2.10 Life After Death I’ve commented before that there is no chemistry between Rachel and John, a position that was vindicated when their first attempt at sex falls flat. The upside of the uncomfortable sequence was the sensitivity that her father showed when he turned up at home unexpectedly, demonstrating that Rachel’s parent issues are all her own. If that material was playing to a specific demographic, the minor plot around which these other events cycled involved a baby with alpha powers. I really hoped at the outset that this was going to be a reworking of the classic Incredibles mini-story Jack-Jack Attack, but I was entirely disappointed. Kat didn’t appear this week, though in episode eight she got sent on an FBI course at Quantico, which Bill thought she’d take two weeks to complete, and she’s certainly back next week. What worked well in Life After Death was all the minor detail with Rosen regarding the practical elements of dealing with the death of a loved one, like picking a coffin and sifting through her personal effects. So many characters die in TV shows and get a funeral and an occasional mention further down the season, so this was a more appropriate approach to the death of Danielle. So far he’s sold himself as a humanitarian, so this would be a major diversion from that. It left me wondering if the subversive theme they’ve taken on with his more aggressive posture is the one from the classic movie The Hitcher(1986), where the purpose of the antagonist is to take an ordinary person and turn them into someone capable of stopping, or killing them. Parish is an egotist, and so the notion of his actions being part of a very personal struggle with Rosen might surface at some point. Next week Shaun Aston gives up following Mr Frodo, and converts to being Stanton Parish’s best pal – with dramatic consequences, one hopes. Read Billy’s review of last week’s episode here. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
