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* FreudianSlip: Rather than the usual phrasing of "grandfather and his sister", Madeline Garber comes out and calls them "Reed's grandparents."
-->'''Madeline Garber:''' Reed's grandparents were monsters. They murdered thousands.
-->'''Madeline Garber:''' Reed's grandparents were monsters. They murdered thousands.
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'''Season 2, Episode 09:'''
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->Written by Melinda Hsu Taylor\\
Directed by Allison Liddi-Brown
->''"Everything that's happening now is necessary for the world to be what it could be."''
-->-- '''Lorna Dane / Polaris'''
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'''Season 2, Episode 09:'''
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->Written by Melinda Hsu Taylor\\
Directed by Allison Liddi-Brown
->''"Everything that's happening now is necessary for the world to be what it could be."''
-->-- '''Lorna Dane / Polaris'''
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->''"It's like you said, brother, we're doing this for the people we love."''
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* JerkassBall: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with Erg.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with Erg.
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* NoSympathy: {{Played with}}. Reeva is initially cold when Sage tells her about Rebecca being in terrible agony in her prison. When she dies, she seems a little more sympathetic. However, a later comment implies she might have been feigning it to further motivate Andy.
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* NoSympathy: {{Played with}}.PlayedWith. Reeva is initially cold when Sage tells her about Rebecca being in terrible agony in her prison. When she dies, she seems a little more sympathetic. However, a later comment implies she might have been feigning it to further motivate Andy.
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* AllForNothing: The Underground's action throughout the entire season end up leading nowhere, with them always staying a few steps behind the Inner Circle, who in turn end up executing their plan with only minor setbacks, none of which were even the Underground's doing.
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* AllForNothing: The Underground's action actions throughout the entire season end up leading nowhere, with them always staying a few steps behind the Inner Circle, who in turn end up executing their plan with only minor setbacks, none of which were even the Underground's doing.
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* AllForNothing: The Underground's action throughout the entire season end up leading nowhere, with them always staying a few steps behind the Inner Circle, who in turn end up executing their plan with only minor setbacks, none of which were even the Underground's doing.
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* BlatantLies: Turner tries to portray the Purifiers on TV as a non-racist, patriotistic organization that would even welcome mutants who are willing to fight "terrorism".
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Lorna attributes Rebecca's psychotic behavior to her mistreatment in the mental hospital. While this may have amplified her issues, the audience knows from the flashback and revelations in previous episodes that Rebecca was always violent.
* BlatantLies: Turner tries to portray the Purifiers on TV as a non-racist,patriotistic patriotic organization that would even welcome mutants who are willing to fight "terrorism".
* BlatantLies: Turner tries to portray the Purifiers on TV as a non-racist,
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fade is sent to kill the kidnapped IT guy Laurence Hayes so the Underground won't learn what the Inner Circle is planning until it's too late. Fade spares his former teammates, though they still catch him.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape. Similarly, Noah stays behind to help the Struckers escape Madeline.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape. Similarly, Noah stays behind to help the Struckers escape Madeline.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fade is sent to kill the kidnapped IT guy Laurence Hayes so the Underground won't learn what the Inner Circle is planning until it's too late. Fade spares his former teammates, though they still catch him.
him before he can escape.
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** John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can
** Similarly, Noah stays behind to help the Struckers escape
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Noah trashes Madeline's lab when she calls him a curse on his family and says Lauren should never have been born.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Noah trashes Madeline's lab turns on Madeline when she calls him a curse on his family and says Lauren should never have been born.born, removing his PowerLimiter so his vibrations will destroy the lab.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Noah turns out to be one, his shockwaves being strong enough to almost level the entire compound.
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* NothingPersonal: When Fade is cornered after killing Laurence, he insists he's not there to kill Marcos or John. They catch him anyway.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Noah turns out to be one, his shockwaves being strong enough to almost level the entirecompound.building.
* PunkInTheTrunk: John and Clarice kidnap Laurence Hayes by portaling him directly into the trunk of their car, though they have to get Marcos to open it first so there's enough room for the portal.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Noah turns out to be one, his shockwaves being strong enough to almost level the entire
* PunkInTheTrunk: John and Clarice kidnap Laurence Hayes by portaling him directly into the trunk of their car, though they have to get Marcos to open it first so there's enough room for the portal.
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* TooDumbToLive: Seriously whoever thought it would be a good idea to connect ALL THE MUTANT COLLARS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY to ONE single power source? Naturally, all hell breaks lose when the Inner Circle destroys it, with mutants rising up everywhere.
* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with a Morlock.
* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with a Morlock.
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* TooDumbToLive: Seriously whoever Seriously, who thought it would be a good idea to connect ALL THE MUTANT COLLARS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY all the mutant collars in the ''entire country'' to ONE single power source? a ''single centralized location''? Naturally, all hell breaks lose when the Inner Circle destroys it, with mutants rising up everywhere.
* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him witha Morlock.Erg.
* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Somewhat {{subverted}} with Rebecca, who at first seems like a normal girl in the flashback, but is then revealed to having almost killed her teacher with her powers, revealing that she was always unstable and violent.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Somewhat {{subverted}} with Rebecca, who at first seems like a normal girl in the flashback, but is then revealed to having have almost killed her teacher with her powers, revealing that she was always unstable and violent.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fade is sent to kill the kidnapped IT guy so the Underground won't learn what the Inner Circle is planning until it's too late. Fade spares his former teammates, though they still catch him.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape.
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* BlatantLies: Turner tries to portray the Purifiers on TV as a non-racist, patriotistic organization that would even welcome mutants who are willing to fight "terrorism".
* DistressedDude: John gets captured by Turner.
* {{Flashback}}: This time it focuses on Rebecca, more specifically the day her own parents had Sentinel Services arrest her due to almost killing her teacher.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fade is sent to kill the kidnapped IT guy Laurence Hayes so the Underground won't learn what the Inner Circle is planning until it's too late. Fade spares his former teammates, though they still catch him.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape. Similarly, Noah stays behind to help the Struckers escape Madeline.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: How Noah justifies helping Madeline.
* InternalReveal: Lauren tells Caitlin and Reed about Madeline's research and her brother having founded the Purifiers.
* DistressedDude: John gets captured by Turner.
* {{Flashback}}: This time it focuses on Rebecca, more specifically the day her own parents had Sentinel Services arrest her due to almost killing her teacher.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fade is sent to kill the kidnapped IT guy Laurence Hayes so the Underground won't learn what the Inner Circle is planning until it's too late. Fade spares his former teammates, though they still catch him.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape. Similarly, Noah stays behind to help the Struckers escape Madeline.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: How Noah justifies helping Madeline.
* InternalReveal: Lauren tells Caitlin and Reed about Madeline's research and her brother having founded the Purifiers.
* NoSympathy: {{Played with}}. Reeva is initially cold when Sage tells her about Rebecca being in terrible agony in her prison. When she dies, she seems a little more sympathetic. However, a later comment implies she might have been feigning it to further motivate Andy.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Noah turns out to be one, his shockwaves being strong enough to almost level the entire compound.
* RabbleRouser: Turner makes a villainous RousingSpeech to the Purifiers in light of the massacre at the bank.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Noah turns out to be one, his shockwaves being strong enough to almost level the entire compound.
* RabbleRouser: Turner makes a villainous RousingSpeech to the Purifiers in light of the massacre at the bank.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Blink calls out John for caring more about stopping the Inner Circle than all the innocent mutants their actions are hurting.
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* TooDumbToLive: Seriously whoever thought it would be a good idea to connect ALL THE MUTANT COLLARS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY to ONE single power source? Naturally, all hell breaks lose when the Inner Circle destroys it, with mutants rising up everywhere.
* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with a Morlock.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear whether Noah, Madeline or anybody else at the compound died.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Somewhat {{subverted}} with Rebecca, who at first seems like a normal girl in the flashback, but is then revealed to having almost killed her teacher with her powers, revealing that she was always unstable and violent.
* WhatTheHellHero: Blink calls out John for caring more about stopping the Inner Circle than all the innocent mutants their actions arehurting.hurting and for his methods in general, like kidnapping somebody in broad daylight.
* TookALevelInJerkass: John is extremely on the edge throughout the episode, to the point where he is willing to kidnap somebody in broad daylight, threatening to use torture and even lashes out at Clarice, suggesting she might have cheated on him with a Morlock.
* UncertainDoom: It's not clear whether Noah, Madeline or anybody else at the compound died.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Somewhat {{subverted}} with Rebecca, who at first seems like a normal girl in the flashback, but is then revealed to having almost killed her teacher with her powers, revealing that she was always unstable and violent.
* WhatTheHellHero: Blink calls out John for caring more about stopping the Inner Circle than all the innocent mutants their actions are
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* WhatTheHellHero: Blick calls out John for caring more about stopping the Inner Circle than all the innocent mutants their actions are hurting.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Fade is sent to kill the kidnapped IT guy so the Underground won't learn what the Inner Circle is planning until it's too late. Fade spares his former teammates, though they still catch him.
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* KeystoneArmy: The mutant shock collars are controlled from a central location. When Andy and Lorna destroy the server farm, every mutant prison suffers a mass breakout because the guards are suddenly ''very'' outgunned.
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The Struckers try to destroy Madeline's research, the Underground takes drastic steps to get ahead of the Inner Circle, and Andy questions his loyalties.
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* AccidentalMurder: When Rebecca tries to kill the Inner Circle, Andy uses his powers to stop her. Unfortunately, he shoves her neck-first right into a corner, snapping her neck and killing her instantly.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Noah trashes Madeline's lab when she calls him a curse on his family and says Lauren should never have been born.
* NeckSnap: How Rebecca dies, due to a very poorly aimed force push from Andy.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Andy tries to abandon the Inner Circle and take Rebecca with him, but she insists on killing them first so they won't be followed, forcing Andy to stop her, killing her by accident. This makes him more dedicated to the cause when her psychotic behavior is blamed on the people who imprisoned her and he's given a chance to lash out at them.
* TailorMadePrison: Reeva has Rebecca confined in a small box that is completely dark save for vertical green lights that spin constantly. The intent seems to be to disorient her so she can't focus her powers.
* WhatTheHellHero: Blick calls out John for caring more about stopping the Inner Circle than all the innocent mutants their actions are hurting.
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* AccidentalMurder: When Rebecca tries to kill the Inner Circle, Andy uses his powers to stop her. Unfortunately, he shoves her neck-first right into a corner, snapping her neck and killing her instantly.
* HeroicSacrifice: John stays behind to hold back the Purifiers so Marcos and Fade can escape.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Noah trashes Madeline's lab when she calls him a curse on his family and says Lauren should never have been born.
* NeckSnap: How Rebecca dies, due to a very poorly aimed force push from Andy.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Andy tries to abandon the Inner Circle and take Rebecca with him, but she insists on killing them first so they won't be followed, forcing Andy to stop her, killing her by accident. This makes him more dedicated to the cause when her psychotic behavior is blamed on the people who imprisoned her and he's given a chance to lash out at them.
* TailorMadePrison: Reeva has Rebecca confined in a small box that is completely dark save for vertical green lights that spin constantly. The intent seems to be to disorient her so she can't focus her powers.
* WhatTheHellHero: Blick calls out John for caring more about stopping the Inner Circle than all the innocent mutants their actions are hurting.
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