2x05 The Commons (1)

The subplot with Hamish and Randall did not go the way I thought it was going to go. I thought what it started with was going to be all of it but once that was over, it kept on going, and in a direction that I wasn't expecting. Since the twist happened at the very end, that subplot was stopped short, but it will probably be brought back up and may even have a bigger purpose. Who knows. But it seems like Eleanor was apart of that whole group, and maybe that's also where she learned to do magic.

Zecchia was probably responsible for trying to start a war between the Order and the Sons of Prometheus. In the previous episode, Jack and Lilith had her retrace her steps to find the artifacts, and she brought along Jack and Lilith to the barn, yet in this episode, everything was gone. That, in itself, was odd. If what she said was true, and some other party stole the artifacts from the Knights, why was the last place she was before the Knights resummoned her, the place where all the artifacts were?

Initially, I thought the Sons of Prometheus probably moved everything because Jack killed one of their own and they thought it was best to move it all, just in case. But after what Xavier said at the end, Zecchia probably reclaimed the artifacts after stealing them for the Knights, and then brought them to the barn, knowing that it belonged to the Sons of Prometheus, and probably stole something from them, as well. Maybe the barn was filled with some of their magic artifacts, too. But she probably only left them there long enough for one of them to contact the other, igniting more bad blood between them, enough for one of them to make a move, and wrong (the right) assumptions from both sides but then took everything for herself, which is why there was nothing in the barn when Jack managed to check it out.

And Elizabeth is way too eager to be the one in charge, to be the one making the decisions. She just ordered (get it?) for Xavier and Malachai to be killed, yet they're bound to Jack and Alyssa. I mean, she may know that and is the type of person to not care about something like that but come on. That was a rash move. Of course, I doubt anything will come of it. And by that, I mean that Vera will probably intervene and stop it, or it'll be stopped, in some other way.

As per usual, I'm commenting as I watch cough
So... What about the word "hivemind" is attractive to you, Alyssa...?
Because not having your private thoughts, feelings and memories is the way you want to live? Zero individuality? Oh, okay then.

That guy who came to meet them looked so familiar to me... and then I realised... isn't that Spike (from Buffy)? Which in turn made me realise "oh shit he looks old now" and "oh shit I guess I'm old now" hahaha. Oops.

Anyway, a brainwash-episode, without powder :joy:Is it me or is this whole thing kind of cringy.

Getting the sense that even if that hostage/link-spell they did was legit, those hive-lers are probably okay to forfeit their lives and wouldn't care if they broke the rules or died. That's probably what the intention was. But then I'm seriously astonished as to why Vera or anyone has so little information about this other order. Apparently they have a history together, but the Blue Rose seems to have no real idea how they operate? OR Vera also just took the two that mean least, fully knowing the risks. However I doubt that, as previous episodes have shown that she favours both Jack and Alyssa. So her being so clueless just dumbfounds me. I mean, come on, the guys have a tree with ever-linked roots and foliage as their logo, I doubt they're THAT secretive about how they function.