History Recap / TheGiftedS2E16OMens

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When the Underground members reach the Cuckoo sisters and the captive Strucker siblings, Lorna asks Esme if mentally coercing the siblings was [[NotSoDifferent any different]] from what she and her fellow triplets suffered as children. Esme's crisis of conscience is enough for Marcos to blast the other two and free Lauren and Andy.

* NotSoDifferent: Lorna manages to convince Esme to stop going along with her sisters' plans by telling her that she is not acting any differently than the people who forced ''them'' to do things with their powers they didn't want to do.

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* CurbStompBattle: Despite getting shot a few times, John easily tears apart the Purifiers in the initial fight. [[RealityEnsues Afterwards, however]], he is riddled with bullets and barely gets away. Had Erg not found and helped him, he probably would have died.

* XanatosSpeedChess: Lorna and Andy left the Inner Circle? No problem for Reeva, who sends the Cuckoo Sisters and Fade to kidnap Lauren and Andy and calls Benedict Ryan to alert the Purifiers to the Mutant Underground as payback for Lorna's about face.

* {{Flashback}}: To 4 years ago, with Reed becoming a prosecutor for mutant crimes after witnessing the 7/15 incident on TV and an apparent attack on his daughter during a friend's party (which is heavily implied to have been Lauren's power awakening).

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When the Underground members reach the Cuckoo Sisters and the captive Strucker siblings, Lorna asks Esme if mentally coercing the siblings was [[NotSoDifferent any different]] from what she and her fellow triplets suffered as children. Esme's crisis of conscience is enough for Marcos to blast the other two and free Lauren and Andy.

* {{Brainwashed}}: The Frost Sisters force Andy and Lauren to tear down Sentinel Services headquarters.

* {{Flashback}}: To 4 years ago, with Reed becoming a prosecutor for mutant crimes after witnessing the 7/15 incident on TV and an apparent attack on his daughter during a friends party (which is heavily implied to have been Lauren's power awakening).

* ItsPersonal: Between Turner and John. Both men are hellbent on payback towards each other.

** Fade gets shot by Caitlin.
** Reed dies in a HeroicSacrifice against Reeva, taking the latter with him.

* LoopholeAbuse: The Purifiers already know about Erg's power, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce and know well enough not to shoot him]], but that doesn't mean Erg can't draw energy from attacks taken from elsewhere, namely John in this case, and blast them all the same.
* NeutralNoLonger: Erg decides to join the fight after spotting a wounded John. The first thing he does, knowing the Purifiers already know about his power, is to get John to hit him instead in order to charge his [[CounterAttack eye]], which he uses to blast the Purifiers, leaving only Jace standing for John to take on.

* NotSoDifferent: Lorna manages to convince Esme to stop going along with her sisters plans by telling her that she is not acting any differently than the people who forced ''them'' to do things with their powers they didn't want to do.

* StormingTheCastle: The Mutant Underground attack the Inner Circle's headquarters, in order to prevent their mass attack on DC.

* SuperpowerMeltdown: Reed's final fate. He had been anticipating it for awhile, and he makes sure to take BigBad Reeva with him.

* BatmanGambit: Reed exploits Reeva's sonic scream, which destabilizes a mutant's powers, against her, since his powers are already unstable, causing him to explode, taking Reeva down with him.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Too soon to call, but the fates of Phoebe and Sophie are unknown after Marcos knocks them out. Only Esme is seen in the ending, having [[EngineeredPublicConfession forced a public confession]] out of Benedict Ryan for leading the Purifiers and being among the reunified Mutant Underground members.

* BatmanGambit:

* SuperpowerMeltdown: Reed's final fate. He had been anticipating it for awhile, and he makes sure to take BigBad Reeva out with him.
* TakingYouWithMe: Reed gives in to his PowerIncontinence, self-immolating and taking Reeva out with her.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Reeva almost completely disregards Reed, given his history of running from and suppressing his power. She didn't count on his power being barely under his control, and him exploiting her power to loosen said control to the point [[SuperpowerMeltdown his entire body begins to go nuclear]], taking her out with him.

* BittersweetEnding: Reed's dead, but various mutant groups are looking to the remnants of the Underground for leadership, hinting at a revitalization of the group. Blink is also alive, though it's hinted that their reunion comes with its own problems as she prepares to take them somewhere.

* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Reed deliberately goads Reeva into using her power on him. Since he already has barely any control over his power, he gambles that completely losing control would release all his stored energy at once. He ends up vaporizing her and the upper floors of the building.

* CurbstompBattle: Despite getting shot a few times, John easily tears apart the Purifiers in the initial fight. [[RealityEnsues Afterwards, however]], he is riddled with bullets and barely gets away. Had Erg not found and helped him, he probably would have died.

* HumanShield: John uses a Purifiers like this against the hail of bullets.

* LetThePastBurn: Before leaving, the Underground burns down all the files on their fallen mutant friends.

* AssholeVictim: While the circumstances were horrible, the destruction of Sentinel Service's headquarters is still no big loss. In addition, no one mourned for Reeva when Reed destroyed her.

* {{Brainwashed}}: The Frost Sisters force Andy and Lauren to tear down Sentinel Service's headquarter.

* ChainPain: One Purifier tries to restrain John with a big chain. The latter just takes it from him and uses it as a weapon.

* CurbstompBattle: Despite getting shot a few times, John easily tears apart the Purifiers in the initial fight. [[RealityEnsues Afterwards however]], he is riddled with bullets and barely gets away. Had Erg not found and helped him, he probably would have died.

* {{Flashback}}: To 4 years ago, with Reed becoming a prosecutor for mutant crimes after witnessing the 7/15 incident on TV and an apparent attack on his daughter during a friends party (which is heavily implied to have been Lauren's power awakening herself).
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Lorna is extremely ineffective during the whole episode, most notably when the Purifiers have them surrounded and she doesn't even think about just taking all their guns away.

* HeroicSacrifice: Reed gives his life to kill Reeva and destroy the Inner Circle.

** Reed dies a HeroicSacrifice against Reeva, taking the latter with him.

* OhCrap: Turner, once he sees John approaching.

* AssholeVictim: While the circumstances were horrible, the destruction of Sentinel Service's headquarters is still no big loss.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Pedro, who got captured by the authorities a few episodes ago, isn't shown again,

* XanatosSpeedChess: Lorna and Andy left the Inner Circle? No problem for Reeva, who sends the Cuckoo Sisters and Fade to kidnap Lauren and Andy and calls Benedict Ryan to alert the Purifiers to the Mutant Underground as payback for Lorna's about face.

* SequelHook Blink shows up in the final scene, alive and with new control over her power, to show the Underground something at the place she came from.

* WeNeedADistraction: Reeva sics the Purifiers on the Underground not only to kill Lorna for betraying her, but to capture Andy and Lauren while the others are distracted looking for a way to escape.