala asks through Will, “If it’s a genetic disposition, does that mean Angelica identified specific genes?” But before Jonas can answer, Will turns to her and says, “I know you’ve all got a lot of questions, but shouldn’t we prioritize a little?” - - - “I was. I have quite a list.” Oh Kala, you are such a cinnamon roll.

-Riley tells Will to ask about the rest of Jonas’ cluster, in which he answers “I am our last.” Most, but not all, were taken out by BPO. So Riley asks through Will, “What about Angelica’s first cluster?” Meaning the first cluster she birthed.

-We head into another flashback. After he was awakened, Jonas had returned to The Hague train station a day or so later. At first, he thought that the sensate connection he was experiencing might have had something to do with the building so he returned to try and understand if he was losing his mind. That’s when he found her. Angelica. She had also been awakened by her father and just like we saw happen with the 8/8 cluster in Season 1, Angelica & Jonas slowly started to appear to one another.

Side Note - We can actually look at Angelica & Jonas in comparison to Riley & Will, who were the very first of the cluster to connect. Their relationships (well, at least the beginning of them) share striking similarities. But Will & Riley are much stronger than Jonas & Angelica ever were and they would never leave one another the way Angelica left Jonas.

-In the flashback, Angelica “visited” with Jonas during his return to the train station while she was in the forest studying trees (remember she’s an ecologist) and this was the very first moment they met. Just like the very first moment Riley & Will met in the abandoned church in Chicago in Season 1, the second their eyes met they were smitten. Jonas & Angelica share their first kiss in this moment.

-Jonas explains that Angelica experienced this newfound connection with such open, honest joy. In that moment, we see a different flashback from the night that Angelica birthed her first cluster. This scene parallels the birth scene from Season 1.

Episode 1x01:

*The subtitles don’t mean THE whispers, she’s just whispering it.

Flashback from Episode 2x03:

*Parallels, yay!

-After the birthing, Angelica was so happy that Jonas thought she’d float away like a loose balloon. We finally get to see what her first cluster looked like and it seems that there were 7 of them.

*In Season 2, we are officially introduced to 3 members of this cluster: Habib (who we have already met during the flashback in Episode 2x02), Raoul (who we saw during the flashback at Sara Patrell’s house in Episode 2x02), and Tod (who we are about to meet now).

-Jonas explains that not every sensate is happy being born this way (*cough cough* Whispers) but Tod also felt like that too. He was a religious man and hated what he was. Angelica would try to comfort him, to no avail.

-Right when Angelica rebirthed the cluster is right around the time she was thinking about doing research for BPO. She was still grappling with the decision to either stay with Jonas at the cabin or to go to Chicago (ultimately, we know what ended up happening) but Tod was aware of this and he would plead with her to take the job. He was convinced that BPO could fix him and make him “normal”. - - - “We are normal, Tod,” but Tod didn’t think so.

-According to Jonas, one by one, Angelica’s cluster disappeared from her for reasons unknown and the last one that remained connected to her (or kept “visiting”) was the only one Jonas had actually met in person; Raoul. Jonas explains that he was a reporter from Mexico and that he was just like Angelica in so many ways. They had the most in common and this is most likely why he continued to “visit” and learn from her. It’s quite interesting to find out that not all clusters are as close as our favorite one is. If Angelica’s children were beginning to distance themselves from her, they must have had varying opinions about her involvement with BPO. I wish we could learn more about exactly what went down with this specific cluster.

Side Note - During the flashback, Angelica & Raoul are discussing the sensate connection and Angelica has something interesting to say. She talks about quantum entanglement, which is when particles respond to the same stimuli across huge distances (I talked about this a bit in my Episode 2x01 analysis in regards to psycellium being a play on the word mycellium). It’s just another reminder about how the psycellium works, spanning across infinite distances.

-As Jonas is describing Raoul, Lito connects to the psycellium and sees the memory for himself. He recognizes him immediately, “Raoul? Raoul Pasquale?” he asks through Will. Jonas says, “Did you know him?” and Lito responds “I did,” as we jump into his own memory.

-Lito says that Raoul interviewed him a long time ago, my guess is about 5-7 years. Lito came over to his apartment for the interview and although he was an unborn sensate, he still had the ability to connect to other sensates by making eye contact, whether he knew it or not. Which he did not. But Raoul knew it since he was already awakened. Raoul instantly had a crush on Lito and was actually the very first homosexual experience he ever had.

-Lito says “We had a connection, I remember when he disappeared,” and Jonas says that this is when Angelica went to Chicago to search for him. Apparently, as we find out soon, she had already been given the offer to do research for BPO and her cluster of children (minus Tod) was against her going. Since Raoul was an investigative reporter, he went to Chicago to try and get the scoop himself. “That’s how she began working with Whispers,“ says Jonas.

-Just then, BPO employees, in their white jumpsuits and gas masks, head down to Jonas’ dungeon to administer the super-blocker to him once again. The cluster’s time with him is up. “I’d love to stay and chat, but I fear visiting hours have come to an end.” As they prepare the injection, Will urges Jonas to help him understand how much leverage they’ve got with Croome. He says, “There’s something going on inside BPO. Some kind of internal struggle.” THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER. Not everyone within the organization thinks the same way that Whispers does. Jonas responds, “They are, like many of us in our institutions, going through an identity crisis.” Will wants to know, “What are they fighting over?” and Jonas says, “I suspect Mr. Croome can answer that better than I. What I do know is that there is always an ‘us’ and ‘them’, even inside a tightly controlled ‘them’ like BPO.” As soon as Jonas is finished saying this, Sun tells Will (in his head, so that Jonas cannot hear), “I don’t trust him.” Sun is pretty intuitive so this must mean that Jonas is holding back a lot of information that he most certainly knows but is not telling them, and she senses something is off. Jonas may help them to a certain degree, but he always makes sure to stay light on the details rather than giving them every last bit of information he allegedly knows. Self-preservation is ultimately the only thing he cares about so he always makes sure to tread lightly, just in case. He plays both sides and Sun knows it right away. Maybe she can sense that his “chi” is off lol.

-Ironically, after Sun says she doesn’t trust Jonas, he turns and says, “But right now, worry about yourselves. And Croome. Do not trust any of them.” Including you, Jonas, huh? “It’s like you hooked a lizard inside the snake pit. Croome may not be as dangerous as the rest of them, but in the end he’s just as cold-blooded.” Jonas is finally injected with the super-blocker and disappears from Will’s mind eye.

Scene 12:

-Sun, Min-Jung and Mrs. Cho are eating breakfast and I think it’s so cute how Sun has no table manners whatsoever. She talks with her mouth full, stuffs her face, burps like a teenager and looks absolutely adorable as she’s doing it. Sun says how delicious the food is and Min-Jung says that Mrs. Cho used to own a restaurant down in Busan. “Nothing fancy.”

-She tells the story of how she ended up in prison. Her husband liked to gamble. A lot. Soon, he was in debt to some dangerous men. He lost the bar and had a breakdown, then threw himself under a train. (Stupid). But now, she was in debt to those dangerous men. They told her to take a holiday across the water in Japan, to take a ferry, take your son, and take a suitcase. If she took ten of these holidays, they would forgive her debt (AKA they had her transporting laundered money and drugs for their criminal operation). Mrs. Cho said that for 9 holidays, everything went smoothly but on the 10th trip, police were waiting for her when she got off the boat at Busan. She was arrested, sent to prison, and met Min-Jung. When she was finally released from prison, her son hardly knew her and he is still ashamed of his drug-smuggling mother. “And now, life is a big trap made up of little traps. If you listen hard… sometimes you can hear them snap shut.” This comment resonates deeply with Sun as she listens intently. She knows exactly how that feels.

Scene 13:

-Will heads to his second scheduled meeting; the face-to-face with Croome. They picked a public spot to meet: The Rijks Museum in Amsterdam. As he walks towards Croome, he passes by a seemingly harmless woman painting on canvas. We find out soon that she isn’t as harmless as she first looked.

-Will sits down next to Croome, who is looking at a beautiful Rembrandt painting hanging on the wall.

Side Note - The scene actually parallels two separate scenes from Season 1:

Episode 1x09:

Episode 1x10:

*Episode 2x03:

*Brilliant cinematography! No wonder John Toll was nominated for an Emmy for this particular episode (Sense8 deserved way more than 1 nom, by the way).

-Croome turns to Will and without even so much of a “hello”, begins discussing the painting. He says Rembrandt’s name is synonymous with “masterpiece” and that this painting is arguably one of his greatest. It represents an iconic work of individuals setting aside their differences for a common good. Yet, in its day, it was ridiculed. The painting was so unappreciated that they decided it was too big so they slashed chunks off the bottom and the side. “This amputation is what we have left.” I feel like this is a metaphor in regards to BPO and what it used to represent, opposed to what it represents now.

-Croome continues by asking “what changed?” How was a painting that was once ridiculed, now one of the most famous and appreciated paintings in the world? “What we see now is not what people saw hundreds of years ago. How we see changes. Why? Because our senses, including our common sense, are evolving. And I think that is because of people like you.” He almost seems to admire Will. Admire sensates. It is the complete opposite of how Whispers views his own species. Will catches onto this right away and asks Croome that if BPO thinks the way he does, then why all of the secrecy and control? “Obviously, not everyone thinks like I do.” Jackpot. Will has successfully found an ally within BPO. Will continues to ask Croome what they want in comparison from what he wants and before he answers, Croome wants to know how much Will knows about BPO. Queue Nomi, who answers through Will “Biologic Preservation Organization. Began in the early 60′s by Ruth El-Saadawi.” Croome smiles and says that Ruth was an incredible woman. “One of the greatest scientific minds of our time.” I wonder if he knew her personally.

-What Croome says next is incredibly important, “She believed sapiens and sensoriums to be obligate mutualisms, dependent on one another for survival.” This episode is literally named Obligate Mutualisms which means this is the most important sentence of the entire episode. Sapiens & sensoriums are meant to coexist. This is the opposite of what Jonas has been telling Will this entire time with the whole “us vs. them” mentality.

-BPO was founded by Dr. El-Saadawi and was dedicated to her vision of natural and ethical balance. Riley “shares” with Will and expresses her concern, “That doesn’t sound like the same organization we know from Iceland.” Will wants to know what changed and the answer is actually quite simple: 9/11

*I have written an entire post about this in the past, explaining what I believe Croome meant by how this terrible historical event was the cause of the drastic shift in BPO’s vision. See here [x]

-Croome explains that whether they’re talking about spies or terrorists, sensates by their nature are a threat to secrecy and sovereignty. If sensates are able to “visit”, “share” and talk to one another inside of their heads, how scary would it be if a cluster of sensates decided to become a gang of terrorists, hellbent on destroying the world? Not to say that would ever happen but it’s exactly what BPO is afraid of.

-He goes back to the painting and says that among the different soldiers, there’s only one pair of eyes looking towards the bigger picture. Those eyes are the eyes of Rembrandt himself, hidden behind everyone:

-His eyes are looking towards the future “and that’s exactly where I’m looking”. Will’s face lightens up because Croome is basically telling him that he will be his BPO insider. “There’s a strong group of us inside BPO. We believe we can change the present direction of the organization back to the vision of Dr. El-Saadawi.” Well that explains why he’s always hated Whispers! They are on opposite ends of this internal battle.

-Croome wants Will to give him time and trust. In an attempt to make the first trustworthy move, he hands Will a bottle of BPO-produced blocker pills.

*This is the moment when I realize Lana is a genius yet again. Remember the famous red pill / blue pill scene from The Matrix Trilogy? Well, these pills look exactly the same except they are black. I think it was meant to be an homage to that famous scene between Morpheus & Neo.

*As the famous line goes: ”You take the blue pill, the story ends.” (AKA you get “blocked”) The blue pill is almost like a type of blocker, blocking reality and sending you back into The Matrix. Black blocker pills do something similar. They block the psycellium and temporarily make you sapien. “You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” The psycellium is a pretty deep rabbit hole, is it not? This is yet another, brilliantly thought out parallel to another Wachowski masterpiece.

-The pills Croome gives to Will are the same exact pills Milton takes to immunize himself for a period of time. This means that they aren’t made by someone like Puck who we find out later, makes his own version of blocker pills. These are the most potent pills with the least amount of side effects (and because Croome gives these BPO-produced blockers to Will, Kala is able to reverse-engineer them later on). Croome says to consider it a token of goodwill, “and a down payment for a better future for both of us.”

Side Note - Croome knows Whispers’ first name is Milton as he says it in this scene, but he thinks his last is ‘Gibbons’. It’s just funny how every single alias Milton uses, he keeps his real first name.

-Things really seemed to be looking up, didn’t they? Will was making a very important friend within the organization and he was so close to finally getting what the cluster needed in this war against BPO. As soon as he is shaking hands with Croome, we see a familiar silhouette approach behind him:

-It’s Whispers! Oh, fuck. It seems he has somehow weaseled his way out of solitary confinement and is back in his suit, working as a BPO agent once again. He stabs Croome in the jugular (thanks Joaquin) with the back end of a paint brush, killing him instantly. Except it isn’t Whispers’ physical body. Remember the painter we saw when Will was walking into the museum? Well it turns out that she is a Bulger’d sensate who’s body is being controlled by Milton himself. This means good ol’ Milt has been eavesdropping on their conversation the entire time.

-Will gets in a physical altercation with the woman (Whispers) as Milton tries to kill Will by using her body. But Will is easily able to take her down using his police training. She slices his arm before he knocks her down to the ground, next to Croome’s lifeless body. Whispers pulls the paint brush out of Croome’s neck, then makes the woman stab herself to death with the same weapon. Whispers always gets rid of the Bulger’d sensates when he has no use left for them (just like he made Niles Bulger shoot himself in the mouth in Season 1).

Side Note - I have a theory that Whispers may have to kill the Bulger’d sensates in order to get out of their bodies himself. In a later episode, my theory is backed up but I will discuss details in a future analysis.

-With that, all of the hope and excitement about finding a potential ally within BPO is shattered. Whispers had been listening in on the entire conversation and had heard Croome’s plan to team up with the cluster. In that moment he decided it was time to take him out. And so he did, leaving the cluster back at square 1 as the episode ends.