'The Gifted' Episode 2 Review: rX


🌟The Gifted🌟Episode 2 Review🌟9.1/10🌟

The second episode of THE GIFTED was even better than its pilot. When Blink closed the portal and everyone got through (bar one), she went into having a series of seizures. These seizures caused her power to go haywire, constantly opening a portal to a particular road (what's the deal with this road? Hmmm).

These seizures and the road were the source of this episode’s conflict. They needed to get her under control whilst not letting anyone through the portal from the other side. This is where that plot line splits. You had Kate Strucker and Eclipse going to get medication for Blink, while Laura had to do her best to keep the portal closed with her brother and Thunderbird.

The other stories involved Strucker being detained by Sentinel Services and then Polaris’ time in jail. Because of the multiple story's some of these stories got the short end of the stick. For example, Polaris’ time in jail didn’t really do anything except show us how bad things are for mutants in prison. Which, given the state of the world, could be assumed already, I guess they just wanted to emphasise on that point.

The show's effects are still holding up. The scene where Blink’s powers go nuts and there's portals everywhere was an inventive use of her powers. Eclipse’s powers are also very cool. Nothing wrong with lasers, right? The budget seems to be fairly steady when it comes to the effects, so I’m hoping that remains. All in all I'm loving it but still don't have any favourites yet!

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