Written by Chris Dingess
Directed by Christopher Manley
Willoughby (to Cliff): "I've seen and done some nastiness in my time but taking longevity from a dying man, that's truly fuckery."
We're into our penultimate episode of the series and with one more episode, there's so much at stake. Notably our favourite band of misfits defeating both Immortus and the Were-butts. Can they do it?
Going by the end of this episode, the answer might be yes. For the most part, the majority of the team were chucked into a portal before ending up inside Victor, who along with GRID and Keeg might have solved their longevity problem.
The solution being supplanting the gang (except Victor) into different portals to get longevity. Each a different time and each of them featuring Niles Caulder. Yes, the show got Timothy Dalton back for one more episode. They also made sure not to waste him.
In 1948 Paraguay, it was up to Cliff. However he ended up causing Niles's paralysis and got guilted by Willoughby into not taking the longevity. Niles and Cliff got some great scenes in this episode as the latter got to hash out a lot of issues with his former mentor.
Also at the Ant Farm in 1949, Laura had fun knocking out Niles and impersonating Niles to her former self. Laura also failed in her mission but she rather violently hashed out some issues with her past self.
Then there were Larry and Jane back in the manor in 1996. The former got distracted by his past self and the Negative Spirit but left with a future spoiler about himself and Keeg. Jane had the best scenes with Niles and made the biggest emotional breakthrough she's ever had. She might have failed with getting the longevity but hey, she's Kaleidoscope now, so that's a victory.
As for Victor, he got in contact with a future Derek and the latter's student Joy helped him find a back door solution to the portal problem. With that, we've got a team determined to save the world.
- Rita was mentioned a lot but didn't appear at all in the episode.
- Willoughby had a concoction to help Niles forget about future events.
- Laura revealed about her own parents turning on her when she first discovered her powers.
- Chronology: 1948 Paraguay, 1949 Ant Farm and 1996 Manor as well as an unspecified future.
Portal Patrol was a nice little trip with a nice outcome. I don't know if the gang will actually get their longevity back but at least they have each other's back. I'm going to miss this show next week when it ends.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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