A secret autopsy demonstrates the bizarre progression of the mystery virus, prompting Jim to make a startling confession. Eph and Nora race to find the father of the youngest victim of the plane tragedy, but someone unexpected beats them to it. Ansel, in the grip of disease, takes desperate measures to protect his family.
Just like the third episode, "It's Not For Everyone" ends with Eph and Nora battling a vampire. This time though they have Setrakian on their side and he gets to be the biggest badass swinging his fancy blade. However, the episode before it continues to be tedious. What is the point of the whole subplot with Gus and his pal doing business with Jamie Hector? That's its own little show within this one that was very distracting and disjointed from the episode around it. But "It's Not For Everyone" did have some decent moments as well. Eph, Nora and Jim performed an autopsy on the late Captain Redfern and is equal parts disgusting and informational. Jim reveals his involvement with the bad guys to the team and they shun him. It seems like Eichorst has abandoned Eldritch. All the parts aren't quite coming together yet though. Yes, this is the big call to action for Eph for doing things Setrakian's way. But the action is still rising and being mysterious and separate. I'm looking for those beats to start paying off in better ways now.However, the show finally did something interesting with one of its female characters. I gotta respect Nora for not being willing to go along with all of this. Killing people as a way to prevent disease can't be the only option. That's the mentality she has. A cure must be out there. But this disease is physically changing the bodies of the infected. They have seen how fast it can spread and just how lethal it can be. Those stingers are deadly. Killing them is the easiest way to eliminate this threat. But who are these people to play god and just unilaterally decide that they should be killed because they are infected? The infected are people too. There must be people in the world worth saving if you'll risk your life protecting the world.
But that also means tough decisions will have to be made. These vampires are violent upon first sight. They will attack and killing them is the easy decision. But what does it means to battle this enemy? What is the human cost of it all? Ansel makes sure to lock himself up after what he does to the dog in order to protect his wife from what he's becoming. But human greed is also what's fueling this pandemic. After making it out of the shed alive, Ansel's wife just pushes the neighbor in there because of how unreasonable he was being. Corporate narcissism is what covered up the airport accident. No one will admit what actually happened. They will lie to cover their own asses. Problem is that greed will allow this pandemic to spread as it's already loose in the city. Hard truths will need to be exposed in order to face this disease and the masters controlling it. And I'm looking forward to watching that exploration of humanity.
Some more thoughts:
- "It's Not For Everyone" was written by Regina Corrado and directed by Keith Gordon.
- I think the reason why we've been seeing Gabriel and Ansel these past few weeks and not Joan is because once we finally do see her again she'll have transformed differently than they have. Just a guess.
- Nora pondering what she would do if she had a loved one facing death leads me to wondering if our lead heroes will be faced with that very question very quickly. I mean the personal drama with Eph has to have a point eventually right?
- I enjoying seeing Jamie Hector in things. But I was so bored during that subplot. It better have a point and fast. Get him and Gus back interacting with the bad guys.
- Also apparently, the internet and phone towers are starting to go down throughout the city. Wouldn't that have a bigger response from the people in the city than it actually is? It's almost like an afterthought so the show can seem hip and current.
- The relationship between the bad guys and what each side gets out of their arrangement hasn't been explicitly explored. Perhaps that's why watching Eldritch fainting and then feeling betrayed didn't feel as big as it should have.
