Revolution Season One: Ghosts

The war continues.

The episode begins with Danny's funeral and the rest of the characters look on however the good thing in moment of grief is that no more helicopters have come. At night Commander Ramsey thinks that it is best to regroup at another base and continue the fight like they have so far but Miles disagrees because he thinks will never win like that. Miles agrees to help the Rebels but believes he needs more seasoned men to help such as Jim Hudson (Malik Yoba) who was part of Miles's assassination plot against Monroe, Miles and Nora leave soon after to find him.

So.....why is it Aaron and Miles doing the digging?

Things between Rachael and Charlie are still tense because Charlie continues to fight with the Rebels even though Rachael does not want her to put herself in danger. Meanwhile Aaron is sorting through his stuff in his backpack and removes the two pendants he has but as he leaves the room the turn on. This is finally explained back in Philadelphia when Randall tells Monroe that he can remotely activate them and track where they are. Monroe is still suspicious of him but Randall promises him more pendants and scientists and more power than he can dream of.

Randall vs. Monroe, in a battle of wits

Miles and Nora manage to find out that Jim is living in a small town of Culpeper and they set off to find him though Nora is worried that the recent deaths and failures are affecting Miles. However they are followed by a Rebel traitor who tells them where they are heading to a Militia Captain named Deckert who then orders the Rebel killed. Back at the Rebel base Charlie and the Rebels she was with have returned from the raid and Rachael is worried when she notices her covered in blood.

Just kill her now Charlie, trust me you are better off without her

At Culpeper Miles and Nora find Jim who is now married to a woman named Sophie and is working as a librarian to forget about is past life with the Militia. Miles tries to convince Jim to help train the Rebels and fight but Jim is still angry that Miles never killed Monroe after all the planning they made and forces them to leave at gunpoint. At the Rebel base Rachael noticed wounds on Charlie's body and wants her to stop but Charlie insists she has no right to tell her what to do and that she wasn't there for her and Danny, Rachael then slaps her (B***h). Before anything else can be said however everyone notices at the bases hears the sound of approaching vehicles and they looks to see several Humvees coming towards them. Miles and Nora are leaving Culpeper but on the road the notice Deckert leading a Militia kill squad to the town, Miles then rushes on ahead and warns Jim who is furious that he may have to kill again.

All librarians are packing these days

The Rebels are evacuating their base and Charlie finds Rachael removing flash drives from the pendants and destroying them in a bowl of acid. Just then however Randall leads a team of Militia soldiers in the base, blocking of the exits for Charlie, Rachael and Aaron. Randall has a Flashback six years before The Blackout and we find out that he and his wife have just received news that their son Edward Flynn was killed in the line of duty. Rachael confesses that she and Ben worked for Randall at the Department of Defence and that they where working on a weapon before the power went out. Randall then uses a megaphone to say that he doesn't care that the pendants are destroyed but wants to take Rachael away.

Super epic entrance!

At Independence Hall Tom voices his concern that he does not trust Randall and Monroe agrees but says that everything is under control however Tom feels that he is being replaced. At the Rebel base several fire fights break out and Rachael is briefly captured and we have another Flashback a month before The Blackout where she and Ben are concerned about deploying the weapon in Peshawar but Randall doesn't care. Charlie and Aaron manage to free Rachael and they flee to the rendezvous point where the Rebels where going.

Watch out for crossbows guys

Back at Culpeper Jim, Miles and Nora manage to kill all the Militia but Jim's wife sees and is disturbed by what she saw. Jim says that Miles has ruined his life again but still decides to go with him and fight Monroe. They reunite with Charlie and the Rebels and Charlie apologies to Rachael for the stuff she said earlier. Later that night Aaron insists to Rachael that she tells him everything that she knows and she starts by telling him that there is a place called The Tower. The episode ends in a Flashback and Randall is sitting at the head of a table surrounded by others and in looking at a command team that is stationed at The Tower via video link on the night of The Blackout. Everyone looks uncertain and The Tower team asks if he wants to deploy the weapon and Randall, after looking down at his son's dog tags, orders the team to deploy.

Now time for the evil laugh

We are getting some answers now!

While obviously winding down from all of the man vs. helicopter action we had last episode, this one nonetheless delivers an awesome episode. Randall is now more involved in the plot than ever and I was surprised that we got a lot of back story information on him all ready. Looks like he really did turn Ben's project in to a weapon after all and he wanted it shutdown certain part of the Middle East for the American soldiers. Obviously the weapon must have been faulty after all because it must have breached it's containment field because it infected the entire world. However unlike Rachael I feel sorry for Randall because even if he did give the order to destroy the world, he did lose his son who was a soldier he just wanted to end the fighting.



"Time to lose your head"

Now as for Rachael she was a total b***h in this episode and really for slapping Charlie, Charlie was right she has no right whatsoever to act like a mother now and I hate that she tries to. Again she tries to make everything all about her in this episode and I can't see why Randall wants her because of how annoying it was fore Monroe. Also I don't get why the writers are making her out to be this extremely intelligent woman, she just doesn't come across has one only extremely arrogant and stupid.

"I just love my booze"

One other thing I didn't like about this episode was that the pendants where destroyed so easily, after ten episodes of them being so powerful and important two of them are just gone like that. Again another thing why I don't like Rachael she just dumped them in acid before discussing with anyone else, didn't wait to talk it over, didn't even answer Aaron's question about the flash drives. I know Randall was tracking them but they could have been a major advantage to the Rebels, they could have powered up their own helicopters or tanks for some pretty intense action but thanks to Rachael that isn't happening.

WTF!

Also from what I get with the small screen time with Tom is that he is not pleased with Randall being here at all. I am sure this is going to create some conflict between the two characters and maybe Tom might even start his take over of the Republic that was hinted at a while ago. Speaking about conflict we also get the inclusion of a new character, Jim Hudson, and I am really liking his character and I hope he takes an active part with the Rebels but he really doesn't seem to be on the best of terms with Miles at the end of the episode so we will see what happens there.

"All hail the Militia!"

Lastly the action sequences where as good as ever, its always great seeing sword fighting in Revolution and we got a lot of that in Culpeper. Also we might get even more now since Jim seems to be just as good with a blade as Miles and Monroe. Charlie also stood out a lot as well with taking down her fair share of Militia at the Rebel base; I don't enough crossbow as much as swords it was still great.

A waste, a damn waste

Overall this is a solid episode like the last one with some great action at the Rebel base and Culpeper and it was interesting that Randall got his own Flashbacks. Only real let downs was of course Rachael's entire attitude and that the Rebels won't be fighting with their own power thanks to two pendants being destroyed. Also I hope we find out more about this Tower soon because, from what the Flashback at the end implied, the source of The Blackout started there.

SCORE: 8/10

Highlights: Action at the Rebel base and Culpeper
                   Introduction of Jim Hudson
                   Randall Flashbacks

Let - Downs: Rachael
                      Pendants being destroyed

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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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Revolution Season One: Kashmir

Quite a unique episode!

The episode begins in a Rebel base at West Chester and Miles is being beaten up by some of the Rebels. Turns out the group went to the base in hope of finding some help to infiltrate Philadelphia and even though Nora showed them her tattoo, they are still wary of them because of Miles. However Miles manages to convince them that he is their best chance to assassinate Monroe so they agree to give him a few Rebels to assist them which includes Sargent Joseph Wheatley (Reed Diamond).

Nothing like getting wasted before a big mission

The group then makes it to the outskirts of Philadelphia just outside of an old, abandon subway tunnel that Miles says is like a back entrance to the city. After taking out the guards the group make their way inside however Charlie steps on something buried in the ground which Nora reveals to be a land mine. Meanwhile in Independence Hall Rachael is working on a device and explains to Tom and one of his men that is can amplify the power of a pendant. Apparently the pendant only had a range of 9 - 15 feet and can only power small things but the amplifier boosts its range to half a mile and can power jets and tanks.

Why still have candles when the pendant can power the lights/lamps in your area? Just making a fire hazard

Back in the tunnel Nora manages to free Charlie from the land mine but the explosion after seals the entrance to the tunnel so that the group must move on. Along the way Miles thinks he sees a Militia scout but it turns out to be nothing and Nora even thinks that she is dragged underwater by a alligator. Aaron figures out why Miles and Nora thought they saw what they saw; they where hallucinating! The sealed entrance has cut off their air supply so they are slowly suffocating and seeing things, the group decides to move even faster to the exit now.

Would have been interesting if an alligator was really there lol

Later on the group comes across the exit that Miles was leading them to but it turns out that it has been sealed up. Miles does not know what else they could do but Wheatley insists that they move on and try and find another exit. Aaron also has his own hallucination about his lost wife who insults Aaron by saying why he is this strong for Charlie when he abandoned her when things got tough. He manages to snap out of it but shortly after this Miles has another one and sees a door while hearing Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir".

"I really wish I didn't get so wasted earlier now" 

As Miles steps through the door and ends up in Monroe's office in Independence Hall during the day time and the doors are then closed by a smiling Monroe who embraces Miles. Miles says that this isn't real to which Monroe quickly agrees, saying that he is like the manifestation of Miles's thoughts. We learn that the reason that Miles left the Republic was that he tried to assassinate Monroe but couldn't go through with it and the reason he tired was because Monroe went too far and killed too many innocents. Monroe also reveals Miles's darkest secret that he wants no one else to know; that if Monroe forgave him and let him back in the Republic, Miles would most likely accept. Miles denies this but Monroe merely says that he is in his head and knows what he is thinking however this is soon ended when Charlie snaps Miles out of it.

"If this really is a dream.....then this glass will never run out!"

Eventually the group finds another exit to the tunnels however Wheatley turns out to be a Militia spy and quickly kills all the Rebels who are with them. He then moves Miles through the exit at gunpoint and blocks the door so Charlie, Nora and Aaron can't follow. However they do break free and Charlie kills Wheatley but not before being grazed by a bullet and smacking her head on the concrete. She has a dream where her father is still alive and she is safe back at their home but reluctantly leaves after hearing Miles and says her goodbyes to him. The group then prepares to leave the tunnels having finally made it in to Philadelphia.

Yeah don't take cover Charlie, I'm sure the guy with the gun won't shot back

The episode ends with Monroe bringing in Jaffe to look at Rachael's amplifier and Jaffe examines it and says that it is actually a time bomb. Monroe then says that since Jaffe has decided to cooperate Rachael and Danny will no longer be needed; so Rachael, in desperation, stabs and kills Jaffe so that Monroe will still need her.

I really wished you killed the b***h straight away Monroe

Well this episode was certainly different and that was owing to the fact that there wasn't a single Flashback instead we got hallucinations for most of the major characters. While I really like the Flashbacks I must admit that this was a really nice touch and it still provided some more character insight that the Flashbacks usually provide.

Almost a shame, bet Wheatley could a gotten a big promotion 

The best ones where Mile's hallucination and Charlie's dream, firstly for Miles we finally get the reason why he left the Republic. I thought it was going to be something big but it turns out he couldn't do it and maybe he still won't be able to when they finally have their confrontation because that is what the series is leading to (since its has been shown that they where like brothers). Also Miles will also have to make his choice of staying with the group and re-joining Monroe since the Hallucination - Monroe revealed that Miles is seriously considering going back to the Republic. Ones more thing I know Miles left because Monroe might have crossed some line but Miles really has to take responsibly since, as shown in the episode three Flashbacks, Miles was the one who planted the seeds of the Republic.

"Guarding this old subway tunnel is the easiest job in the world. No one ever comes here"

As for Charlie's, even though it was just a dream, I see it as the closure between her and her father that she never manage to get. It was done really well and it is almost like Charlie is finally ready to move on, or a least has to, from her father's death and focus on the mission a head. Plus we get to see Ben again and as I have said before I really like his character and his actor and I'm glad they find ways of keeping him in the show even though he is dead.

Awwww, I'm kind of touched

Now as for what I didn't like about the episode and you have guessed it; Rachael. I'm sorry but her damn annoying and defiant attitude really gets on my nerves in this episode. I really hate that she killed Jaffe, just mercilessly like that and I don't care if she said she was sorry because I doubt she was. I know she was doing it for Danny but if she really was she could have just cooperated with Monroe from the very beginning and saved herself that last few months of backstabbing. Jaffe was only cooperating with Monroe because Rachael gave her no choice, he was doing it for his daughter but did Rachael care? Hell no! You see I just really don't know what they want to do with her character; is she one of the good guys? No because she kills and betrays everyone, even innocents who do not deserve it, all the writers are doing to her character, in my opinion, is turning her into this extremely unlikable person who has no redeemable traits whatsoever. I truly hate her and her actress, this show would have been pure perfect if it was not for her.

Even if Tom is only in the episode for a few minutes it is still worth it!

As for everything else it made for a great episode; Wheatley's reveal of being a spy and killing the Rebels was another highlight of the episode and Aaron dealing with the hallucination of his wife was interesting to see. Also I liked the group's journey through the subway tunnel with the lack of air because you can really see their desperation and you almost kind of thing one of them might not have made it. Overall a unique episode that made from something different with Miles, Charlie and Aaron struggling with their inner demons but Rachael just really let it down in every scene she was in and I was kind of hoping that Jaffe would have been around for a lot longer.

SCORE: 7/10

Highlights: Miles's hallucination about Monroe
                   Charlie's hallucination about her dad
                   The whole desperation of them being in that tunnel

Let - Downs: Rachael
                      The murder of Jaffe

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Revolution Season One: The Children's Crusade

Here with episode seven.

This episode actually starts off with Charlie beening held down by some Militia soldiers and they brand her on her wrist with the Monroe insignia.

At least it's faster than inking a tattoo

It then flashback two days before and the group are watching as a Militia wagon passes by in the bushes and sees that a teenage kid is captured, Charlie almost gets up to help but Miles insists that they can't save everyone. Later the group comes across an unconscious kid in the road outside a ruined hospital but then they are surrounding by more kids with bows and arrows, thinking that they are with the men with "burn marks". They convince them the are not and even tell them of the teenager who was captive earlier and it turns out he was the older brother of one of the kids here named Michael. Since all the kids at the hospital have already lost their parents to the Militia Charlie says they will free Michael's brother Peter, and Miles even agrees, but Michael comes along anyway and even brings three others.



"Lets help the damn children of the corn then"

In Philadelphia Danny and Rachael are sharing a meal but Danny can't understand why Rachael is so calm but she will only reply that their situation could be worse. Rachael is then summoned to Monroe and Tom who have found and old colleague of Rachael's through her information; Dr. Bradley Jaffe (Conor O'Farrell) and even though Tom has been torturing him he stubbornly refuses to tell them where his pendant is. Rachael says that she will help him and then has a Flashback three years before The Blackout and she is heavily pregnant with Danny and arrives at the company that she and Ben work, along with Grace and Jaffe and they are showing Assistant Defense Secretary Flynn (Colm Feore) something. Flynn is standing in a sealed room filled with electronics and Ben explains that in hopes of finding a low cost energy source it instead supresses it and then shuts off everything in the sealed room and then back on again. Flynn is impressed by the invention but Rachael is against the DOD using it in case they use it as a weapon, Ben however says for their company to survive they have no choice.

That actually looks like a fun room to be in 

Back in the present the group makes it to the Ohio River where many kids in wagons are being taken to a old freighter in the middle of it. The group hides out in a nearby lighthouse where Miles explains that the freighter is a place where children are re-educated and soldiers of the Militia come out. The group decides to hide out in the lighthouse for a while until they come up with a plan to rescues Peter.

Just pretend its Son's of Liberty and sneak on that ship! 

Rachael is waiting in a cell for Jaffe and the Militia brings him in and locks him in a cell opposite, Rachael then greets him. She then lies to Jaffe that she is on contact with the Rebels and can get Jaffe's pendant to them if he tells her where it is hidden. However Jaffe, already suspicious that the Militia could have found him, says he will not tell Rachael anything. Back at the Ohio River Charlie comes up with the plan to infiltrate the ships as a new recruit and the rest reluctantly agrees.

"I'm never going to trust a b***h like you Rachael"

Back in Philadelphia Jaffe is dumped in Rachael's room and he immediately figures out that Rachael is working for Monroe. Rachael insists that she is only helping Monroe now because they have her son and they will kill him but Jaffe says millions will dies is Monroe has the pendants and doesn't care if he dies. Tom then walks in to the room with Jaffe's daughter captive and says that, with Rachael's help, they where able to track her down, and now we will see how cooperative Jaffe will be now they have his child. Jaffe is dragged screaming from the room while Rachael says that she never knew they would have found his daughter.

"This shouldn't have surprised you Jaffe; Rachael betrays everyone all the time"

Charlie has managed to get on board the ship, listens to the propaganda speech done by a Militia soldier about the Republic and even watches him kill another recruit who wanted to leave. However she is shortly found out by the soldier who gave the speech because he suspected her and they take her to get branded and then it cuts to the scene that was shown at the beginning. Miles and Nora think that Charlie is taking too long and sneak on the ship to free her, with Michael tagging along, they manage to find her and Peter but are surrounded on the deck. However at the lighthouse Aaron's pendant suddenly turns on and repowers the lighthouse which distracts the soldiers long enough for Miles and the rest to take out.

What they need is a big distraction at this exact moment

Back in Philadelphia Monroe tells Rachael that Jaffe and his daughter will be free to go when he tells them everything he knows, shortly after this Rachael has another Flashback to three years before The Blackout again. Turns out that Rachael was having problems with Danny's pregnancy and Randall offered to put her in touch with the experts who could help in exchange for her cooperation. Meanwhile Miles and the rest have freed everyone who was one the ship and Miles demands Aaron to tell him what happened at the lighthouse. Aaron tells Miles that Ben gave him the pendant and that it could sometimes turn the power back on, Miles is furious about this and wants to destroy it but Aaron won't let him. Just then Charlie comes over and wants to know what happened too and Aaron begins to tell them about Grace.....

A Aaron vs. Miles fight?

The episode ends with seeing Grace being locked in a cage but getting a visitor from someone she is calling Randall. It turns out that Flynn's first name is Randall and refuses to let Grace go but still insists that they should be friends.

Surprise!

Seems like we have a break from the character centred episodes for now as the group continues to make their way to Philadelphia.

I didn't really have too high hopes for this episode after the first few minutes because if I am honest I really don't like it when shows or films try to put children in a major role of the plot when it is really unnecessary. I guess I just find it annoying and unrealistic that a group of children could survive for this long in a harsh environment such as this and overall I just really didn't care much for their subplot. At least the focus wasn't on them too much but there was quite a few other stuff that let this episode down.

"Not going to lie; most of you won't survive the training but hey - lets all have a good time"

Firstly was that once again the group should have sent in Miles to do the entire job instead of sending in Charlie to infiltrate first, it was just a copy of the last episode. Just like that episode it made Charlie's role in all of it completely pointless which again could have been screen time for other events. We did get to see some great fighting on board the ship and its always good to see Miles in a fight but they should stop sending him in to fix everything in the last few minutes which took Charlie most of the episode to fail at.

I know Danny; there's being clam then there's acting like a f***ing idiot like your mom

I know many of you are probably tired of me constantly trash talking Rachael but she just deserves it, I don't know what the writers where thinking about and this episode is just one of the reasons I really hate her. Firstly Elizabeth Mitchell is the worst damn actress I have ever seen, no wonder Jaffe saw through her lies because anyone could have and when she is talking to Danny, being distressed because of Jaffe's daughter; I just didn't believe any of it and her face just never changes. Elizabeth Mitchell should do us all a favour and quit acting it is a great shame that she continued to be apart of this to the end of season two. Luckily for me I never let one bad character/actress ruin a truly great show for me.

When these two both want to see you then you know your screwed

As for the character of Rachael she has given me nothing but reasons to hate her in this episode, like during the first Flashback and she tires to take the damn morale high ground with Ben and the DOD. As I said before Ben is one of my favourite characters and I just hate it when Rachael tries to over shadow him like this; in this instance making him out to be the bad guy between them. What I really can't stand for is the betrayal of Jaffe to the Militia, I can not stand it when supposed "good characters" like her betray or back stab others, I just can't stand it because to me they are not supposed to do it. Jaffe is right; millions of lives are at stake and Rachael is going to forget about that for a son she abandoned and hasn't seen for twelve years? I know they want to give Rachael some sympathy for what she is under but I just can't do it, she will always be a backstabbing, lying, scheming, b***h.

"I'm finally back on!"

There where a few good points of course firstly I did really like the whole scene with the lighthouse and the fight a board the ship. The way the power slow builds up in the light, the music that goes with it, the expressions on the character's faces when they see electricity for the first time in fifteen years; it was so well shot. A lighthouse turning on is just an ordinary thing for us but in Revolution it is something forgotten for years and you really believe that when you see Miles and everyone staring at it. Lastly there is the big reveal that Randall is the one captured Grace and has a connection with Ben and Rachael. We finally get some background in to the origins of The Blackout and while it was created with good intentions obviously didn't end that way. And Randall worked for the DOD so did they weaponize it and it got out of hand? Because Ben had it contained in that small sealed room so it must have breached the containment when the DOD got their hands on it. The appearance of Randall (who must be another antagonist) had raised some new and interesting questions.

"Now..........where did everyone go?"

Overall while touching the origins of The Blackout was interesting it doesn't save me having to mark this episode down quite a bit for once again letting Miles save the day after another pointless infiltration of Charlie's. Also I just do not like the plot with Rachael in this episode, I can usually let some of the stuff she does slide but when she this annoying it takes away from the overall enjoyment of the episode for me.

SCORE: 5/10

Highlight: Finally touch on the origins of The Blackout
                 Reveal of Randall

Let - Downs: Rachael
                      Charlie going in first and then Miles saving her was a copy of the last episode
                      Didn't much care for the whole plot with the children

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