Kyle XY: A cliff, a chair and cancer
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- January
- 15
Jessi survived!
I know I didn’t put a spoiler alert before that sentence, but like I said the other day, I can’t imagine anyone actually thought Jessi was going to die when she jumped off that cliff in the mid-season finale of Kyle XY.
OK, except Kyle. And Foss. And Stephen.
OK, except for pretty much everyone on the show (hey – Ballantine didn’t know she survived until she turned up at Madacorp). Geez. Give a girl a break.
Lots happened last night in our first foray back to visit the Traeger family, not least of which was the fact that Nicole, Stephen, Lori and Josh finally know the truth. I have to say, I’m glad that happened. The characters can now develop so much further with them all in on the secret. Though I do have a few thoughts about that:
• When’s Josh going to spill to Andy? I vote next week. Anyone care to wager?
• When did Stephen Traeger become Mr. Mission: Impossible? Oh, that’s right, he didn’t. He got caught before he even managed to halfway finish the job. At least he had the sense to get the transconductor sql cable superthingy connected to the mainframe after Jessi’s psycho window got blown out.
• Nicole, are you stupid? Sneaking into the lion’s den at Madacorp? Didn’t Stephen tell you to stay put?
• Declan’s freakin’ relieved he doesn’t have to lie to Lori anymore. How ’bout those condoms? And, I’m sorry, but it was a little weird when he ripped the head off that little bear.
That’s all OK, because last night was chock-full of all that Kyle XY goodness we love.
Kyle and Jessi are only just starting to really recognize their full potential. Individually, they’re incredibly strong, fast, smart and powerful. As a team, they’re actually frightening. They don’t even have to be in the same room; they can hook up via telepathy! Wow. SuperTwin Powers, activate! Form of … hot test-tube geniuses!
How amazing was that when Kyle basically hacked into Jessi’s brain and took out the data so that the bad guys couldn’t extract it from her in the C.I.R. chair? Of course, she’d already hacked into his brain when they were holding hands over Adam Baylin to heal him.
Josh’s reaction when Kyle told the Traegers his story was perfect. And Nicole was so slack-jawed that I could have driven a Mack truck into it. I’m not sure why he had to wait so long for the Traegers to tell him (in the form of Nicole, as usual, at his door with a hug) that they loved him anyway. Like they were really gonna say, “Get out of our house, you belly button-less freak!”
I’m going to miss Ballantine, though. He was a formidable adversary and just one evil-bad dude. Emily could be interesting, though. She’s tough as nails, but has a conscience. What, exactly, she’ll be doing, I can’t really figure, however.
So these are my questions of the week:
• I suppose it all relates back, somehow, to Latnoc and Adam. But are the folks behind Madacorp (and Zzyzx before it) still connected to Latnoc? Were they ever?
• What’s up with Brian Taylor? He can’t truly be Jessi’s dad in the sense that we understand it, nor the father of “Sarah,” Jessi’s predecessor. He’s Adam’s age. But we know that Brian and Adam had some sort of break. I’m guessing it has to do with Latnoc and Brian must believe that Kyle or the XYs and XXs that come after him and Jessi have the potential to become a latnoc (Hungarian for prophet). Anyone?
• Who, exactly, was Sarah? We know she and Adam were in love. But was Sarah like Adam (gestated longer than normal)? Was she, maybe, Brian’s sister (I thought he was going to say that last night)? Is she still alive? If not, how’d she die?
• How insane is Jessi? Those previews for upcoming weeks sure made her seem like she’s going to go commando (and not the type that involves not wearing any underwear). Of course, that’ll cause a break between her and Kyle. And put strain on Amanda/Kyle (Kamanda? Amyle?).
Assorted comments:
• I have to say that even though I rooted for Amanda/Kyle from the beginning, Amanda’s whining is starting to grate on me. She did get a nice haircut, though. Looks way better than it did at the beginning of the season.
• Leave it to Andy to make cancer funny. When she snagged the last crepe from Mr. Grumpy Pants Man by blurting out she had cancer, I laughed out loud. And her musing that she didn’t know why she hadn’t used her cancer this way before was great, and totally in character for this girl who lives out loud. I’m glad they brought her back to herself instead of Miss Mopey.
Photos courtesy of ABC Family (yeah, from the first half of Season 2, but I’m having access problems to the press site today.)
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I, too, didn't like it when Declan ripped the head off the little stuffed bear. I would have preferred that he just toss it out the window.