Post — Aaron Ngo

Major spoilers are in this episode review. Read with Caution!

I think this show has found its footing. The two stories and a surprising third came off strong and now it looks like Cloak and Dagger may be working together moving forward. From my own personal viewings and other reviews I read, this show has the potential to become something, but it is taking too long to get there, similar to Marvel's Runaways.

But this episode is finally taking a step in the right direction. The three stories involved Tandy and Tyrone are pretty strong and hold fantastic parallelisms, but the third one is only between Evita and her Voodoo Aunt.

Their scenes were intertwined with the other two stories and ends with a cryptic prophecy:

"One will live and one will die."

It sounds like Evita's Aunt stole that straight from Harry Potter and most other movies, but it is ominous nonetheless. I hope they make their roles in the show clearer later on because the show is setting them up like a magical element is going to get introduced.

Tyrone's story impressed me a lot more compared to the last few episodes. He consults Tandy (YES! I love how they visit and confide in each other) about his friend Duane dealing drugs, and she suggests "creating opportunities" to get closer to him and Connors. In addition, she also suggests using his powers to "see nightmares" to his advantage.

Taking this advice to heart, Tyrone goes after one of Duane's drug runners, but then the runner pulls a gun and makes his escape. The second time they meet, during a police bust involving Connors and O'Reilly, Tyrone decides to use his powers to get the red backpack (full of drugs) from the runner.

Creating an opportunity, Tyrone delivers the backpack back to Duane, and their conversation gets heated. Duane reveals he saw Billy get murdered but never came forward about it in order to survive, thinking getting killed himself wouldn't do any good. But Tyrone insists that Duane be better than this, but before they can talk any more, Connors and O'Reilly arrive.

While Tyrone goes hide, Connors tries to get Duane to shoot O'Reilly before she walks inside, but before any deal could be struck, O'Reilly enters the room, setting off another horrific death. Duane is shot dead, forcing Tyrone to cry out for his friend.

Connors goes after Tyrone and tries shooting him a few times, but Tyrone manages to teleport away before he can get hit.

On the other side of New Orleans, Tandy is pulling another scheme to get closer to Mina Hess, a scientist at ROXXON. She puts on some cute glasses, slaps on a nice smile, and pretends to be an "intern". Tandy bonds with Mina and asks repeatedly about Mina's father, but the question keeps getting noticeably dodged.

Mina is an enjoyable character and a representation of the life Tandy could've had. This is made clear when Mina talks about her passion and how she admires Nathan Bowen (Tandy's father). The same could be said for Tyrone and Duane, as he also represents a potential future Tyrone could've had if his brother wasn't murdered.

I hope to see her character in the future. Mina Hess has a lot of story-telling potential.

After some delicious cookies, swamp searching, and talk about magic being "science we don't understand", Mina puts the pieces together. She realizes Tandy is not "Liz the intern" but rather Tandy Bowen.

When Mina goes to visit her father, who is in a catatonic state after the oil rig explosion, Tandy follows her. Mina wonders why she lied and didn't lead with the truth. Then Tandy says something pretty profounding, "the truth never occurred to me". She had to lie her whole life and using the truth was something she could never rely on.

Mina sympathizes with Tandy's situation and allows her to talk to her father. But when Tandy touches him, she is unable to see his hopes. It is blocked by something dark. She concludes she knows someone who may be able to help get past the dark. (Tyrone!).

After this failure, Tandy and Tyrone are reunited. Tyrone teleports back to the church, clearly distraught, and then Tandy calls out "Ty?". When did she start calling him that? Do I care? Nope because it's adorable.

She tries to hug him in comfort, but their powers hit a feedback. Tandy is forced to watch Tyrone break down, unable to physically comfort him over the loss of his friend.

The episode closes and now I'm eager for more! The show has found its way and next week's promo has high promises for action and emotion. Cloak and Dagger are finally on the same page and they're going to kick ass together!

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