Revolution Season One: Clue

Almost time for the finale.

The episode begins with Nora in Monroe's custody and wearing a white dress and sitting at a dinning table with food on it. Monroe says this is the only offer for joining him but she refuses, Monroe then subjects her to twenty one days of torture that includes injections and ice water. Randall is then called to Independence Hall and Monroe is angry that he was never told about The Tower and that he only now learned from Nora and Sanborn. He orders Randall killed but Randall manages to save himself by saying that The Tower is full of weapons and technology that even the President didn't know and he is the only one who can get Monroe in, Sanborn confirms this. Rachael and Aaron are then seen entering Colorado but Monroe has already arrived at the base of The Tower with several soldiers using helicopters.

You should unleash that whole fleet of helicopters on Georgia

At Georgia Miles suggests to Jim that he should go home because the situation is now more dangerous however this only angers Jim who blames Miles for him being here in the first place. Jason and Charlie are in the middle of the street and Jason suggests they should just go to Texas before Monroe invades, they kiss but Jason breaks off after noticing someone. Later Sanborn has just arrived in Atlanta with a stolen amplifier powering a car and Nora who he has freed. Miles visits Nora in the hospital and then questions Sanborn who regrets his actions but tells them all about Monroe heading to The Tower. Miles, Charlie, Nora, Jason, Tom, Jim, Sanborn, Ramsey and a pilot use an amplifier to power a helicopter so they can save Rachael and Aaron and stop Monroe.

"So anyone else coming? This isn't a party people!"

At The Tower Randall tires to enter but the computer won't accept his access codes, we then see that they are being watched on cameras by a group of people. Meanwhile Miles's and the group set down at Fort Hansen in the Plains Nation to refuel and Jason has a Flashback to the guy who he noticed earlier who is revealed to be a Militia spy and he has a job for Jason. The group spread out to find fuel but when they come back they find the helicopter's wires pulled out and the pilot dead with an X slashed in his throat; a mark used by a war clan in the Plains Nation. They then find Ramsey bleeding out with the same X mark but he dies before he can reveal who the killer is.

Spooky

At The Tower Rachael and Aaron have arrived to find Monroe and his forces there, Aaron suggests they run but Rachael wants to kill Monroe gives Aaron Jane's journal to turn the power on. At Fort Hansen Miles comes to the conclusion that the murderer must be one of their own since there is no one else around and worse Nora is missing. He makes the group put all of their weapons in a bag and goes off to find her and does but unconscious and with bloody hands and a knife. Everyone suspects Nora and Sanborn says it's possible with the amount of drugs still in her system but Miles believes she's innocent. Just then Jason is found with a bloody switchblade but denies having knowledge of it being there, even Charlie grows suspicious when he asks who the person he met in Atlanta and Jason admits it was a Militia spy who asked Jason to kill Miles in exchange for Charlie's safety but he refused. Miles is about to pull his gun out on Jason but is stopped by Charlie and Tom which allows Jason to escape.

"All weapons in here, I'll be keeping mine of course"

Meanwhile at The Tower Rachael manages to kill a Militia solider and steal his uniform to infiltrate Monroe's camp. At Fort Hansen Miles is searching for Jason and runs into Sanborn who has examined the knife found with Nora and says it was made in Annapolis, Maryland and asks who has been there lately, he is then shot and it is revealed he was killed by Jim. Miles asks why he is doing this and Jim says that Monroe is threatening his wife so he gave them their location for the drone strike and has been doing these killings, he also blames Miles for ruining his life and that he won't keep fighting a pointless battle. The two fight it out but it looks like that Jim has the upper hand before Jason shoots him from behind, saving Miles. Later Nora fixes the helicopter and the rest of the group continues on to Colorado. The episode ends with Rachael walking into Monroe's tent with a grenade and pulls the pin.

We finally get to see them fight!

This has got to be one of my favourite episodes for the second half of Revolution Season One along with Love Boat because it was definitely something different because we had a murder mystery on our hands. Also I am glad that Jim finally got another episode with him in the spotlight and there was barely any Rachael and Aaron story in this and after the last episode I really needed that.

Damn now that's cold!

Firstly lets talk about Jim and I admit I was a bit surprised that he betrayed everyone in the end but I guess we and even Miles should have seen this coming. Jim has said before that Mile has ruined his life and he made a good new start for himself and with his wife before Miles came to recruit him. Miles is defiantly a good guy but I admit his methods are cruel at times and he has made some characters life worse when he involves himself with them, of course its not intentional. I could also understand that Jim had no choice but to betray everyone and that I guess he never had any reason to be loyal to them anyway. Like I said above I am glad that this episode was kind of a Jim centred one but it is a shame he is dead because he was such an underused character and I wish he got a Flashback.

"Keep up Mr Flynn"

As for the time we spent at Fort Hansen that was where the episode really shined because I really liked everyone suspecting each other and not knowing who the killer was. They had me really convinced that it could have been Nora but also Jason or Sanborn because of the evidence and circumstances that pointed to them. The murders I admit was so graphic with that X mark craved into their throats, it made me feel like I was watching a Slasher film. We also got that fight we have been waiting for between Miles and Jim and it was really great and brutal to watch.

You two don't exactly blend in with your environment

We didn't see much of the other subplots for which I am glad because we really need it to stay in one place for the majority of the episode every now and again. For what we did see it looks like Randall is no longer in Monroe's good books but he managed to convince him to go to The Tower. I wonder if there really are weapons in there and what will Randall do when he finds that the elevator and can to level 12? As for Rachael trying to blow herself up I really don't think that is going to work because I don't think two major characters are going to go out like that.

A white dress and dinner instead of torture, what does that remind you of?

Overall this was one of the stronger episode of the latter half of Season One and it looks like next episode all the characters will be at The Tower. Hopefully we will also find out who the people are who where watching Randall and Monroe and why they are already in The Tower.

SCORE: 9/10

Highlights: The events at Fort Hansen
                   A more Jim centred story
                   Every major character will soon be together at The Tower

Let - Downs: Jim was really underused throughout the series and now he is dead

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Revolution Season One: The Stand

Another episode to review! Thought I point out that when I watch TV series, if I can, I like splitting the episode into arcs like in Anime. For example the last episode ended the Finding Danny Arc because they now have him back and I like to call this second half of season one the War Against the Republic Arc.

The episode begins with the helicopter firing at the group however they manage to find shelter in a restaurant and even survives its barrage of missiles by hiding in the freezer. Back at Independence Hall Tom reports to Monroe that no remains where found but Monroe does not care about them anymore. With a working attack helicopter he wants to wipe out all of the other nations but he will first start off by getting rid of every Rebel in the Republic.

DAMN!

The group manages to escape from the city by hiding in a corpse wagon and Charlie pretending she is one of the Militia by using her brand. As the group is walking through the trees they spot the helicopter in the distance and guess that it is heading for the Rebel base in West Chester and they try to get there as fast as they can. However they are too late to save anyone as the base is wiped out and Nora insists that she has to warn Rebel headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland which Danny and Charlie agree to as well. Aaron is against it saying that they finally have Danny and managed to escape from the Republic and they can just go home but Rachael says she must fight Monroe because it is her fault Monroe has power. Miles does not know how they can take out a helicopter but Rachael knows of an old co - worker nearby who has the weapons they need.

 

Aaron, you made the most sense out of everyone in that room

The group then decides to split up with Miles going with Rachael to get the weapons and the rest going with Nora to the Rebel base. It then changes to another destroyed Rebel base and Tom, Jason and a few of the Militia are viewing the burnt base from a distance. Jason is disgusted by this because it was nothing more than a massacre while Tom argues that this is war and that the Rebels shouldn't be hiding with their families in the first place. Tom then turns to a captured Rebel to have "a little chat" about the next closest Rebel base.

 

"Our little chat is going to end with a bullet in your brain right"

Charlie's group make it to the Rebel base and are greeted by Nicholas who has made it there with his Rebel group as well. Nicholas leads them inside and the group sees that most of the Rebels are severely wounded by the recent helicopter attacks. They are also introduced to Commander Ramsey who says that the resistance is now over but Nora says that Miles will save them. Meanwhile things are tense between Miles and Rachael but Miles says that he truly thought that she was dead that Monroe even showed him a body.

 

"We Rebels are good and screwed"

Back at the Rebel base Jason spots Charlie and some children from his hiding spot and Tom soon does as well and wants to order a strike on the base. Jason is against this because of the amount of people at the base even though Tom suspects he only cares about Charlie. After a heated argument and a fight Tom says to Jason that he is dead to him and to never return home. Miles and Rachael make it to the house of John Sanborn (Leland Orser) who says he has been out of touch with a lot of the old scientists for a while, even Grace.

 

You got one weird hobby there Sanborn 

At the Rebel base Jason warns Charlie of the upcoming attack and even though she is grateful she says that Jason cannot come with her. Charlie then tells Ramsey this who insists that they fight because they cannot get the wounded out in time. Things are also not going well for Miles and Rachael because they are soon knocked out by a sonic sound gun by Sanborn who says that Randall got to him first. Shortly after this however Miles manages to break free of his bonds and knock out Sanborn, they then take his weapons which includes a RPG. We then see Randall preparing to leave the base he has Grace confined and but insists she continue working on an elevator that will get him to level 12. He leaves a guard to watch her while he is absent.

 

"Look after the house while I am gone"

Back at the Rebel camp Charlie tries to convince Danny to sit this fight out but he refuses and then the helicopter arrives but there are two of them now. The group hold them off as long as they can but a lot of the Rebels are killed, just when all hope seems lost Miles and Rachael come galloping on the wagon. Miles tries to use the RPG that is activated by the pendant but is but knocked out by a helicopter missile, Danny then makes a move to the RPG. He manages to blow up the helicopter with the amplifier in but the other one, crashing because of the loss of power, blindly fires bullets which hit Danny. He dies with Charlie screaming over his corpse and Rachael not really looking like she cares.

 

Looks like helicopter beats guns

With Danny dead Rachael wonders how she could have been such a bad mother and let him fight but Charlie now says that they are joining the Rebels so they can kill Monroe. At Independence Hall Monroe is annoyed by the loss of his amplifier but one of his men tells him someone, who drove here in a Cutlass Ciera, wants to see him. Randall introduces himself along with Sanborn who asks Monroe what they can do for him. The episode ends with Rachael cutting open Danny's corpse and removing and mysterious small and blinking metal object.

 

We must stop this Deadly Alliance!

Now that was quite the explosive episode wasn't it!

 

What I really didn't expect was the death of Danny after we spent ten episodes following Charlie's quest to save him, I guess the writers really want to end that part of Revolution in a really final way. I do like that they went this way are well because it is almost like an F - YOU to the characters; after everything you been through this is the end result, you may have destroyed the helicopter but Monroe still won in the end. What also is good about it is that Charlie and Miles now have a reason to continue the fight on the Republic however what I didn't like is that I expect now that a certain other character will now try to hog a lot of the story.

 

Sorry Danny - Boy your part is over now

I am of course talking about Rachael and this episode once again just proves how much I hate her! Aaron really was the only one who made sense earlier; they had a chance to just go home and hide from Monroe, even if he did conquer America I seriously doubt he would ever have found them again. But no Rachael has to make everything about her and puts what she wants before anything else and she puts her children in danger as well. Also she never even cried or scream when Danny died and I just want to shout; "Your son just died in your arms, show some f***ing emotion for once!" but no the writers are making the really bad move of making her seem like this really detached and strong character that isn't working. Also I know that she was crying a bit when she was expressing regret with Charlie but Elizabeth Mitchell is such a bad actress that I didn't believe it and again her face just wasn't convincing or changed. Plus another reason to hate her is that with that moment she had with Miles makes me suspect that she cheated on Ben so now we can add cheating whore to the list of things she is.

 

One betrayal and it haunts you for life right Jason? 

However enough about Rachael bashing for now a highlight of this episode was definitely the slaughter of the Rebels by the helicopter. Monroe was right earlier when saying that if he had one everyone would bow before him and he was right. I especially like the stand against the two helicopters at the end; it was intense, brutal with some awesome explosions and it was great seeing the Rebels fight back. Overall this was probably one of the best action sequences in the series and I was really worried at first about Monroe losing the helicopter so early but that went away when I saw Randall.

 

"What evil scheme shall I think of now"

It final looks like Randall is going to get more of a major role in future episodes now that it looks like he is joining Monroe, he is such a mysterious antagonist and I want to know what his motives are. I seriously doubt he has just decided to join Monroe; he must have is own overall agenda and he must being planning to use Monroe to get it. However I hope Randall is careful because Monroe is not a man to be played and he is going to use Randall for his own purposes. Also I wonder what why he wants to get an elevator up and running again and why to level 12? I am sure we will find out soon and I bet it won't be good. Also I really liked the character of Sanborn and is sonic gun was really cool, looks like he has joined Randall and Monroe for now but I don't think it will be for long. Looks like he was obviously intimated by Randall and I do want to see more of his character and if he will defect.

 

Try and aim for the pilot Nora!

Lastly to point out Tom and Jason have finally fallen out and I am guessing they will soon find themselves fighting against each other. Even though Jason was turned down by Charlie she doesn't own the Rebels so I am sure he will find some way in or fight on his own. As for Tom I think he decided to let is son go more out of love than hate because if Monroe found out about Jason sympathising with the Rebels then he would have been killed. Tom letting him go was actually saving his life and it is not like Jason can't survive out on his own and that is because Tom made sure that he could.

 

Have you got a prayer for this Nicholas?

Overall this was a great episode with the scenes with the helicopter being the stand out one of the only things that bothered me was Rachael in it. She was annoying enough in this that I would have to mark it down for it and even though she removed some object from Danny at the end, if it has something to do with her I doubt I will care much. Also quick mention even though I am glad they survived how could that helicopter miss them in an open field at the beginning of the episode? And how could they survive that missile attack in a freezer? this isn't Indy 4!                        

 

 

SCORE: 8/10

 

Highlights: The stand off against the helicopter

                   The possible alliance between Monroe and Randall

 

Let - Downs: Rachael

 

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