The chilling calling experienced by Ben and Michaela has them on edge, but they still cannot decipher its meaning. Saanvi turns to her old flame for help when she hits a dead end in her research. Michaela has issues with trusting Zeke. Jared is getting in deeper with the wrong people.

Having shared a calling in which they were stood amidst the wreckage of 828 with dead passengers strewn about them, safe to say that the Stone siblings are feeling a little spooked. But what exactly does this calling mean? All starts to become awfully clear as the episode progresses.

It’s been obvious for a while that Isiah isn’t quite right, though whether his actions are connected to anyone else in the wider conspiracy that seems to be gathering around the passengers is not made clear. At this point, between shadowy elements of the US government, Xers, and whatever the cabal is headed by Ben’s new boss and others that seems to have a particular interest in them, let alone Jared’s new besties, it feels like the survivors really can’t catch a break.

Speaking of Jared, he’s really starting to get deep into whatever it is that his new girlfriend’s brother and his mates are up to, risking further disciplinary action at work by using his position to try to feed them information. Once again I understand the need to have a consequences narrative play out for the character but it feels oddly handled, particularly this week. Is he actually trying to get Michaela and her family hurt? It certainly seems so at points, but then at other times he seems to genuinely still care about them all. Difficult to get a proper handle on the guy.

Meanwhile Saanvi reaches out to Alex, her former lover, to get some help with finding a new angle on her continued self-research for a ‘cure’ (apparently having decided to ignore her promise to Ben completely). There’s an angle here that feels a little awkwardly placed, especially this late in the show and with what we have seen of the character to date. It’s possible that perhaps the show has played on the tendency of the character to surprise people here, but at the same time it can’t help but feel potentially a little cheap in one way, although in fairness it does a lot right as well.

Olive and TJ are getting ever more serious, even as she drifts further and further from her family. At the same time, Michaela is finding it a struggle to trust Zeke – has he really gone as cold turkey sober as he claims? It all swirls around in a muddle of conflict that serves rather cleverly to mask the central narrative of the episode until it’s right on top of you, and when it arrives, it’s thrilling and deeply disturbing. Whatever they’ve been through already, it seems that whatever forces are eddying around the passengers haven’t finished with them quite yet.

Verdict: One or two odd bum notes aside, a very well-crafted episode that delivers an exciting conclusion. 8/10

Greg D. Smith