Episode Title: “Mis Dos Padres”
Writers: Rockne S. O’Bannon and Ben Edlund
Director: Michael Offer
Previously on “Revolution:”
Episode 2.10 “The Three Amigos”
God is in the air and he, or rather they, have called Aaron (Zak Orth) and his estranged wife, Priscilla (Maureen Sebastian) to Spring City, Oklahoma, according to Grace (Maria Howell). It’s not exactly the almighty but rather zillions of nanites that have formed an artificial collective consciousness that wants to meet its makers.
We know Grace and Rachel’s (Elizabeth Mitchell) team stole Aaron’s code and it turns out he got a little help from Priscilla with putting it together, which is why she’s now recovering in Grace’s home. Like Aaron, Priscilla started seeing dead people and fireflies, which led her new hubby and kids to leave her and she, herself, to Spring City. The reunion between Aaron and Priscilla isn’t particularly emotional or moving and the explanation that, “oh yeah, Priscilla had something to do with this whole end of the world nanite blackout scenario, too” feels a little tacked on. Still, there is potential for things to get interesting as Spring City’s only three (presumably) residents try to sort out the mess they’ve made.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of other messes being made down in Texas and Mexico. Grandpa Gene (Stephen Collins) insists on trying to save his dying friend, Lloyd Welliver from the Patriots, who are in the midst of a construction project. Charlie (Tracy Spiridakos) advises against it, but of course, Gramps goes in anyway, forcing Charlie to save him only for the two of them to get captured by Truman (Steven Culp) and his men. Truman tells the two there’s a typhus outbreak at camp, which killed Lloyd and he needs their help. As for what they’re building, it’s a quarantine camp. Could this have something to do with this oranges the Patriots were shooting up? Probably.
Down in Texas, Monroe (David Lyons) is thrown in jail by his own son, who plans to auction the war criminal off to the highest bidder. Monroe’s attempts to win over Connor (Mat Vairo) don’t get him anywhere, but when Miles (Billy Burke) frees him from lock up, Monroe refuses to leave for fear of getting Connor in trouble with his boss/father figure, Nunez. Connor repays the favor by publicly whipping his dad at the “pool party at the end of the world” where a folk band plays banjo renditions of Judas Priest songs.
Connor is only doing what Nunez asked him to and later sneaks Rachel the key to Monroe’s cell. However, one of Nunez’ men spots the transaction and tips off the boss. Nunez and his thugs try to stop Miles, Rachel, Monroe and Connor, but a fight breaks out and the gang gets the better of Nunez’ crew, thanks to a pot, a machete, some knives and bottles and a well-timed head butt.
Despite escaping, Connor is bummed about losing his place with Nunez, whose lair Monroe described as “Donald Trump throwing up on Scarface.” Though he’s no Cliff Huxtable, as Miles puts it, Monroe does promise his power-hungry son that the two will reprise the Monroe Republic, together. Surely, Miles and Rachel will have something to say about this.
As for the Neville family, Tom (Giancarlo Esposito) is anxious to kill Julia’s husband and new Chief of Staff, Victor Doyle (Christopher Cousins). And so is Jason (J.D. Pardo), after stealing documents from Doyle’s office that reveal plans for a new youth brainwashing program. However, Julia (Kim Raver) is hesitant to move forward too quickly which makes Tom thinks she’s enjoying her cushy lifestyle with Doyle (never mind the fact that Tom and Julia couldn’t be making their plotting and scheming more obvious). But in the end, it’s Jason who gets caught, taken away by Patriot soldiers right in front of his bickering parents.
“Mis Dos Padres” spends a lot of time on characters getting caught, escaping and then getting busted, yet again. However, it also provides some answers regarding the nanotech and the Patriots’ nefarious plans. And now that Connor has officially joined the Revolutionaries, we have another anger-fueled father-son relationship to look forward as well as a potential new boytoy for Charlie. Yet further reminders that world has indeed come to an end.
