"It's time we all talked about what we have seen, and how we move on from here. No more sniping, it's time you all learnt to get along together." Pogo instructed sternly, facing all the children.
"We have been getting on, Pogo, it's the old man who refuses to share anything, forcing us to wait until his schemes are revealed and even then trying to deny it." Diego told the simian, who frowned sadly.
"As that may be-" Pogo started before they all turned away from him.
He looked at Reginald, lost for words. That could have gone much better.
"1993, London, England" came up on the screen as a couple begged for their lives before being shot in the back of the head by a man in a suit, as the Handler came out, dismissing him as she searched the place, finding a secret hiding place, she found a young girl there, clearly Lila, taking the girl with her, holding her to her.
"So, she had Lila's parents killed?" Diego asked, scandalised as Five looked stunned. He recognised that house. Vanya noticed his shock.
"Five, are you alright?"
"I recognise that house, that assassin, it's me." Five stated, as the others looked at him, surprised.
"This isn't going to end well, is it?" Luther asked.
"Knowing our luck, Lila will find out and try to kill me, so no." Five drily said.
Training the girl at the Commission, shooting at her as she dodged bullets whilst doing an assault course, speaking in Mandarin to one another as they walked, the Handler called her little one. Dressing her up for prom, taking a photo of Lila for it, before it showed Lila leaving a car, the man behind her being dead, Lila having slit his throat.
"Do...Do we need to stop her?" Klaus asked.
"If she was sent after them, they changed the timeline, it's better we don't mess with that." Five informed him.
Lila and the Handler discussed her plan, with the Handler wanting Lila to protect Five, despite what he had done to her, demoting her, the Handler suggesting if she was bored, she should kill Diego. They discussed the Swedes, with the Handler dismissing her, stating once more to protect Five at all costs.
"So, why does she want you alive?" Allison asked.
"Probably to kill him herself." Diego remarked.
"Surprisingly intelligent answer from you." Five said, with a look of fake shock, making Diego glare at him.
Luther was awoken by Vanya, giving him a towel. He asked if she remembered, explaining Five was waiting for them as the two of them joked about Five being an arsehole. They discussed what Five had told her, Luther revealing to her that she caused the apocalypse, but he tried to explain it was all of their faults, not just Vanya's, as Vanya began to panic.
"Well, at least you tried." Vanya smiled at Luther, who smiled back.
"It's true though, it was some of all of us, it certainly wasn't just you." Luther stated.
"I'm not an arsehole!" Five protested.
"Yes, you are." His siblings all chorused back at him.
Luther said she had a bad childhood as Jack Ruby burst in, berating Luther for throwing the fight as he saw it, firing Luther on the spot as Vanya tried to defend Luther. Luther asked Vanya to leave, smashing a hole in the wall, seeing Five staring at him.
"Luther!" Allison berated him for yelling at Vanya.
"It's fine, Allison, honestly, I was being pushy." Vanya defended him, as Allison backed down.
As Vanya walked past Five, heading off to the farm again, revealing she knew the truth, Luther flipped Five off.
"You do kinda deserve it for keeping secrets from her and trying to force Luther into it." Diego told Five, who scowled at his words.
"I wonder if it's too late to be unadopted?" Five asked himself.
"I wonder it more and more with every episode with how idiotic you all are." Five remarked, as they all glared at him.
The scene changed to Allison's house, Allison phoning around to try find where Raymond was as Klaus tried to comfort her, trying to explain how the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog applied to her, Allison deciding she had to go find Raymond, unable to deal with Klaus right then.
"Yeah, not your best pep talk there Klaus." Ben shook his head as Klaus hissed at him again.
"I know that, pretty stupid of me really." Klaus told him.
Five spoke to Diego about Vanya, saying the Swedes may come back for her, Lila tried to ask if Five knew who sent them, as he blew her off by saying he had his suspicions and that the priority was to get answers from Reginald.
"She's trying way too hard to ingratiate herself with him." Luther frowned.
"Yeah, I can clearly see she has some ulterior motive, even if I don't know what it is." Five stated. "Clearly the Handler didn't give her enough practical experience to take me on."
Diego complained he had found him and only lost him due to being stabbed, Lila laughing as Five stated how he was surprised it took so long, that they had all had the urge to stab Diego at some point.
"Really?" Diego asked as they all looked around to avoid his eyes, his cheeks flaming as he realised it was true. "Fine." He scowled, crossing his arms and pouting.
Five then stated he knew where he would be that night, that they would be crashing a party, as Elliot mentioned it had to be a meeting of the Majestic 12. Asking who they were, Elliot explained they were the shadow behind the throne, the real illuminati.
"Great, more insane theories." Allison groaned.
"I don't know, this Elliot has been pretty solid for us so far, he could be right on the money." Five said.
"Then why haven't we ever heard of them?" Vanya asked.
Reginald wisely kept quiet.
Lila stated there was only 11, Elliot explained they only knew who 11 were, before it clicked, number 12 was Reginald.
"So, who are they, what do they want?" Five asked, turning to his father, who ignored him and all the others looking at him.
Reginald wouldn't be speaking again until he was sure he could find a way to get the advantage again, too often in these recordings, he found himself on the back foot with his children, he would not allow it again.
Vanya returned to the farm, hugging Sissy as she told Vanya not to worry about the car, as they headed off to find Harlan.
"Let's hope we find him, Harlan is a good kid from what I've seen." Vanya said, worried that Harlan may not be alright.
Dave was sat at a diner, talking to his uncle, as Klaus listened in, before approaching Dave, telling Dave he couldn't sign up for the army, saying he knew Dave, he knew what he was thinking, but the military wouldn't make him a man, and Dave would die if he went to fight for no reason.
"You know it won't work, don't you?" Diego asked softly, seeing the tension on Klaus' face, watching the scene playing out.
"I can try, can't I?" Klaus asked, his voice devoid of the usual taunt and mirth, sounding hollow, as he took it all in.
"Yes, you can." Allison reassured him, giving Diego a small glare as she did.
Klaus and Dave's uncle Brian began to argue, before Brian urged Dave to hit Klaus, to become a man by "hitting the queer", as Dave stood and hit Klaus, Klaus fleeing from the diner with tears in his eyes, Ben watching on sadly, as Dave looked stunned by what he had done.
"Dave..." Klaus breathed, rubbing his cheek as he watched, the others giving him pitying looks.
Allison went to the beauty salon to find Raymond holding a meeting without her, ripping into him for not even calling her to let her know he was alive, the owner trying to berate him for not letting Allison know. Raymond accused Allison of being a spy for the police, with her refusing to defend herself, he walked away.
"How can he even entertain that?" Allison raged.
"I can see his point." Five told her. "In those days, it wasn't uncommon for racist police forces to hire black people to use as spies. I can see why he would fear it, seeing that cop leave without knowing you have powers." Five explained, as Allison looked devastated.
Klaus and Ben headed to a liquor store, Ben asking why he wanted to throw three years of sobriety away, before Klaus bought as much alcohol as he could in the store, drinking as he headed back to his mansion, spotting his disciples had tracked him down, he threw his alcohol down as he ran to escape.
"I mean, I'm not glad you fell off the wagon, but three years of sobriety? Proud of you for that, bro." Diego patted Klaus on the back.
At the Mexican Consulate, Diego, Lila and Five headed in, Five and Lila argued, Five telling her he did not trust her at all.
"Well I can't say he's wrong." Vanya mused.
Luther sat at a picnic for young men, as Allison approached him, the two of them hugged and spoke, updating one another about what they had been doing, Luther telling her that the apocalypse was back on, as they looked at each other in horror.
"Never gonna catch a break with that, are our other selves?" Allison wondered.
"Probably not, unlike us with the foresight of these, they'll probably lurch from one world ending threat to another." Five reasoned.
Back at the Consulate, they split up to try find Reginald, Five heading upstairs, where Reginald would most likely be. Diego and Lila danced for a moment, as he asked where she was the night before, before Diego spotted a familiar face in the crowd.
"Who is that?" Klaus asked, not getting a good look at the woman.
"I'm not sure, I didn't get a good glance, but clearly I know her somehow." Diego frowned.
"Who would you know in 1963?" Luther questioned.
"I've no idea." Diego replied.
Heading over to her, leaving Lila behind, as the Majestic 12 began their meeting, Five following behind, jumping into the room. Back at the party, Diego approached the woman, as she turned, it was Grace.
"Mom?" Diego breathed, seeing her on the screen. He hadn't seen her since the viewings began, and now he had memories of her dying, just seeing her felt like a punch in the gut.
"Mom..." Vanya said softly, feeling sorrow at the sight of the woman her other self had inadvertently killed.
"Mom?" Diego asked, as the woman laughed off what she had assumed was a bad pick up line. He asked if she knew Reginald, she said he was her date, shocking Diego who said it was nasty to imagine them together, before they parted ways.
"I don't blame you, that image of him with anyone is nasty." Allison laughed, wrinkling her nose at Reginald, as the others laughed.
In the kitchen, it showed the Swedes picking up entrées, ready to attack Five and Diego.
"Oh no, these idiots are back." Luther groaned.
Vanya told Sissy about the attack by the Swedes, saying she couldn't stay there, she couldn't risk Sissy and Harlan, Sissy saying they could go away for a few days, she would bring a gun and keep them safe, saying it wasn't right for Vanya to leave them, Harlan overheard them and fled out of the door, they split up to find him.
"Harlan!" Vanya cried out, seeing the young boy she had grown to care for running out of the house.
Vanya heard a splash and used her powers to part the lake like the Red sea, pulling Harlan out of its depths and giving him CPR, blowing some of her powers into him as she revived him, Sissy joining as he awoke.
"Wait, did you just put some of your powers into him?" Five asked incredulously.
"I-I don't know." Vanya stammered, surprised.
'REEEE!' Reginald internally thought. This was just further fucking everything up.
Back at his boarding house, Luther was told he was being evicted as they didn't want to anger Jack Ruby, heading to Elliot's, Luther bunked up with Diego, Five and Elliot, making small talk with Elliot as the others were out.
"Aww, new roomies!" Klaus cheered as Luther shook his head at him.
Vanya and Sissy began drinking, talking to one another, Vanya consoling Sissy about Harlan, that he was a good kid and was alright. Sissy talked about how bad her life was, and that Vanya was a bright light in it, before leaning in and kissing Vanya, who returned her kiss.
"Vanya!" Allison cheered, squealing at the sight of her sister finally being happy ass Vanya flushed a deep red at the scene. She liked Sissy, she seemed nice, but love her? Could she do that, especially after Leonard? Was Sissy just using her to try rationalise her relationship with Carl?
"You go Sis!" Klaus told her as Diego, Five and even Luther looked happy for her, causing Vanya to beam.
Allison was sat at home as a drunk Klaus returned, as Klaus collapsed on the sofa, giving her advice from songs, before she threw a blanket over Klaus, leaving him to sleep.
"Aww, you're cute when you're passed out." Ben teased Klaus who glared at him.
Luther and Elliot did nitrous, laughing about their misfortunes, before Luther told Elliot not to worry about his life, it would be over in seven days anyway.
"Ah, nice and nihilistic, well done." Vanya joked.
"Always good to tell people the end is coming." Allison agreed.
At the consulate, Five watched the meeting of the Majestic 12, talking about Kennedy's upcoming visit to Dallas, Reginald saying the plan to kill him seemed ill-timed before hearing a noise, Reginald jabbing a poker into the wall where Five was hiding, Five having jumped away to safety.
"That was close." Klaus said as Five nodded.
He'd need to be stealthier next time, as Reginald smirked at him. He'd never be caught out by someone as amateur as the siblings.
"So, you are trying to kill JFK?" Diego and Luther asked, before looking at one another.
"I have no comment to make on these events." Reginald stated, electing to once more go for the deny route with it all.
Before Five saw the Swedes, who attacked him, as Lila and Diego came up the stairs and joined in, Diego taking on two of them whilst one attacked Five, seeing both struggling, Lila chased after Five, as Five sent him flying, choosing duty over love, whilst Diego incapacitated the other two and escaped.
"Sorry, Diego." Klaus said, putting his hand on Diego's shoulder.
"It's alright, she needs to help him." Diego stated.
"Still idiotic to ignore your plight." Allison interrupted.
As the party fled due to the violence, they saw Grace and Reginald leaving, Five caught upto him and yelled in Greek at Reginald, startling him as he recognised the phrase before climbing into the car with Grace and disappearing, leaving Five and Diego behind as Reginald stated it was no-one important. The screen fading once more to black as they left.
"Well, that could have gone better." Five drily stated.
VALHALLA NEXT, MY FAVOURITE SEASON 2 EPISODE! Purely for the Swedish cover of "Hello" but still. Also the Swedes reaction to their youngest dying, I mean, god, they were non speaking and emotionless in the first four and a half episodes, but that, that broke me.