A church set up by entrepreneur Adrian, one of the passengers of Flight 828 causes some problems for Saanvi. Zeke and Cal experience a calling, but Cal is reluctant to trust this new person. Michaela and Jared’s problems continue.

So last time out we had internet crazies who believed that the passengers of Flight 828 were terrorists with some unspeakable agenda of horror on their minds. This time, we go back to dealing with the people who have a more divine estimation of them, specifically as part of a new ‘church’ set up by Adrian – the young ex-‘wunderkind’ who was complaining last time we saw him that he had come back to find he had nothing. Now it seems he has found a purpose, but Ben (and this viewer) have a fairly sceptical view of how genuine this sudden Damascene conversion really is.

Where this becomes problematic is that the vulnerable people attracted to the church evidently completely believe in the holiness of the passengers and their ability to heal and perform other miracles. That means when one especially desperate woman approaches Saanvi, it leads to a situation she couldn’t have expected.

Elsewhere, Zeke has a vivid dream he interprets as a calling, and it seems that Cal has the same experience, but having been instrumental in saving Zeke’s life, Cal now seems reluctant to trust him enough to help in interpreting his calling. Zeke is still (for me) a little bit of an unknown quantity at this point – we know that he seems to share a connection with the passengers in general and Michaela in particular, and he seems like a stand-up guy, but there’s still something a little mysterious about him that’s tickling my suspicion radar. Maybe it’s my imagination, but it feels like it’s deliberate on the part of both the writers and the actor portraying the role.

And there’s Michaela and Jared and their ongoing love triangle issue with Lourdes. It’s perhaps inevitable that Michaela’s best friend is going to find out about their little indiscretion, but what is surprising is the way in which the show chooses to deal with it. It’s not, after all, a simple situation, and the writers don’t address it as such. There are elements of right and wrong on all sides, guilt on all sides, and it’s really a fascinating thing to watch. Unless you’re Jared of course, in which case it just sucks, but then that’s why they’re called marriage vows, buddy – not suggestions.

With all this going on, it almost feels as if the Major and her operation have been forgotten, except of course that they very much haven’t. I sense that there’s a lot more to come (probably with a couple of extra twists) from that direction yet.

Verdict: Always managing to tread a fine line with its characters, this is still a surprisingly nuanced take on the genre which continues to surprise with its investment in character week on week. 8/10

Greg D. Smith