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Recap / Sense8 S2E09 "What Family Actually Means"

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Nomi gives a speech in her sister's rehearsal dinner, upsetting her trans-phobic mother who would rather hide her. Riley and Diego locate the house of Carol, the BPO informant. Riley "senses" that in the past Carol helped Angelica move a lobotomized Raoul in the basement's lab. In the present, they find Carol dead, and Riley senses she saw Jonas right before killing herself. Capheus is being followed by men, revealed to be sent by Kabaka to protect him from the bounty Mandiba put on his head. Kabaka agrees that Capheus should continue his campaign, and reveals he loves Capheus's mother and intends to marry her. Nomi's sister's wedding is interrupted by Agent Bendix who bursts in to arrest Nomi, but when confronted by Amanita he is unable to produce a warrant. Defending Nomi, her father calls her "daughter" for the first time. Daniela finds the perfect script for Lito and amazes him and Hernando, by using a video of Lito's coming out in São Paulo to convince a top Hollywood producer to a meeting, in less than an hour of phone calls. Will learns that his father is about to die and connects with him through Riley, one last time.


Tropes present in this episode:

  • Bath Suicide: Carol slit her wrists and died in the bathtub.
  • Downer Ending: The episode ends with Will's father dying in hospital while Will is all alone in London and unable to be there in person.
  • Happy Birthday to You!: Nomi reveals in her toast that the first thing she heard after waking up from her transition surgery was Teagan singing this song to her.
  • If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Nomi ends her speech by telling Teagan's fiance, with some help from Wolfgang, that if he doesn't treat her well Nomi will find him.
  • Inspector Javert: Agent Bendix barges into Teagan's wedding to arrest Nomi. His persistance bites him in the ass when Amanita points out that he never checked to see if the warrant against Nomi was still valid.
  • Nice Girl: Nomi's speech at the rehearsal dinner is all about how "sickeningly nice" Teagan is. Considering Teagan was, prior to this episode, the only member of the family to fully accept Nomi the description is very apt.
  • Papa Wolf: When Bendix tries to grab Nomi her father steps between them and threatens to end Bendix's career if he doesn't unhand her.
  • Parental Title Characterization: Nomi refers to her mother as "Janet" as a sign of their mutual disowning of each other.
  • Pet the Dog: Nomi's father stands up for her when Bendix tries to arrest her without a warrant, even calling her "my daughter."
  • Refuge in Audacity: Dani gets Lito an audition for a movie script he loves by pretending to be his agent (his agency fired him for being gay), claiming he is getting offers to star in another movie (he has not worked in anything since being outed) and making a Variety journalist call the producer thinking Lito already got the role. This gets her a call from the producer and Lito a ticket to audition in LA. All of this in under 58 minutes.
  • Successful Sibling Syndrome: Nomi admits to feeling this way during her speech, since Teagan was an ideal, popular, accomplished daughter while Nomi was not.
  • Title Drop: Nomi's maid of honour speech at her sister's wedding includes this.
  • Token Good Teammate: Teagan and her new husband are obviously kind to Nomi, unlike the rest of her family.
  • Wedding Episode: Nomi's subplot in this episode is dealing with her sister's marriage.

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