Klaus’s face after he says “It made [Ben] ridiculously easy to love.”
Trust me when I tell y’all that’s a “fight flight or freeze” moment. It’s brief, but he’s dissociating, involuntarily protecting his own mind, against an equally involuntary barrage of good and bad memories associated with the person discussed.
It’s amazing micro-expression acting; give Rob Sheehan all the props for this moment, when the irrepressible bacchanalian facade slips just a millimeter, for just a millisecond.
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The Umbrella Academy, 2x06 – A Light Supper
Well, the workers at the restaurant have quite the story to tell their families tonight. Also, I’m beginning to feel that the cult around Klaus has less to do with inspirational words and more to do with the fact that these are people who just wanted something so that they could escape their conventional lives. But, hey, at least Klaus tried to tell them the truth.
But we start the episode with the events that happened to Allison when she is dropped into 1961. None of them are pretty. After being told to leave the diner, she is accosted by three white males. When she doesn’t answer them (because she can’t speak) they chase after her. The only thing that saves her is that she finds the beauty parlor and runs inside. The men run in after Allison and are greeted by one woman holding a pair of scissors and another brandishing a hot curling iron. Time passes and Allison starts to work at the beauty salon, where she meets Ray.
Cut to present day, where Allison has told him everything. Of course, he doesn’t believe it without a demonstration. So, she takes him to a local clothing store, who clearly don’t cater to anyone other then white men, and she makes sure Ray is served. She also gets a dress for herself as well. Ray’s having fun, but also questions why Allison hasn’t used her powers to help the cause. Ray is about to get a rude awakening as they pass by the diner.
Allison storms into the diner and tells the owner to shut his damn mouth. Then, she tells him to pour of cup of coffee and keep pouring and keep pouring; even though he is clearly burning himself. Ray tells Allison to stop, but he has to say it a few times before she will listen. When they return home, Ray asks Allison if she ever used the power on him and would he know if she did (fair question as Allison has used her powers that way before, even if it wasn’t on Ray). The conversation isn’t continued, though, as Allison gets an invitation to dinner.
Meanwhile, Five is dealing with The Handler. She has a deal for him, because of course she does (getting old here). The Handler wants to be in control of the Commission, so she needs Five to take out the board of directors. Now, no one knows who they are and they meet in secret locations, but she just so happens to know where they’re meeting next. If Five kills them, she will take Five and his siblings out of this timeline, put them into 2019, and prevent both apocalypses. Five isn’t willing to agree yet, as he still thinks he can get help from Reginald. But he does agree to think about it.
Meanwhile, Dave visits the compound. Klaus, again, tries to convince Dave not to join the army; but what he’s telling Dave is just too much for him. Besides, due to the incident with Klaus at the diner, Dave’s uncle already had Dave sign up for the army. He ships out next week.
And then, just to get a few things quickly out of the way, Lilia isn’t happy about not being tasked with killing the board. The Handler tells her that she’s using Five as a scape goat, which is why she went to him and not Lila. The Handler also notices that Lila seems to have feelings for Diego and so she tracks down the other two Swedes and gives them Diego’s address (as they believe Diego is the one who killed their brother).
Meanwhile, Diego, Luther, and Vanya talk about meeting with Reginald. Diego says they need to go in as a team. Also, in one of the scenes at the compound, Klaus and Ben have another argument and Ben (somehow) seems to posses Klaus’s body. Anyway, everyone receives an invitation to dinner and they all go.
The dinner goes about as well as expected. Reginald clearly gives no shits about these people (of course, he’s also never met them at this point); but wants to know why they keep following him. Diego throws a knife at Reginald; Allison has Diego punch himself in the face; Vanya blows up the salad; Luther rips open his shirt to show Reginald what he did to him in the future; and Ben posses Klaus, but it’s so brief that everyone thinks Klaus is having a seizure. The only person Reginald seems to find interesting is Five and invites him to have a private word.
Five tells Reginald about the events that lead Five to this moment and asks for Reginald’s help. Reginald says that Five is going too big with his powers and never learned to control them. That he needs to start small; after all, empires can be topples in seconds. And, to be fair, Reginald isn’t wrong here. However, Five feels as though it’s not enough. So, he goes and makes a deal with The Handler.
Meanwhile, Elliot comes back to his apartment and is attacked by the Swedes. They demand he tells them where Diego is.
Outside of the restaurant, Diego sees Grace sitting in the car. He shows her the picture of Reginald on the grassy knoll and tells her that Reginald’s going to kill JFK. She doesn’t seem to believe him; but they probably didn’t put this scene in for no reason, so we’ll see what happens next. Meanwhile, Vanya sees Sissy waiting for her.
Vanya and Sissy go off together and park out in a clearing. Sissy explains to Vanya why she acted the way she did the night before; which was pretty much the same reason that I figured in my post on 2x05. The fact is, that people will not take kindly to two LGBTQ persons in that area. Still, Vanya manages to convince Sissy to run away with her. Sissy agrees, but says they have to be careful as Carl’s brother is a cop. Vanya says they’ll be fine because they’ll pretend like everything’s normal until they leave and then the two start to make out in the car. But, because you know this can’t end well, it turns out that Carl was following Sissy and he sees what is happening. Although that’s where the story ends in this episode.
Meanwhile, Diego and Luther go back to the apartment to find Elliot dead and a message on the floor written in Elliot’s blood.
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