The Tomorrow People - Episode 11 - Recap - Rumble
The Tomorrow People - Episode 11 - Recap - Rumble
The CW's modern, angst-ridden remake of British children's television program The Tomorrow People. It's been appropriately teenagery, mixing superpowers and relationship drama into a boiling elixir. This week introduces a new villain, a psycho named Julian who has a past with Cara.
The episode starts in the past, with a scared Cara running from Ultra agents before being intercepted by what I assume are the good guys. Well, bad assumption. This guy Julian turns out to be a total psycho, a violent maniac who uses his powers for personal gain and to hurt people. He gets off on the psychic backlash he gets when he tries to kill someone. Ultra has him on their list, but Cara still wants to warn him because of their past. Cara was an early member of his crew, and her compassion for a man they were robbing got Julian's girlfriend killed. She sees that there's nothing good in him and he deserves whatever Ultra has for him, so eventually, she sends in Russell to spy. He gets caught and beaten up quite a bit, but of course, since the supers can't kill, he'll make a full recovery.
Back at sewer HQ, Cara has fallen easily into her leadership role. There's the new recruits to take care of, and one girl in particular (Charlotte) keeps having psychic nightmares that blare in everyone's minds. The others want to kick the girl out, but Cara insists she stay and John volunteers to keep an eye on her and to train her in her powers. Doing more leaderly things, Cara leads an assault on Julian's home base after Russell's bloodied return. She's brought a secret weapon: Charlotte, who has learned to intentionally do her nightmare scream. Julian's team is taken down and Stephen's Ultra recruits come in for the arrests.
Stephen's got to pass a test at Ultra, else he gets kicked out and stripped of his powers. He's paired with a brat who fights dirty, and she's totally sabotaging him at every turn. She tells Stephen that he never had anything to worry about with the testing, though, which is probably true. He eventually wins her over after they take down Julian's crew. It's all very odd, the whole competition between them.
Well, that's the whole episode! This recap feels super short, but that's all the important stuff that really happened in the episode. It's a very decompressed type of show, and the contrast is especially stark to me now that Switched at Birth is back on. The contrast between that third season, tightly-scripted, large cast show and this show still trying to find its legs in the first season, it's really quite drastic! The comparison ends there, though, I just wanted to comment that it feels really odd. Anyhow, check out the preview below.