Part 4/11

*Episode 2x04 picks up immediately where Episode 2x03 left off. There is no time jump in between episodes whatsoever and the action picks up right away.

Scene 1:

-Will leans down and checks Croome’s lifeless body. He confirms he is dead. “Fuck.” As soon as he says the words out loud, the alarm in the museum begins to blare. It’s time for him to get a move on.

-Nomi, Neets & Bug assemble in their hacker cave, ready to help Will make his escape. He was just seen, by many spectators, to be involved in a double murder. Well murder/suicide, to be exact. But it’s time for him to high-tail it out of there before the police get a chance to bring him in for questioning.

-Nomi & Riley are the first of the cluster to “visit” with Will as Nomi points out this entire thing was a set up (probably by Whispers & The Chairman). She says that the police report came in way before the Bulger’d sensate even attacked, meaning that Whispers had to have put the call in to the authorities before he even stabbed Croome, probably in hopes that Will would only be left with a short window of opportunity to escape.

-Bug hacks into the system and gets a visual on the museum surveillance camera. Amanita immediately recognizes and points out Riley on the screen. She is standing in the lobby of the museum, waiting for Will to return. Since Amanita can see her, this means Riley is physically in the lobby as she “visits” with Will in another room while he tries to escape the scene of the crime and make it back to her. Since Amanita recognizes Riley, it seems that Nomi has been starting to get Neets familiar with her cluster and what they look like. At least, Will & Riley for the time being (she also looked at the leaked photos of Lito & Hernando in Episode 2x01 but to my knowledge, those re the only photos she has ever seen of Lito in particular at this point).

-The rest of the cluster (minus Wolfgang, who is still busy with Felix, Sebastian and Lila) “visits” with Will as he tries to escape.

Side Note - As we should be used to by now, Wolfgang tends to do his own thing quite often; only “visiting” with his cluster when he knows it’s a life or death situation. He believes that getting information from Lila about the Sensate Universe at this particular point in time is what’s most important for him and his cluster so he keeps his priorities with her. He probably knows that the rest of the cluster can help Will in this moment anyways and that he isn’t particularly needed because he has them. I’m sure that if Will was in grave danger, Wolfie would show up without even hesitating. But it definitely explains why he is absent in this particular moment.

-Two policemen stop Will as he tries to leave the scene of the crime but Sun “shares” with him and they knock them unconscious together. She is such a badass, I can’t.

-Will makes it back to the balcony overlooking the lobby, where there are several police officers escorting patrons towards the exits. This is where Riley has been waiting, and Lito joins her side. Will looks down and asks her, “You ready for me?” He is not only asking her but he’s asking Lito too, through her body.

-Lito is ready. He was born for this. He delivers the most epic, dramatic performance we have ever seen him give as he “shares” with Riley and… you know… does this:

-Distraction, successful! While Lito makes a scene, Will escapes out of the staff entrance side door unnoticed. The police officers in the lobby are busy trying to calm Riley down as she (Lito) dramatically tells them that she “saw the terrorists! What is this world coming to?!” The reactions of Kala, Nomi & Riley are priceless as they watch their cluster member deliver an Oscar-worthy performance.

-After the show is over, Riley exits the front door and meets Will around the side of the building. They really lucked out and got Will out of there just in the nick of time because as soon as they escape the back alleyway, more police officers arrive. We hear over the radio that their first assignment is to cover the back alley Riley & Will were literally just standing in. Well that’s cutting it close, huh?!

-As the cluster walks away from the museum, Capheus says they should probably get out of the city and Sun tells them not to go back to the same place they’ve been staying at. Whispers knows they are physically in Amsterdam now and they need to change their surroundings. This means that they must finally leave their temporary home at the abandoned church, but it’s okay because Riley says she has another safe house ready anyways.

-Will hopes that the blocker pills Croome gave him actually work and that they aren’t just a bunch of sugar pills or something. But if they do work, Whispers won’t be able to find them and Will can actually go mobile when he’s on them; unlike the heroin which basically locks him down to a bed. Kala and Lito are concerned though and they don’t think Will should start taking them quite yet. “We don’t know what they are. Croome could have been lying.”

-Kala wants to run some basic tests before Will puts them into his system and Riley actually has a solution. She says that her friend who has been supplying the drugs (Vincent) has a lab in the city and that she can have him take a look at the pills. But this means Will is going to have to stay off of any kind of inhibitor for the time being, so they need to get to the new safe house ASAP.

-Nomi & Amanita don’t understand what just happened though. “If that was Whispers…” - - - “It was him.” - - - “But I thought Croome took Whispers out?” It is in this moment that they realize that Croome was either lying about taking Whispers as a prisoner (doubtful) or that someone else brought Whispers back in (more likely). “Croome could’ve been telling the truth about enemies inside of BPO.” - - - “Meaning we lost an ally.” But Nomi sees the bright side of this “But that also means he can’t be the only one.”

-Wolfgang finally decides to make his entrance as he meets his cluster on the street in front of the Amsterdam river walk. Dinner on Sebastian’s rooftop must have finally come to an end and he has been able to get some privacy to “visit” with his cluster. Kala is obviously the first to notice his arrival. “Wolfgang.” He turns to look at Will and says “Sorry I wasn’t there.” At least he knows when to apologize. Riley wants to know if he’s alright and he says, “Yeah. I met someone who I think can help us. Her name’s Lila and she’s like us.”

*Queue Kala’s jealous reaction:

-Damn girl, you can’t escape your feelings when they’re written all over your face like that. The cluster has to sense her jealousy in this moment even if they don’t say anything. Remember that they are of one mind, and I can almost guarantee that every single one of them picks up on the feelings these two have when they are all together. Up until this point, most of the Kalagang scenes have been private. But now that the cluster has learned how to connect together as a whole, they are all aware of the situations going on in each of their individual lives. Plus, their feelings have to be slightly similar to the feelings Riley & Will have for each other, just a bit more angsty. Finding out this news about Lila opens Kala back up to Wolfgang again. Now she has to hear about him with another woman and she doesn’t like the way it makes her feel. I actually think this is why they finally have their one-on-one conversation in the next scene. Kala & Wolfgang may be able to avoid each other, but only until they are faced with their impending romantic feelings and the psycellium brings them together.

Side Note - How is it that Wolfgang has already said Lila’s name but he has still yet to say Kala’s? Ugh more angst, as per usual.

-Amanita gets excited “There are more clusters! I knew it!” Nomi explains to Neets that the way Wolfgang was talking about her, it felt like Lila had been around for a while. Like I said, she’s a seasoned vet. She’s been at this a long time. “Which means… her cluster has been able to stay free from BPO,” says Amanita. “Unless they’re working for them. Like Whispers,” says Nomi. Well that’s a foreshadowing comment, if I ever heard one! We should have known right then and there that Lila was working for Whispers but the first time I heard the comment, it honestly flew over my head (which is why Sense8 re-watches with subtitles are so important!)

-Nomi is concerned for her family member so she turns to her right and says, “Wolfgang, you need to be careful.” - - - “I’ll be fine. But give me what you can find on Lila Facchini.” - - - “Lila Facchini, got it.”

-Throughout Nomi’s entire exchange with her cluster, poor Bug looks lost. He has been watching Nomi speak several different languages while having conversations into thin air way too often over the past year and he can’t take it any longer. He has to say something. He takes a deep breath and lovingly says, “I know you got some kind of really complicated problem here. And while some people might get a bit freaked out with you talking to empty space all the time, you know, I’m totally cool with shit like that. And I just… You know you can trust me, right?” Nomi turns to Wolfgang for his reaction, wondering if her cluster would be okay with filling Bug in on everything. He says, “Don’t look at me,” so she looks at Neets instead, who gives her an assuring head nod. I think it’s time to let Bug in on the secret.

Scene 2:

*The stress of the day is finally over as it has been several hours since the museum incident occurred. Maybe even a full day.

-Sun is free and damn, it must feel good. She practices Thai Chi on the rooftop of Mrs. Cho’s apartment complex in one of the most visually stunning, beautiful cinematography moments of the episode. Above & Beyond’s song “Good For Me” sets the mood for the upcoming Kalagang moment.

-Sun’s calming presence sweeps over the rest of the cluster and trickles down to an overlapping scene between Wolfgang & Kala specifically, probably because they know they are “good” for each other. (The song titles never fail to match up with the scenes taking place on the screen. It’s quite amazing & definitely deserved another Emmy nod for Best Soundtrack).

-Kala & Rajan arrive to an art gallery in Mumbai. Kala looks gorgeous in her sparkly blue dress and matching earrings, but she still seems uncomfortable trying to navigate her way through Rajan’s world.

-Wolfgang & Felix are at Felix’s new night club, drinking in the VIP section. Felix quotes Conan the Barbarian, “Crush your enemies!”, as they toasts to their new business.

Side Note - This reminds me: For anyone who was confused about the exchange between Will & Wolfgang in Season 1 regarding this Conan quote, I have (obviously) written a post about it in the past. To refresh you memory, in Episode 1x10, Will tells Wolfie it’s Independence Day in the US and Wolfgang says “To crush your enemies, right?” and Will says, “I don’t understand” as Wolfgang responds “You wouldn’t.” See my post, in which I attempt to explain what I thought Wolfgang meant, here [x]

-At the art gallery, Rajan points out the C&I Minister to Kala (The Indian minister of Commerce & Industry). His name is Sanjay. This means the art show must be a work event and Rajan must be there to do some networking for his business. He leaves Kala to go say hello to Sanjay.

-We see a man in the corner of the room notice Kala. He walks over to introduce himself, asking her if she enjoys the art work in the gallery. “I don’t really understand it,” she says. The man responds, “Maybe that’s why I like it. Art needs a bit of mystery. Something that resists us.” Is that a foreshadowing comment about this new character we are meeting? “I’m Ajay,” and Kala already seems to know who he is. Rajan returns and gives Ajay a hug. “I see you’ve met my beautiful bride.” - - - “Yes, and for once you haven’t exaggerated.” This means Ajay & Rajan are friends, possibly even old friends. But it’s strange that this is the first time he is meeting Kala. Has Rajan purposely kept his relationship with Ajay on the down low? Why does he always seem to be keeping details from his wife? I mean, Kala obviously knew who Ajay was but the fact that she still hadn’t met him until now is a little bit suspicious to me.

-Felix tells Wolfgang to “check this out” as he snaps his fingers at a bouncer, who escorts three beautiful women up to the VIP lounge. “Works every time. When you’re on that side of the velvet rope, all you want is to be on this side.” But once again, Wolfie isn’t interested; not in the 3 women, not in the money, and certainly not in being on “this side” of the rope. He says “Gotta piss,” and heads off towards the bathroom.

-Ajay apologizes to Kala about missing their wedding last year. “I should’ve been at your wedding, but business in Seoul prevented me.” HOLD UP. Business? In Seoul? Isn’t Rajan & Ajay’s “business” in the pharmaceutical world? And if so, Pharmaceuticals + Seoul = Bak Industries = Joong-Ki. I smell a fish here and I wouldn’t be surprised if Ajay’s character arc was meant to overlap with Joong-Ki’s. Since we are currently only getting a 2 hour special to “conclude the series” (I will NEVER call it a “finale”) I can only assume that this is one of the many story lines that may suffer and be left incomplete. But the connection made during this specific comment did not escape me and I know Lana loves her foreshadowing comments, so I am willing to bet that this was supposed to turn into an intricate interconnecting plot line. Damn you, Netflix!

-Rajan turns to Ajay. ”Speaking of business, I see you invited Sanjay here.” Hmm. The C&I Minister must be in their game plan. I just wish I knew more about what their game plan is, but the rest of the season provides a few clues that whatever Rajan & Ajay are working on together doesn’t exactly fall into the category of straight & narrow. “The secret to a rich life, Raj, is dissolving the boundary between business and pleasure.” But Kala has had enough of this discussion and asks to be excused to the lady’s room.



-Wolfgang enters the bathroom in Berlin and the viewer may recognize the scene. It looks to be the same bathroom from Season 1, when Kala & Wolfgang had their German/Hindi language conversation (it might be different but let’s pretend it’s the same since it looks quite similar). Apparently, Felix & Wolfgang have been frequenting this place for quite some time so Sebastian has probably had his eye on Wolfgang for an entire year (and probably even longer since Volker told him in 2x01 that he has been watching him his whole life. I wouldn’t be surprised if the other Kings were doing the same thing, although Sebastian is much younger than Volker and is probably closer in age to Wolfgang).

-Kala enters the bathroom in Mumbai at the same exact time. This, combined with Sun’s calming presence and the fact that Kala has “visited” with Wolfgang in this bathroom before, has finally brought the two of them together. They haven’t had a one-on-one conversation since Christmas, steering clear of each other’s personal lives, but they are unable to avoid one another any longer. My guess is that Wolfgang doesn’t want to see Kala with Rajan so he avoids her as much as possible. And after her experience with Wolfgang & the Tinder girl named Helga on Christmas, I highly doubt Kala wants to see him in that position ever again either. Wolfie has basically been letting her explore her marriage and it makes me think of the saying “If you love something, set it free.” Wolfgang let her go a year ago, allowing her the freedom to discover who she is as a person. This speaks volumes to the unconditional love he has for her, loving her more than he could ever love himself by sacrificing what he wants to give her what he thinks she needs. All of the events over the past year, and some that haven’t happened yet, contribute to Kala’s character development tremendously and I have a ton of respect for Wolfgang allowing her to grow.

-The second Wolfie sees Kala, it seems as though he is thinking about continuing to walk in the other direction. But then she gives him a bright smile:

-Look at that dopey grin! They both light up instantaneously and apparently he decides that he isn’t going to push her away this time.

-Kala asks:

-And I think the answer to this is simple: privacy. Kala & Wolfgang enter into their respective bathrooms looking for privacy and end up with each other instead. I think this means that even in their most private moments, when they want to be alone, they are still comfortable being together even in their most intimate moments; meaning that they are most comfortable around each other.

-Kala sees this as an opportunity. Wolfgang has finally stuck around long enough without trying to push her out of his head and she isn’t going to waste a single moment with her cluster counterpart. She begins with the small talk, asking him how he’s been. He says “Fine,” and asks her the same. She fills him in with a recent update in her life: She got a new job, a new promotion. Wolfgang smirks, “Being the wife of the owner has its perks, I guess.” I honestly don’t think this was meant to be a jab at Kala and her capabilities whatsoever. Wolfgang wasn’t saying that Kala couldn’t land this job on her own, he was only stating certain facts behind the obvious reason for why she was hired for the job. He knows better than anyone that she is a brilliant woman, more than capable of being hired in this new position on her own. He only wants to remind her that although she easily could have landed the job of her own accord, she most likely was promoted because of Rajan & Rajan only. Wolfgang is consistently taking Kala’s fairy tale life and throwing the details of it to the pits of reality, making her see things from a different point of view; from an obvious point of view, unbiased to her own outlook on the situation. This comment is no different. But Kala assures him, “Rajan respects the work I do. He believes women should be in high positions of power.” - - - “Hmm… Well I gotta piss.” He’s heard enough. He’s been avoiding Kala all year long because hearing about her with Rajan obviously hurts him. He knows she’s living a lie and he can’t bare to enable her in something he doesn’t even support.



-Kala calls to Wolfgang as he tries to walk away (she’s said his name like 3 times in this episode alone, yet he still hasn’t said hers once throughout the entire series). He hesitates, knowing that he really doesn’t want to leave her side… but he also doesn’t want to hear about her “happy life” with her husband. She wants to know, “Why is it like this? Why is it so hard? Why can’t it be like that day when I was in the temple and in the cafe in the rain? Why is it that I can’t talk to the only person I ever felt I could say anything to?” Wolfgang can feel her frustration and he cares about her deeply, so he turns back to the conversation. If this was anyone else, he would have already walked away a long time ago… but at this point, there is no walking away from her now. He feels the same way that she does and he can’t deny it. They can’t lie to each other.

Side Note - This scene gives me all the feels. Can you tell I’m Kalagang trash? If you don’t know, now you know. I always pick every single detail of their relationship apart because I’m completely and utterly biased. Sorry , not sorry.



-Wolfgang lets Kala take his hand as he holds hers affectionately, “Because… you deserve to be happy.” He has made up his mind to allow Kala to explore this marriage because all he cares about is her happiness. He’d rather suffer in silence as long as she’s happy with how her life is turning out.

-Wolfgang walks towards the bathroom stall in another attempt to send Kala back to her doting husband. When he opens the door, Lila is sitting on the other side waiting. “Hello, sexy.” She had only met him earlier that day (or yesterday?) and she has wasted no time in coming to see him. She has commenced a “visit” and as the viewer may notice going forward, Wolfgang is never the one to reach out to her. She is always the one to come to him. This is probably due to the fact that she takes blocker pills and makes her “visits” with him in a timely manner, but it also has to be due to the fact that Wolfgang isn’t interested in seeing her and never takes the time to seek her out. He lets her come to him because he’s using her in his mission to gain intel on BPO.

-Kala follows Wolfgang to the stall. “Wolfgang? What if I don’t want to be happy? What if I want something else?” This is the moment in which Kala finally admits that her happy & seemingly perfect fairy tale life isn’t satisfying her the way she thought it would. She has been on a path to self-discovery for almost an entire year now and she has gotten to know herself on a much deeper, independent level. She isn’t a naive little girl anymore. She is a grown woman, more than capable of making her own choices. She needs to stop letting the outside world influence all of her decisions and follow her heart instead.

-Lila notices someone is with Wolfgang. He is distracted and is staring off to his left, into thin air. Remember that Lila is a seasoned vet and although the connection between sensates in different clusters aren’t nearly as deep, she can still sense that he is talking to someone else, and she can sense how he feels about her, “Whoever she is, you really want her, don’t you? This could be fun.”

Side Note - This proves that Lila is able to access surface-level emotions with Wolfgang even though she isn’t in his cluster. We already knew from the experiences between Will & Whispers that certain thoughts could be read (although no specifics) but Whispers is a sociopath who doesn’t function off of emotions. Lila, although just as cunning, seems to feed off of emotions on a more human type of level and she can sense Wolfgang’s yearning for Kala in that moment (and the viewer is reminded about how the psycellium works. Emotions are the key to all connections).

-Kala continues with her realization, “I know I shouldn’t say this… I know it isn’t even right to think it, but…” Oh, Kala. Spit it out! You’re always so worried about sounding politically correct when you should just say how you feel. “…what if I’m only pretending to be a good person?…” Wolfgang scrunches his face, listening intently to what Kala is saying. He knows she’s speaking the truth, they cannot lie to one another. He realizes that every single word coming out of her mouth is real, and that she is beginning to have a change of logic. She continues, “…and deep down I’m just……” They lean in close. They almost kiss. But then, the bathroom door in Mumbai opens and Kala is interrupted. Fuck! What was she gonna say?! Deep down I’m just… what? Meant to be with you? Lying to myself? Pretending to be satisfied? What what what?! But it’s too late. Kala’s friends begin asking her about her opinion of Ajay. “So tell us, what do you think of that wicked man, Ajay Kapoor?” He’s wicked, you say? Interesting… But the distraction is successful in making Kala & Wolfgang officially disconnected.

-Lila senses Kala is gone and so Wolfgang “visits” with her in her location. She is in a car, waiting in a dark alley in Berlin. Wolfie asks her what she’s doing and she replies, “Hanging out. Bored.” Trust you me, she gets bored easily and she always seems to come to Wolfgang for some entertainment. But she is also avoiding giving him specifics about what she is doing. He asks her who she’s waiting for and she has an interesting response, “And here everything was going so perfectly superficial.” She always tries to keep it superficial with him because the only thing she’s truly interested in is his naked body anyways (Girl, I FEEL YOU! But I would want so much more than just his body if I were her).

-Wolfgang tries to convince Lila that he’s only trying to understand why someone like her (a sensate) is working for Fuchs. She explains, “He’s like any sapien. A temporary solution to a long-term problem,” and Wolfie knows she’s talking about BPO. This is the first time he has brought up his knowledge of the organization to her. Lila gives him a smirk as he asks her how she avoids them, “You don’t.” - - - “But they’re not hunting you. You made some kind of deal with them.” - - - “Smart boy.” - - - “How’s it work?” - - - “Same as everything else in the world. Figure out what you want and decide how far you’re willing to go to get it.” - - - “What do you want?” - - - “Everything.” I wish I had an emoji for every single time a foreshadowing comment is made because this series is chalk full of them. If Lila wants everything, that means she will be willing to step on everyone’s toes to get it. The Red Flags keep on coming with this one.



-Just then, Lila’s guest arrives. We see Volker exit the building she is parked outside of and get into a car. Lila follows closely behind him. She has obviously been tailing him for quite some time, taking note of where he is at all times. What is she up to? “Gotta go, lover boy.”

Scene 3:

-Nomi & Neets have finally sat Bug down and explained everything going on… and I mean everything; homo sensoriums, Whispers, BPO, clusters, “sharing”, “visiting”, psycellium… literally everything. It is an overload of information and Bug is soaking it all in.

-Or trying to, at least. ”Whoa…. whoa…. wow. Wait, so… like, your brain is, like, part of a bigger brain and it’s all networked and file-sharing and… Holy shit, Nom. I thought this trans new-body-now-a-hottie thing was cool, but this? This… other-secret-species thing… Shit. That’s, like, the coolest thing I have ever heard.” They should have known his mind would be blown by this.

-Amanita tries to remind him that this is serious. “Of course it’s serious! This is capital letters B-I-G. I don’t think I’m gonna sleep for a week.” He trips and falls down the stairs, taking it all in to the best of his capability. Bug is now in-the-know and I honestly just think it makes their Dream Team stronger. Bout time!

Scene 4:

-The sun has set and it is nighttime in Seoul. Sun is smoking a cigarette on the rooftop, taking in the city’s skyline. Min-Jung joins her, saying that she couldn’t sleep. “I haven’t felt this awake in a very long time. It is not every day you escape prison.”

-Sun thanks her again, saying that she wouldn’t be alive if she hadn’t helped her. Min-Jung asks if the men who attacked her were hired by her brother and when Sun nods her head yes, Min-Jung says “Good. He must be very afraid of you to do something like that. I’m sure when he hears you have escaped, he’s going to piss himself.” I’d pay to see that!

-Min-Jung seems to be deep in thought, ready to give Sun some much-needed advice. She says she has met strong women before but that none of them were like Sun. “Soo-Jin said you have a heart as soft as a baby bird. It was what made me like you the moment we met.” The second Sun hears this, she scoffs and looks out over the balcony. She has a tough exterior and always tries to pretend that she’s rougher than she actually is but Min-Jung sees right through her. She explains how part of her wants Sun to find her brother and make him pay for what he has done. “I know that part of me would enjoy your revenge.” But she is concerned about Sun losing herself in the process, “Whatever you do, child… do not let it be at the cost of your beautiful heart.”

-This comment resonates with Sun so deeply that she begins to tear up. She knows Min-Jung is right and the most important thing throughout all of this is to make sure she doesn’t lose sight of who she is as a person.

Scene 5:

*This is a powerful scene that includes only 3 members of the cluster: Nomi, Capheus & Kala. I love how the 3 of them are drawn together in this emotional moment since they don’t normally have many connections with one another.

-We see an overshot of the San Francisco skyline as we hear a man’s voice overlap the scene. He is saying “This kind of polyphony requires an abandonment of self…” Polyphony? Isn’t that the title of this very episode? That means we should listen in close to what this man is saying: “…so that I can release the boundary or loosen the boundaries of that self while writing. So I can become someone else temporarily, imaginatively.” He is literally describing the sensate connection without knowing it, and the exchange we are about to see between Nomi, Capheus & Kala is exactly that; a polyphony.

Polyphony - Consists of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice.

-What a beautiful sentiment to the connection of a cluster! It is a metaphor for how they are a represented as a harmonious cluster of polyphony, sharing each other’s voices rather than just 1 and living by the melodies of all their lives combined.

-The man, or rather men, talking happen to be Neets & Nomi’s favorite authors; Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell. (They are actually real life authors and they made a cameo in this episode because they write for Sense8 specifically). They are currently holding a book signing and lecture at City Lights, Amanita’s bookshop.

-David picks up where Aleksandar left off and continues to speak to the small gathering of fans, “We’re exposed to so many more different people than even our parents were. We get more images in a single week than people a hundred years ago would’ve seen possibly in their lifetimes.” Yeah, if they’re sapien that is. Sensoriums have had access to other lives since the neolithic.

-In Nairobi, Van Damn is driving his matatu through town on his daily route. He arrives to the train station and finds that someone is there waiting for him.

-In Mumbai, Kala arrives to the Ganesha temple with Rajan’s mother Sahana, who has a bodyguard with her. Remember that ever since the attempt on Manendra’s life last year, he and his wife don’t go anywhere without a bodyguard present, especially if they’re going back to the scene of the crime. The temple looks different than it did in Season 1 because there is a security check point that everyone must go through before they can enter.

-When Capheus parks the bus, he sees Zakia is there yet again with her camera crew. Jela says to her, “Well, well. You’re here to interview the real deal, huh? You know, as a journalist, you probably can sense that that guy in there is just a pretty boy I hired.” - - - “Yeah, I had a feeling,” LOL! Jela doesn’t get as much screen time as he deserves but every single time he has a line, he makes me smile from ear to ear.

-As soon as Capheus is standing in front of Zakia, she is beaming her 1,000 watt smile. Like I said, this girl is smitten! They say their hello’s.



-As Amanita watches the lecture, she listens to Nomi through her ear piece. “I can’t believe I’m not there. This is so stupid. Two of our favorite writers and I’m stuck on a boat.” She’s got to be feeling the cabin fever by now.

-Capheus asks Zakia what she is doing there and she explains that the video of the Who Am I? recording that they did the month prior has already hit over a million views. It’s gone viral. “The TV station has never seen anything like it. So my boss, Kobi Kihara, was wondering if we could do a follow-up story on you.” (Remember that Kobi Kihara is actually a real news anchor in Kenya). Capheus agrees to give another interview.

-Amanita tells Nomi she has to go because the lecture is over and patrons are going to need someone to work the register. Nomi is more frustrated than ever, it must be hard to be locked down in one individual location. I’d personally go crazy if I were her… or if I was Will & Riley.

-Back in Mumbai, Kala passes by the same temple stair case that Manendra was stabbed on in Season 1 and she remembers that horrifying day almost a year ago. Sahana asks her if this is the first time she’s come back since, and Kala says yes. I seriously gasped when I heard this. Not only has she conformed to Rajan’s rich lifestyle, but she hasn’t even visited the Ganesha temple in almost an entire year?! That is so not like her. Her dedication to Ganesha has been a huge part of her life since she was a child and Wolfgang was able to accept that about her instantaneously, even though it was the opposite of his own individual outlook. But marrying into Rajan’s family has always made her question her beliefs since Manendra did not approve of her religion from the get-go. It is the same reason Sahana stopped praying to Ganesha as well, since she was also a believer before she married Manendra. It seems that the two of them, who came together in prayer after Manendra was stabbed, decided that they were going to return to the temple together. It’s time to return back to their beloved religion; not that Kala ever gave it up completely, but it seems she has been absent from the temple for the majority of her marriage. This is yet another Red Flag aimed at her supposedly “happy” relationship with Rajan. She really seems to have lost herself for a while and now she’s starting to take her life back. All it took was one single conversation with Wolfgang, in which he literally said a few words, and she realizes that being “happy” isn’t enough. This is the first step in a long line of decisions she makes, proving yet again that Rajan may not be the right match for her. He’s a wonderful man, just not right for her.

-Capheus decides to take Zakia & her cameraman on his daily bus route. As he drives through the crowd with her at his side, people begin to chant his name. Van Damn! Van Damn! Van Damn! There is a large crowd of people gathered around a water truck with empty buckets, looking for their own share of clean water. He gets out of the bus, with Jela not far behind, and follows their cries as they rally around him and march towards the rest of the crowd.

-Sahana’s bodyguard explains that ever since Manendra’s anti-idolatry bill was passed, there’s been a lot of trouble in the temple. He says that it only got worse when Guru Yash was arrested. Manendra has literally passed a bill against worshiping idols like Ganesha (wtf?). Remember that he has apparently taken a political position thanks to the prime minister and he wasted no time in forcing these blasphemous laws on the religious community. I can’t believe Kala’s own father-in-law is responsible for this mess. Sahana defends him (as always) and says that he believed it was necessary for the long-term good.

Side Note - Guru Yash is the same man from Season 1 who tried to forcefully recruit Kala to his religious following (and Will saved her).

-We jump back to Nairobi. Zakia knows a good story when she sees one so she tells her cameraman to keep his eyes on Van Damn and to film everything taking place. We see Capheus’ friend Ken, the man who carries and sells water to the people of Kibera. Capheus asks him what’s going on and Ken says “The bastard raised the prices again.” He is talking about Mr. Mandiba, the President of Kenya. “Most of my people can’t afford it anymore.”

-Kala comments on how terrible the situation is at the temple as a man from the crowd stands on his soapbox and begins speaking to the crowd. He is officially starting a protest. He yells, “We obey no law but his law (Ganesha). You are either with us or against us! There is no middle ground! If we do not stop them, they will close our temples and destroy our country!”

Side Note - This man is actually played by an actor named Sikandar Kher. There is a little fun fact here because he is the real-life son of actor Anupam Kher, who plays Kala’s father Sanyam. Sense8 is keeping it in the family!



-Back in Nairobi, Capheus makes his way through the sea of people and heads up to the front of the gathering. The driver of the water truck yells out to the crowd that they can have their water when they pay for it. Zakia goes live with her broadcast while everyone in the crowd pats Capheus on the back and is excited to see that he is standing up for them yet again. The truck driver recognizes him immediately “Oh, the famous Van Damn.” Remember that not only did Capheus single-handedly (thank you Sun) end the reign of the Superpower gang, but his Who Am I? speech had already gone viral. At this point, everyone in the vicinity knows his name. Capheus pleads with the truck driver, saying that the people need their share of clean water. “Water is life.”

Side Note - While following production, Daryl Hannah (who plays Angelica) posted an adorable video to Instagram of the cast filming the ocean scene from 2x01 in Malta. During the video, they each yell out “Water is life!” and although it was adorable, I originally had no idea why they were yelling this back when I saw it in September of 2016. I thought it had something to do with the Dakota Access Pipeline, which was garnering a lot of attention in the news back then. And knowing Daryl, that probably was one of the reasons for why she posted the video. But it took about 8 more months of waiting for Season 2 to premier to fully understand why they were yelling it, and when I heard that line in this episode I was like ‘omg I get it now!’ See the video here [x]



-The truck driver hears what Capheus is saying and responds, “Water is a commodity. And every commodity has a price.” I can’t even imagine living in a place that doesn’t have clean, flowing water everywhere you go. It really makes me realize that my every-day struggles aren’t nearly as difficult as some of the other people in this gigantic, crazy & cruel world. Scenes like this inspire me to volunteer more often.

-The scene at the Ganesha temple is getting more intense as the protesters begin chanting “One truth! Our truth! One truth! Our truth!”

-Amanita closes down City Lights for the night and walks towards her motorcycle to begin the drive home back to Bug & Nomi. Neets is still talking to Nomi over the ear piece as she begins to discuss the rest of the lecture that was held a few moments before. She says, “The idea of polyphonic fiction, reflecting both the intercontextuality of an author’s work and their life, really resonated with what is happening to you.” Nomi corrects her, “You mean, to us.” aww, s’cute. Amanita laughs, “It is impacting us both, but how it does is different.”

-Neets buckles her helmet and looks up to find Agent Bendix sitting in an unmarked cruiser, waiting for her to leave. They had managed to lose him once they moved from the Women’s Shelter to Bug’s home a few months prior, but he has apparently been unsuccessful in finding their new location. It seems that in an attempt to violate Amanita’s freedom and locate Nomi’s whereabouts, he has decided to blatantly break the law (Neets isn’t a felon) and follow her home.

-Amanita tells Nomi that he’s back and that he’s watching her. Nomi asks, “What are you gonna do?” With a determined look in her eye, Neets closes her helmet visor and confidently says, “Lose him.” She takes off into the back alleyway as Bendix slams on the gas and follows closely behind.

-Back in Mumbai, the same woman from Season 1 (the woman who was closely affiliated to Guru Yash) points Kala out of the crowd and yells “I know you! You’re not one of us!” The crowd begins calling her “the devil” and she knows it’s time to get the fuck out of there. But the crowd persists (and I’m actually quite surprised Wolfgang didn’t “visit” with her in this moment since her life and safety were seriously being threatened. But I’m sure if worse got to worst, he would have been the first of the cluster to show his face in her defense).

-The song “Has the World Gone Mad?” begins playing over the speakers and once again, Sense8′s crew has chosen a fitting song title for a fitting scene.

-The crowd in Nairobi is getting more and more frustrated. It turns from a large gathering into a raging riot. The same happens in Mumbai.

-Nomi is frantically worrying about Amanita because she can’t get through to her on the ear piece. She is transported to Kala & Capheus and they begin “sharing” in their emotions as each of them experiences the same type of overwhelming, debilitating anxiety.

-The people in Kibera begin to push and shove and Capheus & Jela are knocked down to the ground. A woman and her newborn baby are about to get crushed beneath the crowd but Capheus lifts the child into his arms and helps everyone back to their feet. Once the truck driver sees that a newborn baby was nearly crushed and that the riot is getting out of hand, he gives Capheus a look of realization. As it begins to resonate, he finally decides to give the people what they want; water. He opens the valve on his truck and lets the water flow as the crowd calms down and the riot comes to an end. Mind you, this entire thing is being caught on camera.

-Kala & Sahana escape the temple safely and Amanita manages to lose Bendix, returning home to Nomi in one piece. I swear to God, I really thought something terrible was going to happen to her so when she appeared back on the screen, I realized I had been holding my breath the entire time. Thank GOD she’s okay! Thank Ganesha!

-Amanita takes one look at Nomi and knows that she isn’t just freaking out about her but that other things must be going on with the cluster as well. She & Nomi are literally in a cluster of their own and they can read each other’s minds to near perfection. “Did something else happen?” - - - “Something’s always happening.” - - - “Something happened to the cluster.” - - - “There was a protest in India, a riot over water in Nairobi. But mostly, I was just worrying about you.” - - - “Oh! God. You are having a major bad day.”

-Nomi says that she doesn’t want to complain because Bug is totally their hero, but she thinks she’s going a little crazy on this boat. Like I said girl, I’d be going crazy too. Give yourself some credit!

Scene 6:

-Riley meets with her friend Vincent at his laboratory in Amsterdam. Will has been laying low in the new safe house ever since the incident at the museum a few days ago. He has been 100% free of any inhibitors as they wait for the blocker pills Croome gave him to “pass the test” before he begins to take them on a daily basis. Riley had previously given Vincent one of the blocker pills days earlier (immediately after getting them from Croome) and asked him to examine it. As he escorts her inside, he talks about how money, power & property are the real drugs in this world. “They suck out every drop of humanity.” A-fucking-men to that. Speaking of dehumanizing drugs, he introduces Riley to his friend Puck; one of the best chemical engineers he has ever met.

-As soon as Puck looks at Riley, he knows exactly who she is. “No, we haven’t met. I am a big fan, though.” The viewer doesn’t know it yet, but Puck is sensate. He doesn’t establish a connection by making eye contact with Riley though because he is currently on blockers of his own.

Side Note - I think Puck is automatically intrigued by Riley, since he is a fan of her DJ work and has listened to her set at the Berghain several times already. He already has a semi crush on her, but I believe he is also suspicious of her because she & Will (& Nomi) are infamous in the sensate world. They are the only 3 members of the cluster that BPO has successfully identified at this point and all 3 have managed to remain free from their grasp. That doesn’t go unnoticed in the small, interconnected world of homo sensoriums. Plus, remember how Gunnar said that “there’s a lot of talk back home”? Well just like sapiens gossip, sensoriums do as well (and we find out later that they use The Archipelago to do so). When you’ve been on the run from BPO for an entire year like Nomi, Riley & Will have, it’s inevitable for you to gain some sort of a reputation. I am almost positive that Whispers put the word out to his other headhunters and that they have helped to spread that same word on the street. Because of this infamous reputation, some sensates don’t trust Riley due mostly to the fact that she and her cluster have been able to evade Whispers for so long. Because of that, some sensates think she might be working for BPO and they tend to walk on eggshells around her in fear of getting caught themselves.

-Vincent explains that Puck never stays with him longer than a day or two, hinting that he is a nomad. But the pill that Riley gave him to examine has caught his attention (meaning that he has been examining it for at least a day or two. I assume that this must be day 3).

-Puck says the pill is special, an “effective ligand”.

Effective Ligand - an ion or molecule attached to an atom by coordinate bonding, which is successful in producing a desired or intended result (in this case, blocking the psycellium).



-Puck wants to know where Riley got the pill. She apologizes and says she can’t tell him. This only adds on to his suspicion of her because he isn’t stupid. He knows these pills came directly from BPO because they are much more potent than the ones he makes for himself.

-Queue Kala (who is wearing the same exact necklace she wore in some scenes during Season 1. Recycling jewelry, I love it! It makes the characters seem way more realistic). Remember that the cluster needs her chemistry skills to try and reverse-engineer the blocker pills so that she can begin making her own. The pills Croome gave Will are bound to run out eventually so Kala wants to collect every bit of information possible about what is in them so that she can make her own batch. She begins “sharing” with Riley and starts to ask Puck questions through her. First, she wants to know if he found anything trackable or toxic in it. He explains that it depends on what she thinks is toxic. The pill is basically just an androgen booster (steroids are also androgen boosters, for anyone wondering what a comparative drug would be). This booster inhibits the entactogens in a sensate’s brain.

Entactogens - responsible for the production of experiences regarding emotional communion, oneness, relatedness, and emotional openness like empathy or sympathy.

-This only reiterates to us what we basically knew already: psi-blockers disconnect sensates from their highly sensitive connection to visceral emotions. It is the opposite of something like DMT, which tremendously accelerates those same visceral emotions. There we go, DMT is mentioned yet again. DMT must be able to counteract inhibitors like blocker pills, as I have suspected all along.

-Puck explains that the inhibitors in the pills block empathetic synaptic connections, rather than exciting them. Kala finishes his sentence through Riley “…bonding the inhibitor to the neural proteins.” Vincent & Puck are impressed. “Are they teaching bio-chem at DJ school now?” I am almost positive that Puck was probably thinking to himself “Hmm, this must be coming from one of her cluster.” He knows Riley is sensate and is just playing dumb.

-Kala asks them to run some basic reactivity tests to Riley’s blood so Puck leaves to get a syringe.

-Kala begins exploring the lab, snooping around the room. Riley & Vincent are by themselves (or at least, he thinks they are) and it’s easy to see that Riles is a tiny bit uncomfortable with being left alone with him. She already knows what he’s going to try to do, and she doesn’t want Will (& other members of the cluster) to have to watch her ex attempt to hit on her, “I’ve missed you.” Well he wasted no time, huh?

*Queue Will who’s like “Umm… wtf did you just say to my girl?” He turns to Riley and asks her:

*Oooh, jealous Will is my aesthetic.

-This situation seems to be leaning towards the dramatic side and wherever there is drama, Lito isn’t far behind. He shows up to put in his own 2 cents about Vincent, “Maybe he’s just an old friend.”

-Riley continues to ignore them as Nomi joins in on the discussion. “She said he was an artist.” - - - “Nice lab for an artist,” Kala says sarcastically.

-Riley tries to walk away from Vincent and create some space between them. Now that 4/8 of her cluster are trying to figure out exactly who this man is to her, she’s feeling more uncomfortable than ever. Vincent grabs her hand and Lito can’t help himself. He turns to Will, “Hey… I think maybe he was a lover.” Will closes the gap between himself & Riley as he watches the conversation intently, up close and personal.

-Vincent leans in even closer and looks Riley in the eyes. He says, “I wasn’t going to say anything, but I know a little about what’s going on. I know you’re in some kind of trouble. Can I help?” He obviously cares about her a great deal but she’s with Will now and he’s jealously watching this entire exchange take place. Remember how he asked Riley if he should be jealous of Vincent in Episode 2x01? She responded “Only if it makes you want me more,” but she should be careful what she wishes for because this situation looks awkward as hell!

-Will asks Nomi if they really think they can trust this guy and she says he could’ve called the cops by now but didn’t. Kala has already made her judgment, “I don’t really like him.” But Lito thinks “he’s kind of sexy.”

-Puck returns with the syringe and asks Riley if she is in town to do a show here in Amsterdam. Vincent says “yes she is, or at least I’m hoping she is,” as he begins to take a blood sample from Riley’s arm. Will looks at her and just keeps shaking his head “no”. He is not going to risk the love of his life by putting her out in the public eye like that. Puck mentions that he knows Riley has a few legal issues, “Uh, nothing serious,” and Vincent says that if she really wanted to perform, her show could be Periscoped last minute (AKA “instant invite”).

Periscope - Simply put, the Periscope app enables you to “go live” via your mobile device anytime and anywhere. The app enables you to become your own “on the go” broadcasting station, streaming video and audio to any viewers who join your broadcast.



-Will doesn’t like what he hears but Vincent assures Riley that he has friends who could make sure she’s kept safe. Kala agrees that it is far too dangerous so Riley tells Vincent no, she doesn’t think it’s possible. Puck interjects, “Well, you better watch out for this guy ‘cause he will talk you into and out of anything,” while Vincent explains that Puck likes to live life differently than him.

-In this very moment, Puck begins quoting a line from one of Lito’s movies! “King of the ostriches. I’ve lived so long with my head buried, I should be able to breath sand by now.” This is a metaphor to his lifestyle, burying his head in the sand like an ostrich and running from BPO every chance he gets. Lito’s face lights up right away, “I know that line!” Puck reveals that it’s from The Price of Life is Death as Vincent scoffs, “Puck loves cheesy movies.” Oh, you’ve gone and done it now! Both Puck & Lito are highly offended by this judgmental comment. “Cheesy?!” they both defensively ask. Lito realizes “I don’t like him either.” Didn’t Kala just say that?! Oh em gee, her reaction to Lito’s change of heart is adorable:

*I really need more of these two together.

Scene 7:

-Capheus almost can’t believe his eyes. He has been invited to Zakia’s news studio to meet with her boss Kobi Kihara so that she can do a live segment on him during her show Better Living. Remember that Kobi is a real life news person in Kenya and this is finally the episode where we get to see her cameo. Zakia watches from behind the camera.

-Capheus looks so lost and overwhelmed with his surroundings and I just want to squeeze him.

-Kobi introduces him to the camera. “We have a very special guest indeed. His name is Capheus Onyango; though he is better known as Van Damn, after the matatu which he drives.” She turns to Capheus and welcomes him to the show. “Thank you, Miss Kihara. It is a very big honor for me to be here.”



-Kobi says that when they started researching this story, they asked themselves “Who is this matatu driver? Where did this guy come from who commands so much respect from his community?” and Capheus explains that he was born in a small village outside of Nakuru. He is an every-day citizen just like the people of his neighborhood in Kibera.

-Kobi mentions that grassroots activism actually runs in Capheus’ family and that his father was involved in setting up a tea planters union in the 90′s. “Those familiar with the story of those terrible strikes will understand the tragedy of what happened to your father.” - - - “Yes. My father was killed during one of the riots.” I wish we had the chance to get to know his father even better because I can only imagine that he was a wonderful man, just like his son is.

-Speaking of riots, Kobi interjects that one of her reporters (Zakia) was in the Van Damn matatu and captured the extraordinary event that happened just the other day. They roll the tape of the water riot and show Capheus saving the new born baby from the crowd. “This very brave young man diffused an angry incident that threatened to get much worse.”

-Kobi comments that Kibera has been a deprived neighborhood in Nairobi for forever and wonders why this anger has finally reached fever pitch level now. Capheus explains it’s simply over water. “Think what we all need water for. We cannot live without water.” He continues by proving a valid point: Kobi, who is much better off than the entire neighborhood of Kibera combined, pays much less for a liter of water than they do. Zakia is extremely proud of Capheus saying this on live TV.

-Kobi continues, “Kibera has been represented at the National Assembly by Mr. Mandiba for the last three terms. Do you think the problem is a political one?” As an answer to this question, Capheus decides to present an analogy, “Look, who am I to answer such a question? I drive a bus. If I didn’t take people where they hired me to take them, I wouldn’t expect them to get back on my bus. We expect leaders to take us where we want to go. The problem, it seems to me, begins when they don’t. When things do not improve and yet these leaders keep expecting us to get on their bus… I think this is when leaders become something else.” - - - “What?” - - - “Politicians.” I didn’t think Zakia could be more proud of her man but alas, she is.

*By the way Van Damn, you said you weren’t good with words? Well from my perspective, you’re doing a damn good job!



Scene 8:

-Kala is returning home from yet another shopping trip (I think that’s all this girl does in her down time!) She enters through the doorway of the lobby to her penthouse apartment and is greeted by Mr. Bhoopalam at the front desk. She notices that there is a man in a suit waiting for her in the lobby. She wants to know who he is and Mr. Bhoopalam tells her that he is apparently her new security guard. His name is Vikram and he is literally holding a machine gun like it’s his Louis Vuitton purse or something. He tells her, “I’m in charge of keeping your family safe.” Kala is not happy with what she sees but she allows Vikram to escort her to the elevator and up to her apartment.

-Rajan is in the living room, having a meeting with another man in a suit. Kala asks him why there is a man with a machine gun following her, so the man with Rajan introduces himself as Agent Singh from the National Intelligence Bureau. “Over the past week or two, we’ve received several death threats aimed at your father-in-law, his company and his family.” Well, this is the first Kala is hearing about it! Rajan claims that he didn’t want to concern her unduly so this is why he hasn’t mentioned it to her yet. Geez. As we find out more and more throughout the rest of the season, Rajan really loves to keep secrets from Kala but this is the first lie of omission she has caught him in.

-Mr. Singh explains that that very morning, they intercepted an explosive device addressed to Rajan. This is why the government has insisted to provide the Rasal family with round-the-clock security. Kala wants to know how long things will be this way and Rajan responds, “Until such time as God-intoxicated maniacs are not plotting to kill us, Kala.” Well okay then. She is definitely not happy about this and asks to excuse herself.

Scene 9:

*This crossover scene between Lito & Sun is extremely important in regards to information about Professor Kolovi, Whispers and the neural graft procedure. For Sun, we are introduced to a brand new character who is pivotal to her story line. For Lito, we are about to learn a whole lot more about BPO from our favorite, lovable Drama Queen.



-It’s fun to see that the rest of cluster is beginning to take notes from Will, Riley & Nomi and is starting to become investigative reporters of their own. Wolfgang is trying to get information from Lila and Lito realizes that he can help as well, by returning to Raoul Pasquale’s house and asking to speak with his father.



-Lito arrives to the Pasquale home and has a flashback of the day he came over to hang out with Raoul all those years ago. We saw snippets of the same exact flashback in the last episode and my speculation is that it took place around 5-7 years ago. During the memory, Lito had just discovered Raoul lived with his parents and was worried about someone walking in on them (he was still in the closet and had never had a homosexual experience before that day). Raoul comforts him, “Relax. No one’s gonna walk in on us.”

-It seems like Raoul was such a kind man and it’s bothersome to know what inevitably happened to him and his cluster. He explains to Lito, “There are people you meet in your life… and, for no logical reason, you feel immediately connected to. But in fact, there’s actually a scientific explanation.” Unbeknownst to Lito at the time, Raoul was actually describing the sensate connection and was basically telling Lito he was an unborn sensate. Raoul was obviously off of blockers when they met and he must have realized that he had established a connection with another sensate through eye contact, even though Lito was unborn at the time (just like Will+Sara or Riley+Yrsa’s connection when they were still unborn). This proves that Lito was also connected to another sensate before the rebirth of the cluster, but we find out soon that Raoul was lobotomized shortly after meeting Lito so he probably never had a chance to commence a “visit” with him. He must have decided not to drag Lito into the crazy world of BPO because none of that would have even made sense to him back then anyways. In that very moment, it seems as though someone has cut Raoul off because he turns to the side and looks to be talking to thin air:

-Lito is confused.

*No, Lito. He’s not talking to you. He is talking to a member of his cluster, or possibly even Angelica herself, who is warning him not to drag another sensate into their BPO mess. If it actually was Angelica, what are the odds that two of her children (one born and one unborn) would meet each other before she had even met Lito herself?! This world truly is interconnected in some of the most beautiful and surprising ways.

-We are brought back to the present as Lito walks around the side of the building into the garden. There is a man gardening and Lito realizes it is Mr. Pasquale, Raoul’s father. He introduces himself and tells him that he knew his son. Mr. Pasquale remembers him and approaches him with a warm smile. “I know your face. Raoul found your movies…” - - - “Cheesy?” Damn Lito, Vincent really got to you huh? Mr. Pasquale frowns, “No. You underestimate yourself.” That, he does. Lito is feeling pretty low about his career at this point in time since the most recent movie offer he had was pulled by the studio.



-Mr. Pasquale invites Lito in to his home. He explains that Raoul was always different, even when he was very young. They were a family of journalists and Raoul followed in both of his parents’ footsteps. “The truth was not a thing to be hidden or denied. Not under our roof. But to hunt for truth, you need a sixth sense for it. Journalistic intuition. In my 40 years, I never knew anyone with an intuition like my son.” Well that’s probably because he was sensate. This notion explains Raoul’s open, loving relationship with his father. It also explains why Raoul’s quest for the truth about BPO was driven by who he was as a person.

-Mr. Pasquale looks at Lito and straight up asks him if he and Raoul were lovers. As Lito stumbles to answer, we get a quick flashback from when Raoul first kissed him and Lito was still trying to convince himself he wasn’t gay. “I just think that as an actor, it is important to be open to all kinds of experiences.” LOL Oh, Lito. But there’s no getting around this question and he knows it. After stuttering for a few more moments, he finally tells Mr. Pasquale “Yes.” He wonders if his father knew because of journalistic intuition, but he says “Well, let’s just say… you are my son’s type.” I just love when fathers & sons are close enough to one another to have conversation about their love lives. Most of the men in this world should probably take a page out of the Pasquale Family Handbook.

-Will begins “sharing” his police interrogation skills with Lito and starts asking Raoul’s father questions about his son’s disappearance. “I know he went to Chicago for a story. Do you know anything about it?” Mr. Pasquale shakes his head yes. “He said it was the biggest story of his career. Perhaps the biggest story of the decade.” And all I can hear in my head is “Dun… dun… dun…”

Side Note - I didn’t know it yet, but the character in the very next scene was about to capture my heart and never let it go.

-We jump to Korea to check up on Sun, and we see it is a rainy day in Seoul. She & Min-Jung escaped prison only 2 or 3 days prior and it’s about time someone came looking for them.

-There are two policemen knocking on the door of Mrs. Cho’s apartment and Sun & Min-Jung look for a place to hide. The detectives announce their arrival and urge Mrs. Cho to open up.

-From the very first second Detective Kwon Ho Mun removed his jacket from his face and leaned up against that balcony, nonchalantly letting the rain hit his face, I knew in my heart that I was going to like this man a lot. Little did I know, I wasn’t only going to like him but I was going to fall head over heels in love with his character. My feelings about him were instant and thankfully my instincts turned out to be correct.

-We jump back to Mexico City as Mr. Pasquale escorts Lito in to Raoul’s room. He’s been there before “It hasn’t changed much,” but his father hasn’t been able to come in there since he disappeared because “homes are architectural forms of memory” and it’s been too painful for him.

-Lito notices a collage of Raoul’s photographs on the wall.

*You may recognize a few:

*Angelica, Jonas, and their cabin.

-Nomi “visits” with Lito as she recognizes the cabin straight away. Will interjects and says that they need to know where these pictures were taken. Lito asks the question out loud and Raoul’s father says they were taken somewhere in California. “The woman in the picture was important to the story… and to him.” More important than you will ever know, Mr. Pasquale.

-Nomi asks Lito to take pictures of all of this stuff and send it to her, so he does.

-Mr. Pasquale heads to the other end of the room where Raoul had hung one of Lito’s movie posters on the wall. He explains that when his son disappeared, the police said he was involved with drugs. Well, that was a crock of shit. He knew they were lying and says that when they came to his home, they were looking for something. “But they did not find it.” He lifts the movie poster to reveal a hidden compartment in the wall. There is a single, black VHS tape hidden inside. “You see? My son believed his secrets would be safe with you. And they were.” That’s because Raoul knew Lito was an unborn sensate. Who else in his life, besides some members of his cluster, would he trust other than another innocent (and still unborn) homo sensorium? It has already been noted that he had a connection with Lito so he knew in his gut that he could trust him. Even if it took Lito 5-7 years to get his hands on the tape.

-We jump back to Seoul as Mrs. Cho finally decides to open the door. Detective Mun introduces himself. He tells her that one of her neighbors found two prison uniforms in her garbage bag that morning. Well, that was careless! She tries to play it off and claims they used to be hers but Mun reminds her that the uniforms have numbers on them that can easily identify which prisoner they actually belong to. “So you can just drop the innocent old lady act.”

-Sun listens from the back room as Mun says that they are going to search Mrs. Cho’s apartment. “Harboring fugitives, Mrs. Cho… that’s a serious crime. I don’t want to have to put you back in prison,” and he truly seems sincere about what he’s saying. He is giving her as many chances as he can to tell him the truth. She admits they were there but claims that they left last night. She doesn’t have much of a choice and gives them the consent to search her apartment.

-Back in Mexico, Mr. Pasquale plays Raoul’s VHS tape for Lito to watch. It seems to have also taken place about 5-7 years ago, as Raoul must have gotten his hands on it right around the time he disappeared.

*The very first image we see on the screen is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:

*We don’t know who she is yet, but we find out later that her name is Carol Cumberland (she gives Riley & the cluster important intel on Whispers in a much later episode). She has apparently been the personal assistant to none other than Professor Kolovi himself for a number of years. I also suspect that she may have been the one to hand this VHS tape over to Raoul.

-Mr. Pasquale has seen the tape before but he still doesn’t understand what it means. “Maybe you can explain it to me.” Will “visits” with Lito as he watches the tape. He recognizes the patient strapped down to the table immediately. “That’s Todd,” and as a reminder, Riley adds that Todd was also a member of Angelica’s first cluster of children (Raoul’s cluster).

-The next man that appears on the screen literally made me gasp. My heart jumped out of my chest as I recognized him immediately. Professor Kolovi!

-Now we know for sure that everything he told Nomi & Amanita about Whispers was a lie. He claimed he hadn’t seen him since the 80′s yet here he is, proving his original claim to be untrue. He has seen Whispers much more recent than that since the next person to appear on the tape is Milton himself.

-It seems that they are experimenting on Todd and I realized in that moment that all of the sensorium frontal lobe research Whispers had apparently come to BPO with all those years ago was research he hadn’t discovered on his own. He worked on the research with Kolovi and they came up with their findings together. After Whispers started to work for BPO is around the same time that he met Angelica. She began helping them with their research and slowly developed a contraption called The Traceworks, which I have mentioned in previous analyses. She is also the scientist responsible for perfecting the neural graft procedure (AKA Bulger’d sensates).

-Whispers can be seen placing an early version of The Traceworks contraption on his head as he attempts to control Todd with his mind.

-This was a nifty procedure all on its own, but unfortunately the sensate who’s body you were attempting to control still needed to be strapped down and hooked up to the network, making it hard to navigate around. But the neural graft procedure that Angelica later perfected made it possible to go mobile.

-The first test they performed was for Whispers to make Todd write something down on a piece of paper. The word of choice for this test? “Milton”, of course. Lito, Nomi, Will & Riley watch the tape in horror as he successfully controls Todd’s writing hand and spells out his name. Kolovi seems impressed as the two of them smirk at their positive results. I got the chills, seeing these two together… Although I would like to add that I personally noticed that Whispers appeared to be slightly uncomfortable around Kolovi, less sure of himself and definitely not as confident in a position of power like we have seen him be so many times before. This is just like the way he acts whenever The Chairman is mentioned. Yet again, I am literally screaming in my head “KOLOVI IS THE CHAIRMAN! KOLOVI IS THE CHAIRMAN!” (But I guess I could be wrong).

-Nomi realizes that this must be the origin of their zombie factory and Will reiterates what I’ve always suspected: Kolovi knew about this from the beginning.

-Lito explains to Mr. Pasquale that what they are watching on this tape are the early experiments of the men who he believes are responsible for Raoul’s disappearance. Without missing a beat, Mr. Pasquale points out Kolovi on the screen and what he says next, chilled me to the bone. “That’s Professor Kolovi. I showed him a picture of my son and he denied ever meeting him.” - - - “What did your journalistic intuition tell you about him?” - - - “He’s a lying snake who would open his own mother’s throat if he could profit by it.” Holy. Shit. Didn’t Amanita already give us a foreshadowing comment about Kolovi being a cunning liar? And now here we are, associating Kolovi with lies yet again. There is nothing -nothing- that happens in this season that makes me believe Kolovi is The Chairman more than this one specific VHS tape.

-Lito asks Mr. Pasquale when the last time was that he spoke to Raoul and he says that he believes he called him just before he vanished. We see a flashback of this phone call:

-Raoul has a neural graft scar on his forehead. Although he is unable to speak because he has been Bulger’d, he is crying as Angelica raises the phone to his ear and allows him to hear his father’s voice one last time.

*Angelica is crying too, making me think that some of those tears were actually coming from her since she was “sharing” with Raoul in this moment. Keep this flashback in mind. We will be revisiting it again later and I will go even more in depth about the details of what I believe happened here.

-Mr. Pasquale turns to Lito and says, “I don’t know what an actor can do to help put the memory of my son to rest, but he obviously thought highly of you. I hope one day I share that same opinion.” Justice for Raoul!

Scene 10:

*We continue on to the scene in Seoul, which was already set up previously.

-Detective Mun & his partner Jun enter Mrs. Cho’s apartment with their guns drawn. They search the premises for any sign of the escaped convicts.

-Detective Jun enters into the back bedroom while Mun carries on a conversation with Mrs. Cho. We hear a thud come from Jun’s direction as Mun whips around to check on his partner. He finds him knocked out on the floor.

*One punch from Sun Bak sure can help you catch up on some Z’s, huh?

-Mun gets a glimpse of Sun escaping out the back balcony of the apartment so he begins his pursuit as he runs after her.

-Sun sprints towards the rooftop and out into the pouring rain. Mun follows closely behind and is able to catch up to her as he draws his weapon and tells her to freeze.

Side Note - This is actually yet another brilliant Matrix parallel!

*Here is the opening scene of The Matrix Trilogy featuring Trinity & a cop, versus Sense8 Episode 2x04 featuring Sun & Mun:

*I am so lucky that I was already a fan of these movies, making it easy to catch on to some of the parallels. But I can almost guarantee that I probably don’t find all of them because like I said before, Lana is a fucking genius and there are probably hundreds of hidden easter eggs like this one in the series.



-Sun & Mun (sun and moon, how cute) fight in the downpour, providing even more beautiful cinematography. They are pretty evenly matched and it’s quite easy to tell that Mun has similar training. He is impressed by her skills and wants to know “Who are you?” but he’s about to get his answer in the form of an MMA combination move that she has used on him before.

-In the distant past, about a decade ago when they were teenagers, Mun fought Sun in the ring. When she uses the same exact combination that she used on him all those years earlier, he immediately knows:

Side Note - Please do not confuse Mun with Woojin, who was a separate boy that Sun fought as a teenager in Episode 2x01 (the one she lost her virginity to). She beat up a lot of boys in her time, and it seems that Mun had the pleasure of being one of them.

-Mun is impressed. It’s obvious that he never forgot about Sun and the time she kicked his ass all those years ago, but she doesn’t miss a beat and ultimately knocks him out with one punch to the face.

-Sun has managed to knock out both detectives and she returns back to the apartment to find an impressed Mrs. Cho. Sun tells Min-Jung that it’s time for them to go but Min-Jung shakes her head no, “This taste of freedom was delicious. But enough is enough. I will only slow you down.”

-Sun is heartbroken. Min-Jung has taken over for the role of her mother since they met in prison one year ago and it is devastating to think that they must part ways. But they both know it’s time to say goodbye, hoping to see each other again someday. “When you’re free, come visit me.” - - - “I will.”



Scene 11:

-Riley & Will are asleep in bed at their new safe house. They had already left the abandoned church and relocated to another location days ago, after the museum incident. They have probably been in this new location for close to a week, at least 4 or 5 days. Will is still off of inhibitor drugs and he must be experiencing some kind of withdraws from the heroin. His health definitely isn’t back to 100% quite yet because recovery takes time.

-In this moment, Will is experiencing yet another one of Angelica’s memories and is connecting to the psycellium in a semi conscious state. He accesses one of her flashbacks in which we see her first set of children standing in the California cabin yelling at her as she sits next to Jonas on the couch. During this memory, I only assume that Raoul was probably there at the cabin in person but that the rest of his cluster was only “visiting” with him & Angelica. Remember that Jonas said the only one of that cluster that he had ever met in person was Raoul, so it only makes sense that the rest of them were only “visiting” as Raoul physically stood in the living room yelling at Angel.

-In the memory, Raoul & Habib are visually upset and they are telling Angelica that BPO wants to sterilize them. Todd is suspiciously absent from the confrontation (probably because he supported BPO and wanted them to “fix” him so he had already volunteered himself to Whispers & Kolovi as we saw on the VHS tape). Jonas tries to tell Raoul “It’s a voluntary procedure,” in which he responds “For now.” Mr. Pasquale wasn’t lying, his son’s journalistic intuition was uncanny and I really wish Angelica had listened to him back then.

-The visions begin to shift as Will starts seeing a BPO laboratory mixed in with the current memory he is accessing from Angelica. Through the flashes of varying images, we hear her say to Jonas, “Even with everything we’ve been through, your first thought, your only thought, is for yourself. Come with me.” Jonas pleads with her to please listen and to stay with him but she doesn’t want to hear what he has to say. She grabs some of her research from the cabin and begins to frantically gather some things to take with her. “I don’t want to waste any more time listening to your excuses. I’m done with you, I’m done with them (her cluster children). I’m done with all of it.” As I mentioned previously, Angelica had already been offered to come work for BPO and she had obviously reached a point in which she wasn’t seeing eye to eye with any of the loved ones in her life (Jonas & her cluster of children). This must be when Todd offered himself to research and when Raoul took off to Chicago to break the story on BPO in an attempt to publicize homo sensoriums (unsuccessfully). When Angelica followed closely behind him, she was ultimately pushed towards working with Whispers as a result.

-Will wakes up and fully connects to the experience, dragging Nomi along for the ride. But it wasn’t just Angelica’s past memory that he was accessing because it seems he’s also connecting to Jonas in the present. This is why Will was getting blurry images of a BPO laboratory. The psycellium was leading him to Jonas, not just to Angelica, and as a result Nomi has connected as well since she is the only other person in the cluster to make eye contact with Jonas in real life.

-The connection to Jonas overlaps Angelica’s memory since it is also one of his own personal memories, and so it continues to play out on the screen. We hear Jonas ask Angelica, “Where do you think you’re going?” and she responds, “Chicago.” He pleads with her, “Look, going to Chicago is suicide! I’m sorry!” as he begins to cry. Angelica wipes his face and says, “I don’t need your tears. I need your fucking courage.” She truly believed she was doing the right thing and was convinced that her research would benefit homo sensoriums in the long run. Sadly, she couldn’t have been more wrong.



-When the memory ends, the vision of the BPO laboratory becomes more clear. Nomi & Will realize that Jonas is being carted off to be Bulger’d as they speak! Angelica’s apparition pleads with Will to help Jonas as the weight of what’s about to happen sinks in. Riley wakes up and immediately knows there’s something wrong.

-Jonas says, “I’ve come to say goodbye. I thought I had value to them, but it seems that time has passed. They’re using me to send you a message. They want you to watch. I’m sorry I failed you.” Nomi & Will watch in horror as their sensate mentor is put under the knife.

-Jonas & Angelica exchange “I love you’s” and kiss as the whir of the saw comes to life and the episode ends.