The Tomorrow People (US) - Episode 6 REVIEW

After five episodes of Russell being no more than a likeable supporting character, at long last he gets more of a main role when he and John go to attend his father’s funeral. It begins to become clear what lead Russell to the Tomorrow People and his story is genuinely upsetting, with some fantastic acting from Aaron Yoo in these scenes.
However, it is only half of the episode. Yes, we have another, less interesting half with Stephen and Cara tracking down a break-out, who turns out to be...Darcy’s sister! Yeah, Darcy...the character no one remembers the name of who works for Ultra. Right...
Actually, this basic concept is great, and pays off well, only it leads to a romance blooming between Cara and Stephen. While I’m not going to bother with the fact that Stephen is meant to be a 16-year old teenager and Cara is a woman in her twenties, it feels oddly forced and came out too soon. Some things need more time to build. In Firefly, Mal and Inara don’t even get together in the end and yet somehow it works, as you know how the characters feel about each other and you know why they can’t and shouldn’t be together. With this relationship is builds from the odd look to outbursts of “I love you” with no build-up. It’s clearly going that way in the episode, but it comes almost out of nowhere for me. After the tension with John in the previous episodes, it feels odd that Cara just completely forgets she has a boyfriend who clearly cares for her.
However, the pay-off with Russell’s story-line works brilliantly, and it’s such a pity that this is the only episode to do this so far. 8/10

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