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"I'd rather have her grow up hating me, than not grow up at all."
Written by Carly Soteras
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill
"Well, if the world's a tinderbox and the Inner Circle's out there lighting matches, we have to do something."
— Marcos Diaz / Eclipse
After the attack on Creed Financial, violence spikes as the Underground attempts to figure out the Inner Circle's next move.
Tropes:
- All the Other Reindeer: Lorna was a social outcast even before her powers became known to the public, due to her bipolar disorder and her green hair.
- Body Horror: Rebecca twists a man so his limbs are reversed and his face is horribly distorted.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Lorna realizes that Magneto left her with a relative not because he didn't want her, but to protect her from the consequences of his actions. She's forced to do the same with Dawn.
- Flashback: Several, which focus on Lorna's past.
- From Bad to Worse: Rebecca's actions caused the hatred for mutants to intensify, to the point where people on the street attack and burn down mutant foster care facilities.
- Green Thumb: Shawna's mutant power allows her to make plants rapidly grow. Garber keeps her on staff as a gardener.
- I Am Not My Father: What Lorna initially wants to do. Sadly, she ends up making the exact same decision he made regarding to her later towards Dawn.
- Important Haircut: After giving up her daughter, Lorna cuts her hair short and stretches Magneto's medallion into a headband.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Blink can sense where Rebecca used her powers because she can feel an abject wrongness from the twisted dimensions.
- Mythology Gag: The piece of metal Lorna makes her iconic head gear out of has some markings on it that resemble Magneto's helmet.
- Old Friend: Madeline Garber, an old colleague of Otto von Strucker who helped him suppress Reed's X-Gene and is now working on a cure for it.
- Parents as People: While Reed is still angry at his dad for keeping his powers and heritage a secret, Madeline speaks in favour of his descision, as he felt horrible about being brought up by a pair of horrible terrorists.
- Power Nullifier: Reed is given another dose of serum to suppress his powers, though it's only a temporary solution. Garber hopes to use his and Lauren's DNA to formulate a serum that will completely suppress the X-gene.
- Rebellious Spirit: Lorna, who got arrested as a teen several times.
- Resignations Not Accepted: Rebecca tries to run from the Inner Circle, but Reeva won't leave her as a loose end and Fade eventually catches her.
- The Reveal: Madeline's brother, Matthew Risman, founded the Purifiers.
- Revenge by Proxy: The people on the streets are attacking random mutants for what Rebecca did.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Rebecca runs when it's made clear her rash decision to murder the bank employees won't go over well with the rest of the Inner Circle.
- Ship Tease: Lauren gets some with Noah, Madeline's medical assistant.
- Tantrum Throwing: Marcos, after saying goodbye to Dawn.
- Twofer Token Minority: Shawna, one of the mutants at Madeline's facility, also has Down Syndrome.
- What the Hell, Hero?:
- Lorna doesn't mince words towards Rebecca, outright calling her a psycho.
- Later, Marcos chews out Lorna, blaming her and the Inner Circle for the current civilian unrest on the streets.Marcos: You and Reeva and all of your new friends... you set the world on fire and now you're worried that your daughter might get burned. Damn. You're a real piece of work, you know that?
- Would Hurt a Child:
- The Underground and the Inner Circle hear about a mutant foster care facility being burned down by the angry mob.
- When Fade finds Rebecca, he threatens to cut her throat should she attempt to use her powers.
"You're picking a fight we can't win because you think you can't die."
