Written by Manny Coto And Kristen Reidel And Brad Falchuk
Directed by Tessa Blake
Troy: "Please tell me what happens next."
Theta: "Birth."
Okay, two episodes into this one and while there's certainly a lot of fun to be had and some shameless use of famous historical figures I do have to wonder where the hell this is actually going and whether or not it will actually connect to the first half of the season in any meaningful way.
In terms of the black and white era, there was slightly more focus on it with a time jump where now John F Kennedy (Mike Vogel) confiding in Marilyn Monroe (Alisha Soper) about the deal that Eisenhower had made with the aliens, much to the disgust of Richard Nixon (Craig Sheffer). Marilyn of course believed her lover, given that she had her own encounter with aliens as a child. Something which the trailer for next week also seems to be further expanding upon.
Needless to say, JFK got shot and while Mamie refused to offer condolences to Jackie, she was however trying to get Nixon in order to persuade her husband to comply with the aliens in flashbacks. The same aliens who then destroyed Maria's body before taking over Mamie herself in order to remind Dwight that they were the ones holding all the power.
Back in the present day, our four young protagonists were all physically showing their pregnancies. Jamie decided to bring them all to her own doctor, who freaked at what she saw growing inside Jamie and ended up getting killed before she could tell anyone. Not so surprisingly, Jamie and company got captured by the men in black.
It seems this deal with humanity and the aliens to create a hybrid species has been keeping space and while Kendall got no answers from the rather cryptic, Theta (Angelica Ross), at least the gang's new friend, Calico (Leslie Grossman) tried to fill in some blanks but not a whole lot. Still, Theta looked suitably creepy on reveal and Calico had an interesting backstory.
As for Troy, his antics seemed to have condemned him to have his labour induced with Theta doing more to frighten him than put him at any ease. I have a feeling that Troy will likely be dead by the next episodes and I'm not sure if Kendall, Jamie and Cal will survive much longer either.
- This episode truly wasted Lily Rabe with Amelia Earhart being dead pretty fast.
- Kendall seemed pretty adept at using the equipment to figure out the creature growing inside Troy.
- Calico was abducted in 1979, hasn't aged and conversed with Steve Jobs (Len Cordova) here.
- Chronology: 1963 and more from 1954 for the first half and I assume 2021 for this one.
Inside was a solid bit not spectacular episode and with only two left, I do want this season to end on a high note but so far, this alien stuff while amusing in it's own way feels too much like a diversion. On the other hand, at least the two timelines have seemingly connected a little better though.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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