Written by Tamara Becher-Wilkinson And Eric Dietel And Shoshana Sachi
Directed by Dermott Downs
Madame Rouge: "Niles Caulder, I'm coming."
Okay, so Niles Caulder is definitely dead then. He's definitely dead, right? Because this show does somewhat work without him and it definitely felt like this episode finally wrote him out. Then again, it also seems like even in death, Caulder has unfinished business.
First of all there was the arrival of Madame Rouge (Michelle Gomez) who scared the crap out of the actress playing Rita, shape shifted a little and then cryptically talked about coming for the Chief. Whether she's out to help or hinder Niles, I guess we'll have to find out.
Then there was Willoughby himself. Every time I see this bloke, I'm reminded that he's a stand in for Constantine and I don't think I'll ever shake off that feeling. The ending of this episode had Kipling take Caulder's head. Even in death, it appears this show doesn't seem done with the character.
As for the gang themselves, Cliff refused to cremate Caulder's corpse, Larry chose to go into space, Rita was entrusted with a key that signalled Rouge's arrival no doubt and Dorothy refused to get rid of Niles's body until Jane had the chance to say goodbye to him. Jane eventually got her chance but she had her own shit to deal with for most of the episode.
Last time we saw Jane, Miranda had taken over completely. This episode revealed that Miranda was the infection of all the personas and it took all of them, led by Jane and Kay to be free of the infection. It's a glorious character moment though I doubt this means Jane will be anymore peaceful for the remainder of the season.
One thing I did notice about this episode was there seemed to be a clearing of the decks of most of the previous season. Caulder died, the Candlemaker was lulled back into Dorothy's mind, Dorothy left the manor and Miranda was dealt with. Even Victor's relationship with Roni came to something of an abrupt end too. On a happier note, at least Cliff got to meet his grandson.
- The titles have added Skye Roberts (Kay) as a regular for this season. Other than that, no other big changes to the cast.
- The Willoughby scene was the first time we got a mid credit scene on the show. Caulder also joined the sex ghosts for some afterlife fun.
- HBO Max released the first three episodes in one go, as they did last season as well. There are ten episodes this season.
- Chronology: 2021 in Cloverton for the main characters.
Possibilities Patrol does start off rather slowly, which is odd, considering the amount of issues it managed to resolve. Due to COVID, this would've been the previous season's finale but it did serve as a solid opening episode for the show. I'll catch up with the next two episodes over the next day.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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