Racing home back to mother's trailer, Tandy tended to her wounds and tried to stave off the effects of the concussion she had most likely incurred. Emma Lahana's Detective Brigid O'Reilly turned up, with some lines this time, showing she wasn't just some badass lady-cop on Tandy's tail but was in fact concerned, and rightly so, that the poor girl had been the victim of a sexual assault and wanted to protect her. And for my part, I have to say I believed her. Ultimately Tandy did too, reaching out to Detective O'Reilly by episode's end, but not before her little jaunt right into Ty's subconscious. Following her baser instincts, Tandy had jumped on the first bus out of town, only to fall asleep and be transported... somewhere. Before concern that her head injury may have been more serious than initially thought, Tandy found a young Ty on a basketball court and was treated to a mystery tour into the psyche of the young man she had been unknowingly connected with all those years ago.
We were treated to imagery of a young Ty playing with his brother Billy, his sibling refusing to go with his friends to steal back the stereo that was at the root of the strife that ultimately got him killed, instead choosing to stay with his little brother, handing him what looked to be a cheque. Perhaps symbolising Ty's guilt, a life owed as it was actually Ty stealing the stereo that led to his brother's death. This is somewhat backed up when in a different setting, a modern day Ty dressed in 19th century garb was shown killing Connors, the cop that shot his brother, with a duelling pistol. Going on to present his parents with what appeared to be another cheque. Perhaps representing his desire to pay a life for a life? It didn't end well however as police turned up and things ended badly for Ty, no matter how many times he looped the scenario. It even went so far as to show Ty being lynched, even if the show did shy away from showing that particular fate in any real detail. It was only when Tandy begged Ty to stop, suggesting he needed to find a different way to proceed that her light dagger manifested and a possible purpose to their connection was revealed. Placing her dagger on the table for Ty to pick up, it turned into a pair of handcuffs, the sight of which caused Connors to flee in fear. Essentially Tandy's presence offered Ty a less violent alternative to find justice his inevitable violence begetting more violence destiny. Likewise, Ty represented a new element in Tandy's subconscious, when he inevitably got there.
Rewinding to their earlier accident, the story then followed Ty home, then on to school, where his love interest Evita offered to take him to someone that might be able to help rid him with his perceived “curse”. You see, Evita gave local historical tours specialising in the history of voodoo and its adoption as a subculture in New Orleans, terminating at her family's voodoo gift shop, naturally. But her Aunt Clarisse seemed to be the real deal, sensing something being up with Ty right away and offering a path to a cleansing via a sort of ritualistic herbal bath - courtesy of ingredients you can pick up fro your local Whole Foods no less. It was when Ty undertook this that he, much more deliberately, entered his dream state and connected with Tandy.
He witnessed her standing helpless as she watched her father, tied to an office chair, be waterboarded by other businessmen, presumably symbolising her belief that her father's employers the Roxxon corporation were to blame for his death. We were even treated to the sight of a young Tandy giving communion to a series of men, one of whom I believe was her would-be rapist, only for all of the to fall down dead. Only her latest boyfriend Liam seemed to get off lightly, a tender moment, a touch of his hair, giving away her feelings for him, before he too succumbed to the same fate as the others. Tandy it seems, thinks she's dangerous to any man that may get close to her. But it was only when running from the sight of her father's death that Ty finally intervened, using his shadowy “cloak” ability to pull her back, imploring her to not run and instead stand and fight for what she believed in.
Having Tandy act has a pacifying influence on Ty, as well as having Ty act as possible catalyst for inciting Tandy to stand up and get angry was a lovely way to demonstrate their dichotomy, not just in their respective abilities but also in their role in the story. They are just now starting to realise maybe they are better off together, as evidenced by Ty finding Tandy and proposing they finally talk about what's going on with them as well as Tandy's not running away at the first sign of trouble for once. In all Stained Glass – the symbolic barrier between them that itself was a visual clue to Tandy's abandoned church hideout, was a neat way to bring these two characters up to speed with each other without the worry of some other tried expositional trope. The symbolism throughout the episode, both in the dreams and the real world – that mention of that duel in the heart of a hurricane liking hinting at the inevitable conflict between Ty and Tandy – made the whole thing look beautiful and feel thematically fulfilling. I can't wait to see what our protagonists have to say to one another next episode.
Written by Nick Whitney CLOAK & DAGGER Beat Writer
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