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The Breakfast Kyle

March

So now we know that Sarah is, indeed, alive. And she looks remarkably unlike Ally Sheedy, which is amazing, considering she’s played by Ally Sheedy.

Last night’s Kyle XY really moved the whole story forward, answering the question about Sarah, but raising a whole bunch of new ones about Latnok.

I’m really suspicious of the Latnokians (Latnokkers? Latnokites?). First off, they have this whole “Star Chamber” vibe going on. Do they always sit in that room, in the dark? Creepshow.

Sorry, I get ahead of myself.

First off, “Gray Matters” was a nice way to show off the difference in the moral certainty in which Kyle operates and the moral relativism exhibited by Jessi. The question almost from the start of this series was whether basically creating a pod person as a near-adult, unspoiled by societal norms, thus created a more perfect human being — not just in strength, intellect and talent, but also in inherent “goodness.”

The answer appears to be “no.” But Jessi wasn’t only programmed to be an overachiever. Her genetic mother pushed herself too hard and too fast. The case is still out as to whether Sarah is good or not. She drove Adam from her, but was that her failing, or Adam’s?

I wonder if Sarah turned to Brian after Adam withdrew from her, much in the same way that Brian has made Jessi feel that Kyle was turning his back on her.

The rest of the episode is sort of fuzzy to me; the whole Kyle/Amanda storyline is just annoying. Oooh, prom. Lori needs to get over herself and get back together with Declan. Hillary actually cracks me up every time she’s on screen. The entire Josh storyline was merely a means to show how Kyle is the man who always does the right thing and Jessi basically has a hard time ever doing the right thing.

All will come to a head next week, when Latnok decides to reveal themselves to Kyle and Jessi (of course, I suspect that’ll be in the last moments of the episode, similar to how we “met” Adam Baylin in the last minute or so of Season 1).

Note: Those of you who don’t know where the headline of this post came from need to bone up on your Ally Sheedy film canon.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 10:08 pm by Amy Vernon.
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One Response to “The Breakfast Kyle”

Jack Bauer March 5th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
If I ran Latnok….I'd get better lighting in Conference Room A. That is bad for the eyes, no matter how sinister you are.

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