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For those who don’t watch with CC on: the cuckoos are referred to as the “Frost Triplets”. Emma is going to play into this.
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That was both cool and pretty scary. One telepath is bad enough; three is nigh unstoppable. And yeah, evil doctor dude is not playing around. Turner coulda been written better, though. Only thing that bothers me is that I feel like these characters should've been smart enough not to fall for Esme's manipulation the second time. Like, someone is telling you to do something risky twice in a row, and you know what she can do. You should be able to see through that.
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I can see Lorna not really needing much convincing to go on this mission. John as well, but Lorna in particular was probably looking for any excuse to get out there and start some poo poo. Eclipse and the Strucker parents (for some reason) were the only ones who had misgivings about this sort of fight.
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Phylodox posted:Healing isn't resurrecting. They went to the trouble of showing Sonya's eyes being open and unresponsive, which is pretty much TV shorthand for "totally dead". They also showed her power's going off as she died, so it could be that she is inhabiting someones body, just waiting for hers to be healed.
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Rocksicles posted:Way hotter than Magnemo That's a matter of opinion, although they are both extremely lovely. ApeHawk posted:That was both cool and pretty scary. One telepath is bad enough; three is nigh unstoppable. On the other hand: psychic. Fenris13 posted:They also showed her power's going off as she died, so it could be that she is inhabiting someones body, just waiting for hers to be healed. Maybe she's actually sentient smoke inhabiting a willing/comatose body to begin with. We'll see I guess.
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Turner is an rear end, totally okay to do horrible stuff but Evil Doctor deserves to die horribly. But Mom will probably say they can't, but when you can kill Hitler, you kill Hitler.
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The previews ended up making this episode seem more exciting than it was, but man yeah I love the Cuckoos in this.
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The Stepford Cuckoos are the best thing to happen to this show.
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Oasx posted:The Stepford Cuckoos are the best thing to happen to this show. Agreed. If this season ends with the death of the Strucker family and the next season is all about the cuckoos I would not be unhappy at this point.
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Early on it was important to have good and experienced actors like Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker around to keep the show afloat, but they don't really fit in as well if the show is going 100% superhero.
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I'm really eager to see what the payoff might be with Bubbles and Wobbles. They've certainly teased us as to whether the kid(s) will go Hellfire Club, X-Men or somewhere in between, and I feel like the recent scene with Andy and one of the Cuckoos will be significant (especially with their later rescue), but Lauren has definitely shown a hint of a darker side. Polaris is also a wildcard potentially, but I would trust them to do this in a way that isn't disrespectful to her bipolar disorder, which got a nice moment in the latest episode. I love all the mutants on this show (who've actually done things, anyway, poor Shatter) but the Cuckoos are just a cut above. The actress is doing a fantastic job, along with all the efforts to have her appear three times in each scene. My only concern is regarding how difficult or expensive doing that would be, because Sophie and Esma are specifically the dead Cuckoos from the comics. Of course, two are unaccounted for potentially...
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Metalshark posted:I'm really eager to see what the payoff might be with Bubbles and Wobbles. They've certainly teased us as to whether the kid(s) will go Hellfire Club, X-Men or somewhere in between, and I feel like the recent scene with Andy and one of the Cuckoos will be significant (especially with their later rescue), but Lauren has definitely shown a hint of a darker side. Why are we not calling her Bipolaris? edit: scratch that, i still prefer MagnEmo
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Mage_Boy posted:The Cuckoos are amazing.  e: the power combining gauntlet was pretty funny. "We can combine their powers if we share their blood!" 
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:
It is pretty funny and gross, but it's also apparently happening to Polaris with her kid.
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I was pretty underwhelmed by the other HQ attack scene; I mean, they dragged literally every main character there and then all these mutants just...run through hallways dodging dust. It was definitely a case of the show saving up its budget, hopefully for the finale coming up.
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muscles like this! posted:So is that Hellfire guy supposed to be someone? He was just credited as William on IMDb so I don't think he's anyone specific.
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He's strong enough to turn a lump of coal into a (cut) diamond, apparently.
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muscles like this! posted:So is that Hellfire guy supposed to be someone? The density altering thing made me think Harry Leland maybe.
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Gorilla Salad posted:He's strong enough to turn a lump of coal into a (cut) diamond, apparently. Maybe he'll squash three cuckoos into one diamond cuckoo... It's X-Men after all.
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I kinda hope we see old school Hellfire guards with their creepy flesh coloured masks.
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I guess I'm used to Marvel being extremely coy about referencing movie stuff in the shows, but I was kind of surprised that they straight up went for Frost as a surname instead of hiding it for a later reveal, or making them a different thing altogether. Same with the Magneto allusions, I didn't expect we'd get any X-men a-listers in the show but it'd be cool if we did.
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zoux posted:I guess I'm used to Marvel being extremely coy about referencing movie stuff in the shows, but I was kind of surprised that they straight up went for Frost as a surname instead of hiding it for a later reveal, or making them a different thing altogether. Same with the Magneto allusions, I didn't expect we'd get any X-men a-listers in the show but it'd be cool if we did. Yea, its kind of the opposite of Runaways right now.
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The Fox properties are run differently. They aren't worried about continuity with the existing XMen universe with The Gifted or Legion and don't really have any explicit or implicit restrictions on references. Runaways is part of the MCU. That may not matter in any significant way in respect to crossovers, but it does put some stuff out of bounds.
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Yuss! http://deadline.com/2018/01/the-gifted-renewed-season-2-fox-1202235489/ Renewed for Season 2, excellent.
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So, if three of the hounds put those gauntlets on, would they be considered Cerberuses? Cerberi?
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When the Fox X-Men TV deal was announced it was two shows, Hellfire and Legion. Hellfire had scripting/production issues and was eventually announced to be replaced by The Gifted. Hellfire was to be about a federal agent who investigates the club and gets involved with a mutant woman who is part of it, never confirmed but implied to be Emma Frost or at least a take on her. I guess Fox really wanted to do that Hellfire stuff anyway.
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Aphrodite posted:When the Fox X-Men TV deal was announced it was two shows, Hellfire and Legion. Hellfire had scripting/production issues and was eventually announced to be replaced by The Gifted. Her milkshake bring all the boys to the yard.
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ApeHawk posted:So, if three of the hounds put those gauntlets on, would they be considered Cerberuses? Cerberi? It would suck to be the one who didn't have any free hands, y'know? Where would you shoot your powers from if you normally shot them from your hands?
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I think you’d just be happy Dr. Burt Chance didn’t decide it needed to work like a mutant centipede.
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:It would suck to be the one who didn't have any free hands, y'know? Where would you shoot your powers from if you normally shot them from your hands? Cyclops cameo in season finale.
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Haha like evangelicals and the NRA wouldn't be all for killing mutants. Human rights are for humans  Wobbles is right, but he's still really annoying. Polaris did nothing wrong 
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That felt a little bit too safe for a finale, I was hoping for more of a universe expansion with it. Like revealing a Hellfire Club leader or something.
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Yeah I kept expecting a last minute "POP" that would kind of elevate things but it never really showed. Still enjoyed the first season but that felt just a little lackluster for a finale.
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That first hour contained...man, some of the weakest writing of this entire show. They'd set up a lot of pretty decent drama throughout the course of this season, so I don't know why they're suddenly shoving in a bunch of last-minute fake stakes so inorganically. "You unknowingly worked with the Brotherhood, so that means you don't belong here!" ??? like excuse you, didn't your boy Flashlight literally murder people for drug dealers? I think this show generally does a good job at making its conflicts seem genuinely nuanced or gray or whatever, even during this finale, but I worry a little about it getting accustomed to doing the thing where shows try sooooo haaaard to make you feel conflicted about one situation or another but it's like, nope, totally not conflicted, super glad Polaris blew up that plane, no misgivings whatsoever, thanks for asking! Like I see the valid arguments against doing so, but still. Totally in favor, losing zero sleeps. That outfit she was wearing at the end there was super embarrassing, though. Is that Hellfire Club standard? Is she the new Black Queen now, that's why it looks like it does? 
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It's pretty much Emma's Bendis costume but with pants.
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I really didn't like the attempt to humanize Campbell. I mean we saw him flat out execute someone in cold blood just a few episodes ago. It seems like this show really doesn't want any clear cut heroes or any villains.
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notthegoatseguy posted:I really didn't like the attempt to humanize Campbell. I mean we saw him flat out execute someone in cold blood just a few episodes ago. It seems like this show really doesn't want any clear cut heroes or any villains. Just because his motivations are (kind of) explained doesn’t suddenly make him not a villain. Why he’s doing what he’s doing doesn’t excuse him doing it.
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