The Tomorrow People (US) - Episode 2 REVIEW
You know you’ve got a great villain when he’s the main
character’s Uncle – jealous and vengeful against his brother’s abilities to the
extent that he’ll wipe out his brother’s entire species, and that is what
Jedikiah Price is.
Stephen is trying to get to grips with his new-found
abilities while trying to persuade Cara and John that working for Ultra is a
good idea, while trying to get inside Ultra itself. This second episode carries
on the threads from the first, and a previously sequence at the beginning
appears to be a great help for those who weren’t paying attention to Episode 1.
It’s clear that Jedikiah will stop at nothing to annihilate
the Tomorrow People, to the extent that he locates break-outs and uses
brain-washed Tomorrow People to hunt them down, so that Ultra can either kill
or destroy their powers. This proves to be the case when their next target is a
teenage criminal, of whom Stephen must try and protect but not draw attention
to himself. Worse still, Jedikiah has a Tomorrow Person interrogating Stephen psychically!
There is some emotion to the episode though, with a flashback
as to what happened to Stephen’s father, building up the thread of just what
happened to him, and whether he is still alive.
The episode has a considerable amount of tension involved,
but it is simply another set-up episode, which means an individual story is,
for the most part, absent. However, it’s still an entertaining watch, with some
great fight sequences and action which uses the Tomorrow People’s abilities
very well, despite their inability to kill. Cara seems to be quite awesome as
well, beating the living smeg out of people, and she also appears to be the “break
out” specialist of the Tomorrow People. 7/10
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