The lady who couldn’t sit still
(This review contains
spoilers!)
I’ve reached a point in my TV
show-watching career where I’m able to point out sets I’ve seen before on other
shows. Last week I spied a staircase used to film a scene in the Timeless finale, and this week several
scenes took place in areas that Once Upon
a Time shot in. This isn’t a slight against the show, just a funny thing I
noticed that probably means I should get out more.
This was another really good episode
of The Crossing. I think the writers
definitely know they’re sitting on a very exciting concept, and they’re doing
everything in their power to get us invested in the world of the show and what’s
going on. This week introduced us to the disease that Apex created to wipe out
the humans in the far future, as well as give us more background to Jude and
Reese.
Picking up where last week left off,
Reese is demanding to be brought to Leah, but Jude isn’t super keen on taking
her there on the grounds that he doesn’t want to get involved in another
conspiracy. We still don’t know what exactly happened to bring him to this
town, but they definitely imply that whatever happened was enough to mess up
his marriage and send him out to the middle of nowhere for good.
Meanwhile, we got to see a bit more of what the future is
like and how Reese and Leah got together. Reese found her as a baby and raised
her as her own, even though it was illegal for an Apex to raise a normal human.
Leah then got the mysterious sickness created by the Apex to wipe out humanity,
leading Reese to keep her alive using her enhanced blood. This is why the two
of them are so desperate to need to get back together.
And that’s just the tip of the
iceberg. We also learned more about the government guy this week, who turned
out to be the leader of an anti-Apex resistance who travelled to the past to
prevent them from ever rising up. He answers to a mysterious female superior
who’s face we didn’t get to see, definitely implying she’s someone we’ve
already met. We didn’t get too much of this plotline this week, but enough to
get me intrigued.
The one thing we didn’t find much
about that I really would’ve liked more of is Emma, the FBI agent in charge of
the case. I couldn’t tell you anything about her character right now except
that she’s a typical government lady. I know more about some of the secondary
characters than I do her. I really hope that next week we get a bit more
background on her.
This is
a very strong episode that does a great job at developing Jude and Reese more
while still giving enough additions to the overall mystery of the show to keep
viewers invested in the arching plot. I do wish we saw more of Emma, who is
still little more than a blank slate, but the development we got for the other
two leads more than made up for it.
FINAL SCORE
8/10
Great
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