First off, the episode starts with the Royal Family attempting to capture many of the minions of Maximus who are attempting to run away. After catching them, the Royal Family decides that they need to send a message to Maximus, one that tells him that they’re coming and they aren’t happy. Black Bolt is a supporter of murder, something that no proper protagonist should ever feel, no matter the consequences. Just as Medusa is attempting to explain why that’s a bad idea, and how it only shows just how poor their leadership skills have been up until this point, Black Bolt simply nods at Karnak, and Karnak walks over and kills Auran, one of Maximus’ closest henchmen.
Moments later, Auran is revealed to be able to return from the dead. Her body simply... heals itself? With no explanation, they show Auran waking up in a bed next to Maximus, who says that he was wondering how long it would take her to wake up. Even if Auran has the ability to come back to life from death, Black Bolt was so quick to pull the trigger that I was left feeling astonished that we’re supposed to be rooting for this person. As someone who has never spoken a word, but has actively expressed his intentions to kill Maximus, the evils of the Royal Family come even more into fruition. If Black Bolt returns to the throne, who’s to say he won’t do exactly what Maximus is doing? They seem to share the same regard for life, so how can anyone say that Black Bolt’s leadership will save any lives if he continues to feel nothing when killing someone.
Next up in this episode’s strange depiction of death comes the return of an almost unfamiliar face. Does anyone remember Triton? No? One of the members of the Royal Family? Still no? The green guy from the first episode? The one with basically only one line? Oh, you’ve block the first episode out of your memory because it’s too hard to go on with all of that nonsense in your head? Well, at least you get the picture.
Triton is back, he’s been alive the whole time, and Black Bolt orchestrated the entire thing. Why didn’t he tell anyone, including his wife Medusa, the Queen of the Inhumans? Well, that’s a good question, but one that will never get truly answered because of Black Bolt’s disinterest in including anyone in on his delusion. What we do get, though, is Triton’s help in slowly destroying Maximus’ reign from the inside out. After dealing with the death of Gorgon, sending Auran’s dead body to Maximus, and revealing that everyone mourned the death of Triton for nothing, the entire Royal Family teleports to a secret bunker on Attilan, one that Black Bolt has been hiding from everyone the entire time.
Once they’re back on Attilan, and everyone deals with Black Bolt’s horrible attempts at deception, the Royal Family decides to meet with Maximus, who is still planning the recreation of his terrigenesis. They offer Maximus Dr. Declan, the key to his terrigenesis, in exchange for the throne. After making the deal, Maximus pulls the ultimate “PSYCH” and tells them he won’t give them the throne. Furious, the Royal Family lets Triton go into the depths of Attilan to stir up trouble. In the end, when the entire city is going under lock down, Triton comes in and kills every one of Maximus’ guards, leaving him defenseless. He captures Maximus, in a scene that easily becomes the best moment in the entire series, and takes him to Black Bolt, only for Maximus to reveal that he’s attached a failsafe to himself, one that would destroy all of Attilan if Black Bolt were to kill him. Black Bolt, stunned, is left watching Maximus’ childlike maniacal laugh.
The end of this episode continues with yet another death-defying moment. Karnak, who teams up with a revived Auran, attempts to transfer Auran’s regeneration ability over into the body of the deceased Gorgon through another terrigenesis process. Though it doesn’t work at first, the final moment of the episode shows a Frankenstein-esque Gorgon stepping out of his terrigenesis chamber, grunting in a manner that either shows a zombified Inhuman or a cranky Gorgon. Either way, this resurrection comes pretty much out of nowhere, and shows just how little death means to any Inhuman if they can just be put into a chamber with Auran’s blood and they can suddenly come back to life.
With only one more episode left, INHUMANS is holding on for dear life. They’ve been falling a little more every week, deep into the drain that is poor reception and obscurity. There are so many questions left to be answered, and so many plot holes that need to be filled in. But, in classic INHUMANS fashion, it’s a sure fire bet that in the final moments of the series, nothing will make sense and everything will be ludicrous. So, whether or not you’re a true fan, someone who finds enjoyment in the strange and delusional, or simply someone who wants to see something impressively insane, why not tune in next week to see the climactic finale that is this train wreck called Inhumans.
Written by William Staton, INHUMANS Beat Writer
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