Tandy tries to gather the money she needs to flee town before the police catch up to her for the stabbing. Tyrone wrestles with whether or not he should use his new-found power to mete out punishment on the man who caused his pain.

So, in the pilot, we established (just about) that Cloak can teleport and Dagger can make daggers out of light (and maybe other things too?). We also learned that both seem to have some sort of empathic ability which allows them to see what seems to be the true thoughts/fears of people they touch. So now, what next?

For Tandy, it’s trying to get a new identity and skip town before the police catch up to her for her stabbing of the boy who she’d previously robbed as he tried to rape her. Unfortunately, her first plan to pay for this hits a slight roadblock, and so she and Liam are forced to go with another idea which is a lot more risky, but also more likely to give them what she needs. Determined to leave New Orleans behind her completely, a glance into Liam’s true feelings and thoughts granted by her powers gives her another thing to consider.

Meanwhile, Tyrone is struggling with the knowledge that the man who killed his brother is still out there, and wondering what exactly he should do about that. More to the point, he’s struggling with the realisation of just how much of a burden his mother has carried over the years since his brother’s death, and what that means to him.

The main issue that both have is that, although each is now aware of their powers, neither is able to control them in any way, leading to Tandy nearly revealing herself at an entirely inappropriate time and Tyrone not teleporting when he really would have liked to. What seems clear is that their first encounter has triggered something latent within each of them, that both are linked to whatever was going on at Roxxon when the explosion happened, and that both are manifesting their powers more as a sort of instinct than because of conscious thought.

Meanwhile, the silent Detective Brigid O’Reilly is methodically working her way through the evidence provided by Tandy’s earlier stabbing, the first words she speaks being as she makes her first arrest. What will happen next is not clear.

It’s still a little difficult to get a gauge on this one. The tone remains at the same gritty level as the pilot, the characters are still finding their feet both in life and with their powers, and it’s dealing with much heavier issues than the average ABC/Marvel property. Though we know it’s tied into the MCU, we have had no indications from the show itself of this yet, and even when the protagonists have gained control of their powers, it’s not exactly clear what they might do. What is is doing right is holding my attention – I’m curious to see where it goes next.

Verdict: Still pacing itself, still gritty, still intriguing, but this show needs to dial up something soon if it’s going to cross from ‘mildly diverting’ to genuine must-watch. 7/10

Greg D. Smith