In the tenth episode of the second season of Sense8<\/i>, multiple characters make major advancements while one has a setback. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Sense8<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Trigger Warning: For discussion of drug use.<\/b><\/p>\n
I know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a broken record at this point, but I love so much that this show cares about it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s individual characters and their stories. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not really much progress at all made on the BPO front, and Whispers only appears to taunt Will about the death of his father. (Lord, why did I write what I wrote at the end of the last review.) I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m perfectly fine with this. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153last\u00e2\u20ac\u009d episode of the season and the super long finale special left, so that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a whole lot of time to wrap up a number of plots. Instead, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If All the World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Stage, Identity is Nothing But a Costume\u00e2\u20ac\u009d spends almost of all of its running time bringing multiple characters to very important points in their arcs. LET\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S DISCUSS.<\/p>\n
Kala<\/b><\/p>\n
This felt like more of a set-up, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still significant that she and Wolfgang are finally, FINALLY open about what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been going on between them since last season. Yes, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve discussed it before this episode, but Kala\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s confession that she feels as Wolfgang does is something that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a long time coming. In this confession, though, is Kala\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s desire to finally tell her husband the truth. Personally, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait for this scene, even though I suspect it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to tear me to shreds. I really like Rajan, and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t going to hurt him a whole lot? Even if he understands and ultimately supports Kala, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still gonna be hard to hear that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in love with someone else. (But also him? Because I do feel like she loves him.) Ugh, WHEN IS THIS GONNA HAPPEN.<\/p>\n
Lito<\/b><\/p>\n
Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, no one tells you that success can be incredibly, incredibly painful. NO ONE. And while I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t possibly say that Lito\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good fortune with his new role is on the same level as me finally publishing a book, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a set of lines that Hernando gets that strike right at the heart of the terror of artistic creation and success. It is mortifying to put something out into the world, and trust me when I say that I know this is the case for creators\u00e2\u20ac\u201dartists, musicians, novelists, comic book illustrators\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwho don’t<\/i> have anxiety or depression. So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just a case of the intersection of mental illness and success. Like Hernando says, the creation of art is a risky, frightening experience. Lito got the part he wanted, but he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s using a different kind of creative muscle this time around. This role in Iberian Dreams<\/i> isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like the over-the-top roles he acted in while in Mexico. (I just wanna say that I adored<\/i> that Sun\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to open up about herself is what helped Lito land the role. THE MEANING, THE SIGNIFICANCE, THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT ALL.) He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trying something that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very<\/i> new for him, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worry that not only will he fail, but the world will see him as a fraud.<\/p>\n
Imposter syndrome certainly plays a part in this, and that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s another thing I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve found is a part of the creative process. Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, I have written two books at this point, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got four more short stories out in the next year, and so many other projects are coming down the pipeline. By all rights, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve made it! I should see this as a sign not just of my success, but that I possess even a modicum of talent. I have to be somewhat good at what I do, right? But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much easier for my brain to assume the worst, to believe that this is all a fluke and that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not<\/i> a good writer at all, that everyone\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just playing along and will reveal the joke to me at the most inopportune time imaginable. So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad that Lito has Hernando to keep him grounded amidst such a bizarre and surreal situation. Seriously, y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, all those scenes at Kit Wrangler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house were A LOT. marc Jacobs??? What the HELL. (Also, I literally forgot Andy Dick existed, and I unfortunately now had to remember how creepy and gross he is.)\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Capheus<\/b><\/p>\n I commented on this on video, but I loved that the show waited until this episode\u00e2\u20ac\u201duntil Capheus arrived to give his speech as the candidate for the KDRP\u00e2\u20ac\u201dto reveal just how much support he had from the general public. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much more powerful that way, and from a character perspective, it allows Capheus to begin to understand just how impactful his behavior and his words have been. It also makes him realize real<\/i> fast just how serious this all is. He can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pretend that this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a big deal anymore, you know?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Like any of the huge moments in the show, the cluster assembled to offer their support to Capheus, and y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, this episode, more than any other, made me wish for a cluster of my own. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not like I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t appreciated the unique emotional intimacy of this experience, but seeing how the cluster can teach, can comfort, can support, can believe, can course correct\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s truly astounding. Capheus borrows some of that strength, but he also gives a speech from the heart, one that is devoid of the sort of posturing that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure many of those people are tied of hearing.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I hope that the other members of the KDRP are right in that the speech was so powerful that the violence will be overlooked. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re wrong. But lord, that whole scene was terrifying. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Githu<\/i> who comes to the rescue??? Look, I am in love with the trope of an antagonist saving the protagonist because they want to be the one to kill said protagonist. (Now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thinking of Londo and G\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Kar from Babylon 5<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6) Well, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also more to it than that; Githu finally expresses that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not pleased with Mandiba, that Capheus understands the situation better since he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually from<\/i> Kibera. THIS IS AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.<\/p>\n Will<\/b><\/p>\n Grief is a terrible thing, and I want to offer some empathy to Will because I know how grief can make you do things you otherwise would not do. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say this because the show doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t offer this; I actually found this to be a very caring portrayal. Even the way the cluster comes to Will to criticize him felt immensely tender. But Will\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grief is compounded by guilt and regret, and as someone still dealing with many of these same emotions, I get it. It hurts in a way that feels inescapable, that eats away at your heart and your spirit. Will is dealing with the loss of his father, which is horrible as it is, but he obviously feels complicit in his death, too. So, as sad and distressing as it was to see, I get why he relapsed. He just wanted the pain to stop<\/i>. Well, there was also Whispers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presence, which certainly didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping that Kala\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s development of blockers will make this easier for him, but I also know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to take some serious time and self-care for Will to get through this.<\/p>\n Also, this was the first time we saw someone in the cluster fuck up one of their experiences! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so used to the sensates being the right person at the right time that Will\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presence was jarring. And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the point! Instead of providing the support to Capheus that he needed, Will was overwhelmed and sloppy, and Capheus could have died. But it seems he learned \u00e2\u20ac\u201d albeit the hard way\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t risk this sort of decision-making at a time like this.<\/p>\n Sun<\/b><\/p>\n IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S HAPPENING. OH MY GOD, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. She made it into her brother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gala. THE SHOWDOWN OF THE ENTIRE SERIES IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I just deeply, deeply love that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kala<\/i> who folds Sun\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand into a fist while promising to devote everything<\/i> to helping Sun achieve what she wants. IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S SO BEAUTIFUL. And it looks like the plan is more concrete: they are trying to get Joong-Ki out of the gala and to a place where they can somehow get a confession out of him. But it won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be admissible? Shit, maybe it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to be; maybe they can just ruin his reputation using the news cycle, just like he did to Sun. AHHHHH, I NEED THE NEXT EPISODE RIGHT NOW!!!<\/p>\n The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If All the World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Stage, Identity is Nothing But a Costume\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – The paperback edition of my debut, ANGER IS A GIFT, is now OUT!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the tenth episode of the second season of Sense8, multiple characters make major advancements while one has a setback. Intrigued? 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