Flashback to 1985 and Andreas Von Strucker is seeking alterations to be made on the music box. After the job is completed, he kills the shop owner that did the job, using a powered sword.

In the present story, Reeva is working to recruit new members to the Inner Circle. However, these newcomers have a highly sadistic past, prompting Lorna to determine that Reeva must be stopped if the Inner Circle is to achieve its mission in the right way.

The Struckers have been hiding away in a small apartment they've rented, pretending to be humans. Lauren has been studied the history of the Von Struckers and has a dream of Andrea's death by way of gunshot and also sees Andrea's power of turning her barriers into cutting disks. Reed and Caitlin do their best to tend to her and keep the landlord from discovering the truth about their identities.

Benedict Ryan orders the Purifiers to raid a youth shelter in search of some mutants. Jace is interrogating one young teen that ran when they arrived when his partner kills a mutant teen in cold blood. He lies about the events to the police and the media hail him on the news as a hero. His ex-wife calls him to commend him for saving the lives of children, and that their daughter would be proud. She asks to meet but he cannot face her given all the guilt he feels for lying.

Police come to try to question them and Caitlin uses her more advanced powers to create a distraction outside to make them leave. Caitlin approves of Lauren's approach while Reed does not, believing that using her powers was too risky. Later on, Lauren intimidates the landlord that had called the police on them using her powers. She also finds hair samples from the Original Fenris hidden in the music box.

Marcos and Clarice visit Erg in search of information to help them in their investigation. He once again invites Clarice to join his community in the sewers but she is still intent on staying above ground fighting the good fight and finding happiness with John. Later while she is talking to John, who is still healing after his time with the Purifiers, Evangeline calls him to say that he needs to gather the Mutant Underground for what's coming next.

Lorna and Marcos reconcile as a romantic couple, despite having many philosophical issues to still work through. When they are later investigating Erg's trip they spy Reeva meeting in secret with Benedict Ryan.

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In a flashback to three years prior, Marcos, Lorna, and Johnny make a promise to each other to always be there for one another when it matters most.

In the present, Andy visits Lauren in a dream. He wants to talk, feeling saddened and lost after losing Rebecca, but Lauren is reluctant to let him back in after he abandoned their family. Her parents advise her to be strong since this could be the key to getting him to come home. They get a call from Marcos, who tells them that the Purifiers have captured John. They reluctantly decide to call Lorna for help. Marcos tells hero meet him alone in exchange for getting Fade back.

Clarice wants to come with Marcos to the meet, blaming herself for John getting captured since they fought and she left him right before the Purifiers got him. When Marcos tells Lorna about John getting kidnapped, he also reminds her of the promise they made to one another. They know that John will never crack and the Purifiers will ultimately decide to kill him when they're unable to get anything out of him.

Jace leads the interrogation of John at a Purifier compound.  After some time, John decides to tell Jace about the Inner Circle. Jace has never heard of the Inner Circle but is able to deduce that Lorna and Andy were involved with the attack based on the description of their powers. He doesn't believe John, since he has never heard of this new group and doesn't know about the rift in the Underground.

Lorna figures out where the compound is and brings Andy with her to meet with Marcos, Clarice, and the Struckers. Andy is amazed to learn about how his father's powers have been re-manifesting but is saddened to hear about how they've been unstable. Reed uses his new understanding to try to reach out to Andy, and Caitlin also attempts to appeal to him to return but Andy is insistent that they don't ask him that. Lauren however doesn't trust Andy's return so easily.

Clarice snaps at Lorna and Marcos when they're too busy arguing instead of focusing on the mission at hand as they drive to the compound to save John. Jace still doesn't believe John's claims about the Inner Circle. He considers believing John's story about Andy and Lorna leaving the Underground but then the Underground members launch their attack with Lorna and Andy in league with them. When Jace sees Lorna and Marcos attack the compound together, he believes John lied and shoots him multiple times with a shotgun. Jace gets out of the room before Marcos and Lorna get to John and rescue him.

The Struckers have another falling out when Andy gleefully tortures a member of the Purifiers for trying to shoot Lauren. His family is horrified when Andy defends his actions and says that all the Purifiers deserve to be wiped out. Caitlin tells Lauren they will need to destroy the Inner Circle if they're going to get Andy back and Lauren agrees.

Lorna kisses Marcos goodbye but insists that this doesn't change anything between them.

Clarice reaffirms her love for John, who is still badly wounded from Jace's torture and shooting him.

Separately, Lauren and Andy each train to strengthen their powers.

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In a flashback to one year prior, Rebecca's parents call Sentinel Services to take her after her increasing powers nearly kill her teacher. In the present, she has been returned to the Inner Circle. Andy is upset that Reeva has imprisoned Rebecca in a windowless containment unit which is parallel to the way the humans kept her captive.

Marcos is still mourning his separation from Dawn but John reinvigorates him by telling him about the lead regarding the company Regimen that the Inner Circle has been pursuing. Clarice and Marcos go with John to find an analyst, though they are horrified that John intends for them to kidnap him in order to question him.

Lauren tells her parents about Madeline's true intentions to cure every mutant of their abilities and once they are convinced of the truth, Reed is insistent that he is willing to give up the potential cure if it means saving all of the world's mutants. They learn more about the cure being developed and how it will turn off the x-gene. Lauren flirts with Noah, Madeline's assistant, to try to learn where the samples of her blood are being kept.

Clarice confronts John about how his obsession with stopping the Inner Circle has triggered the Purifiers to start up a larger manhunt for all mutants in the area. When they can't come to an agreement, Clarice decides to leave John, who works with Marcos to get information from the analyst. Ultimately, they learn that Regimen controls every mutant prison collar in the entire country.

Madeline reveals to the Struckers that Lauren's DNA carries two versions of the x-gene. She is interested in having Andy be part of the study but they inform her how Andy hasn't been living with them for months. Lauren gets a tour of where the blood samples and research are kept when Noah brings her down to the high-security storage area.

Andy breaks Rebecca out of her storage container with the intention of them going on the run. Rebecca however, wants to stay and kill the entire Inner Circle first. Andy pleads with her to not do this but Rebecca declares her intention to do to the Inner Circle exactly what she did to the people at the bank. Andy uses his powers to send her flying but in the process, she hits her head on a sharp corner of an arch and dies instantly. Andy is distraught, while Reeva assures him that he saved them all. Lorna later visits Andy to comfort him with this trauma.

Fade shows up and kills the analyst under Reeva's orders but John and Marcos fight him, knocking him out in the process. The Purifiers are also closing in on them fast and arrive on the scene. John insists on staying behind so that Marcos and Fade can escape but as a result he is captured by Jace.

Madeline and Noah managed to stop the Struckers from destroying the research by bringing security down. When Madeline says that mutants never should've been born, Noah turns on her. He rips out the implant that suppresses his powers and tells the Struckers to go while he stays behind and destroys the research and blood samples.

Lorna and Andy head to a Regiment facility and destroy their servers, resulting in the shut-down of all the collars keeping all the incarcerated mutants in the country captive.

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After Lorna reprimands Rebecca for killing the innocent humans at the bank, Rebecca decides to leave the Inner Circle and runs off much to Andy's horror. John and Clarice try to track the Inner Circle following the events at the bank. They later catch up to Rebecca and she reluctantly tells them what little information she knows about what the Inner Circle is planning before running off again. The inner circle was looking into the company Regimen. After Rebecca runs off, she is captured by Fade.

The remaining Struckers meet Madeline, a scientist who is working on a cure to help stabilise the powers of Mutants who are struggling to control them. She is able to temporarily help Reed with his, and goes on to say that she wants to study Lauren's powers in order to make a cure for any mutants that want to rid themselves of their powers.

Lorna is concerned about the escalating violence and the danger that it could pose for baby Dawn. She speaks with Esme about sending her out of the line of fire and Esme suggests a special mutant school in Switzerland. Flashbacks show a younger Lorna with Marcos while she was newly pregnant and speaking with him about her father. Further flashbacks into Lorna's youth show a young teenage girl lost and confused about herself, her powers, all while living with her aunt. She isn't able to have any conversations about her birth father and the only contact she ever had with him was his leaving a medallion for her as a gift.

Lauren meets Madeline's assistant Noah who had an implant put into him that allowed him to regain control over his destructive vibration powers that nearly killed his younger brother when they were kids.

Lorna brings Dawn to Marcos so he can say goodbye and he does so, but not without repeatedly protesting that he shouldn't have to say goodbye in the first place since he's never been given the opportunity to get to know her in the first place. Ultimately Lorna decides to bring baby Dawn to live with her Aunt, now understanding that her own father must have done the same thing that she is now doing to Dawn as a way of protecting her. Later on, Lorna takes the medallion given to her by her father and turns it into a helmet.

Lauren is horrified to learn that Madeline's true intentions are to cure all mutants, particularly when it's revealed that her brother Matthew was the founder of the Purifiers.

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An important insight is offered into Reeva's origins and current motivations. Eight years ago she was of the philosophy that mutants and humans sould work together in harmony. But when some humans murdered one of her mutant friends right in front of her, things took a darker turn. Now she has been dating Quinn, an employee of the bank the Inner Circle is set to rob. Though it's all part of the plan she does have genuine feelings for him. It brings a context to her actions and plays right into the nuance that has been one of the strongest aspects of "The Gifted" since it first premiered.

There's also a growing division among the various groups, further enhancing the aforementioned nuance. Rebecca brutally murders the humans at the bank after the mission is completed, shocking everyone else from the Inner Circle, including Reeva. As a powerful, sociopathic child unaware of the larger plans at hand it's an impulsive move that's bound to trigger countless consequences for all parties working to further their own agendas.

Reed is still struggling to get control over his powers but Caitlin and Lauren are unwavering in their support of him. He is brought to abandoned clinic and Caitlin convinces him to visit his father's old assistant Madeline in the hopes of finding answers. It's a refreshing development to see this family unit working together more cohesively after weeks of rough patches caused by the loss and pursuit of Andy.

The philosophical rifts are also kicking off in the Underground, as the others learn about Clarice teaming up with Erg. She makes it clear that she was feeding him information in order to help John but he's still displeased with their collaboration. The evershifting orientations of people working together is another part of what keeps the series fresh and exhilarating to watch. Even Jace is now willing to go against the SS and expose their wrongdoings, all in the hopes of getting his wife back after she filed for divorce. Things are escalating fast and we'll eagerly tune in to see how these things get resolved... or don't.

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Flashbacks on "The Gifted" season two have been effective story-telling devices that enhance the deeper themes and context of the present day character arcs. In episode 6, "iMprint," we're also treated to a well-executed flashback arc that this time explores the origins of the triplets. Meanwhile, Reed's struggles to master his powers escalate, just as the Purifiers further their violent agenda. With more secrets revealed, battles fought, and lives lost, we're going to highlight some of this week's stand-out moments.

Esme and her sisters are finally treated to a back-story exploration, with the greatest revelation being that they weren't triplets but genetically manufactured quintuplet clones. The other two sisters, Celeste and Mindee, died during an escape attempt at age 13 when they worked together to kill their handlers. Her flashback sequences combined with her present-day arc with Lorna and baby Dawn offer a necessary nuance to the story. In order to keep the story from being stale, the writers must work to maintain the moral grey area between the Mutant Underground and the Inner Circle. With the added threat of the Purifiers rising up it adds another dimension to how tragic the inner-Mutant conflict is when there is a far larger threat to their well-being.

If there was ever any question of Jace finding redemption and getting out his downward spiral, they've now been laid to rest and possibly forever. Jace's warped ideology is often painfully hard to watch, not because it's a poorly executed story, but because of how much it resonates with today's society. To the credit of the show's writers, Jace's journey exemplifies how people can weaponise their bigotry once they succumb to scapegoating marginalised groups for circumstantial tragedies. The added layer of introducing Shatter's character-journey before he is tragically shot down by Jace is excellent storytelling. At this rate Jace seems destined to either die a villain or only find redemption if and when he has an epiphany of how far he's fallen and decides to sacrifice himself for a mutant(s) afterwards.

Lauren's trauma from her violent encounter with Andy is on full display when she aggressively pursues a lead with Caitlin to learn more about Rebecca. Her emotionality is truly heart-breaking, as Natalie Alyn Lind beautifully presents Lauren's pain through her expressions. It's understandable that she wouldn't fully communicate her pain through words, as it's a lot to deal with. The question remains as to whether or not these two siblings will be able to find their way back to one another as their respective causes continue to progress down such divulging paths. The dream sequences take on a 'Nightmare on Elm Street' feel as Lauren discovers that an injury in the dream causes her finger to bleed when she wakes. It's yet to be elaborated as to how far this connection will go and whether or not they could go so far as to manifest physically by transporting through one another's dream but it's certainly an intriguing concept to ponder, and the possibilities it offers the story.

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Twelve years ago, Jace was just starting off as a cop. His partner unlawfully harassed a mutant and Jace disapproved of this. But when the cop explains to Jace about prior incidents with mutants, Jace decides to go along with it.

Lauren is brought back with the other mutants following the hospital conflict. Caitlin wants to stay with Lauren and tend to her but Reed assures her he can look after her and encourages Caitlin to go help the other injured mutants being brought in. She asks John for answers about what went wrong with the plan and he promises that they all did theist they could and that they will continue to work and find a way to save their loved ones.

Andy still feels guilty about injuring Lauren but Lorna assures him that he did what he needed to and that he pushed only as hard as he needed. The mission was a success. The new patient they took is named Rebecca/Twist and she is highly traumatised from her time in the hospital. She is unresponsive to their attempts to interact with her. Andy says it makes sense after how she was treated, and even the Frost sisters shudder at seeing her thoughts. The Inner Circle plans to use Rebecca in the larger plans they have. The group first needs to test her powers but she refuses to do so. Andy is disapproving of how they speak to her, and tells the Frost sisters and Lorna that they're not going to win her over by speaking to her like she's a weapon instead of a person. He gets permission to talk to her, as they have nothing to lose by him doing so.

Marcos and Clarice head into the sewers to meet with Erg in the hopes that he'll take in the new mutants so they can hide with the Morlocks. Erg agrees to take them but only under the condition that they will each bran an "M" mark into their cheeks. Marcos is disgusted by this sentiment.

Caitlin and the other medical staff struggle to treat a patient whose blood and skin are acidic. They need to decompress his lung and John insists on doing it since the other doctors can't press into his skin without permanent injury. John injures his hand but he saves the patient's life. Afterward, Caitlin treats his hand so it can heal properly, aided by his super strength. John admits to her that he feels guilty for failing mutants he was supposed to lead and save. Caitlin assures him that he's done his best  and they're interrupted by the man, Michael, who wakes after his treatments. He and John bond over their shared time in the military. Michael tells them about the patient the Inner Circle took, Rebecca. He's also able to tell that a psychiatrist named Doctor Taylor worked with them and was kinder than the others before passing out from his injuries.

Andy visits Rebecca in her room and speaks to her kindly, explains to her why he likes being in the Inner Circle. He begins to bounce a ball against the wall and she turns it inside out, revealing her power to him. He introduces himself and she does the same.

Jace attends his first meeting with the Purifiers who declare their intention to take to the streets and enact violence. Jace says that fighting pro-mutant protesters will only make themselves look bad. He proposes that they use their man-power to track down the mutant fugitives that had escaped from the mental hospital to legitimise themselves as an organisation and present themselves as part of the solution.

Rebecca goes with Andy walk around the facility and when she observes the window, she says that she's trading one entrapped location for another. He offers to take her outside and she eagerly agrees. Lorna encounters them on the way out and pulls Andy aside to say it's a bad idea to expose her to too much so soon after coming out of the hospital. Andy reminds her that Rebecca needs to feel free if she's going to be part of their cause. Lorna relents and Andy takes Rebecca outside.

The Purifiers attack the clinic that Caitlin is working in, following Jace's suggestion of trying to find where the fugitives may have sought medical treatment. The men, including Jace, barge into the clinic while Caitlin and John have brought many mutants to hide in the basement. Caitlin is shocked to see Jace on the surveillance feed.

Andy and Rebecca are enjoying a lunch out together and Rebecca agrees to join the Inner Circle. She then sneaks with him while she turns a police car inside out. She pushes him to do the same and he uses his powers to further destroy the car. When they return to the Inner Circle, Rebecca kisses Andy in the elevator on the way up. Upon meeting Lorna and the Frost sisters, Rebecca asks them to tell her about the mission she's to be a part of.

Jace notices the gurney that held the acidic man and interrogates the doctor. A Purifier viciously beats the doctor until Jace stops him. The Purifiers are forced to flee when they hear the sounds of sirens coming. John is angry when he learns that Michael and Caitlin conspired to let Michael die when John was insisting on exposing himself to go upstairs to find more supplies to treat Michael.

Erg gives Clarice her name, "Blink," and encourages her to not hide who she is.

Finally, Jace is shown to have taken some documents from the clinic and calling up the Purifiers with the intention of hitting 'them' where they live.

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Sixteen years ago Caitlin was advised to terminate her pregnancy of Andy at five months due to unfortunate complications that threatened both her and his life. She refused to do so, despite the risks.

In the present, Reed and Caitlin talk to Lauren about her dreams and that Reed intends to reach out to John for guidance regarding his powers. Lauren shares that she believes her dreams are telling her that she needs to be the one to bring Andy home. Marcos advises the Truckers that Andy is a true believer of the philosophies of the Inner Circle and how even Lorna told Marcos to his face that she loved him but that what they were doing is more important. Caitlin still won't give up on her son. The Underground decides to seek out the hacker Wire for help again. Reed pulls John aside and tells him about his powers manifesting again and is worried that the powers are destructive. John warns him that the thing he needs most is training but when Reed learns that his powers are connected to his deepest emotions he seems interested in trying something like anxiety medication as a temporary fix until he can figure out a better solution.

Marcos, Clarice, and John head off in search of Wire again but John gets shot by a mutant inside. His name is Graph and he is Wire's brother. He informs them that Wire was killed so they kidnap Graph as he's the only other hacker they know.

Jace tries and fails to get back in touch with his wife, who isn't speaking to him after he went back on his word and pursued the mutants anyway. He gets a call from a police officer that overheard what Jace was staying at the station. They arrange to meet in person to discuss the mutants.

When Graph wakes from being knocked out he refuses to help the Underground. Caitlin deduces that Graph is addicted to Kick and exports this to force him to help despite the ethical implications of this, shocking Lauren. Graph gives in and helps them learn that the Inner Circle is attacking an old mental hospital that Lorna was held in many years ago. Lauren, Marcos, John, and Clarice leave together to go stop them.

Jace finally manages to reach his wife on the phone and she says that she is leaving him for good, despite his protests for her to stay.

Sage blocks Graph's hacking attempts, prompting Caitlin to dose him with a pharmaceutical equivalent of Kick to get him back on track in his effort. He nearly overdoses as a result. Reed and Caitlin call the team to warn them that Lorna is at the hospital which is attempting to evacuate the staff. John and Clarice go into the hospital and are horrified by the conditions they find the patients in. Outside, Marcos expresses his concerns about Andy's philosophical stance and the magnitude of Reeva's power. Lauren remains certain that she can break through to Andy.

Jace meets with the police officer who confesses that he's in the Purifiers, an anti-mutant hate group. They wants him to join but Jace is reluctant, believing the group to be too extreme for him to be a part of.

John and Clarice finally encounter Lorna, who releases all the patients in order to create chaos so she can escape. Caitlin tells Marcos and Lauren where to find Andy and Lorna since they're heading to a truck around back and loading up a specific patient they were after. Marcos and Lorna get in the path of the oncoming truck and Lauren insists that she do this herself. She uses her powers to stop the car, forcing Andy to get out and confront her directly. She tells him it's not too late and he tells her to get out of the way. She mentions the dreams, and he seems surprised to learn that she's having them too. Andy appears momentarily, secretly conflicted about having to fight his sister but is enraged when she says that he's scared. He uses his powers against Lauren and causes a blast that sends her and Marcos flying back. Lauren is knocked unconscious as a result and though he still seems somewhat conflicted he gets back into the truck and leaves with the Inner Circle.

Reed is shocked by Caitlin going so far with Graph, whom she had to save from a heart attack. Reed pushes Caitlin to accept that the surveillance footage they watched showed Andy smiling and happily working with the Inner Circle. They then learn that the hospital staff have gone on television and confessed to inhumane treatment of their patients. The attack is perceived a rallying point in favour of mutant rights. Reed and Caitlin learn from John of their failure to get Andy back and that Andy injured Lauren in the attack. This causes Reed's powers to aggressively manifest again despite his attempts to take anti-anxiety medication to stop them.

Jace sees the news story about the attack on the hospital and decides to join the Purifiers.

In the truck, the patient that was taken by the Inner Circle slowly sits up.

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Six years ago Marcos visited his dying father. Marcos makes one last attempt to connect with him but his father rejects him because he is a mutant.

In the present day Lorna is insistent that Marcos is needed to help Dawn's jaundice. All the medical treatments the doctors are trying, it would seem that the only answer is Marcos' powers. The regular light therapy treatments haven't been effective. Marcos has been drinking his sorrows away and John is angry at Marcos for the giant light display he put into the sky for all the city to see. John tells him he needs to stay home and pull himself together while John and Clarice will go out in search of Erg.

Caitlin reaches out to Reed to apologise for how things have gone between them, also expressing a concern for Lauren's well-being. She asks Reed to look in on her and suggesting bringing Lauren along on the supply run he is about to go on. He reluctantly agrees, still stressed about the resurgence of his powers.

Marcos goes out to a diner to clear his head and begins to hear the voices of the Frosts. He follows the voices out back where the sisters tell him he is needed because something is wrong with the baby. He willingly goes with them and even puts the bag over his head so he won't see the location as they drive to it.

Lauren and Reed are on the back from the supply run when Reed's powers fully manifest. He melts the steering wheel and it causes the car to crash. They are relatively unharmed but Reed warns Lauren that they need to get out of there before they are seen. They grab the supplies from the car and  run away from the road. Reed is apologetic, saying he should have pulled over sooner. Lauren asks Reed how long he was going to hide his powers but with the arrival of police cars there's no time to talk.

John and Clarice go into the sewers in search of Erg but struggle to find anything. Clarice suggests they turn back but John gets angry and insists that they stay put since it's the only lead they have. Clarice uses her powers to see past what Erg's group wants to see and she and John jump through a portal. They are immediately surrounded by armed men who order them to come with them.

Jace Turned heads to D.C. in contrast of what he had told his wife about leaving behind his hunt for the mutants. He befriends some local law enforcement and offers up his advice on certain things, including his theory that the recent light display in the sky being the result of Marcos' powers.

Marcos reaches the Inner Circle headquarters and meets Reeva who orders him to help the baby after which he will leave. He is also reunited with Andy, who acts cold and disconnected despite their having once been friends. Marcos is stunned to see Lorna again and overjoyed to meet his daughter, Dawn. He holds her and activates his powers to gently treat her jaundice. Lorna is insistent that he not make the reunion harder than it needs to be and not try to rekindle things between them.

John and Clarice are brought to Erg, who only wants to speak to Clarice alone. He explains that the mutants who live down in the sewer are doing so to stay away from everyone else. Erg is willing to offer them the information they want on the Inner Circle and only trusts Clarice because she is someone who is visibly a mutant (when she's not disguising her distinct features) and that her portal powers are special. The information he's offering will be traded in exchange for Clarice being his spy for what's happening on the surface.

Jace Turner visits the scene of the crash and follows the blood trail. He spots Reed and Lauren right as they're making their getaway in a stolen car but they don't see him running after the car. He is shocked to see them since they had been thought to be dead. Reed says he wants to keep the powers secret from Caitlin until he can figure out what's happening but Lauren says that keeping secrets are what got their family into this state of disarray in the first place. She later admits to an occasion where she accidentally broke some windows when a when a boy tried to assault her. She was going to tell Reed but when he came to pick her up, he mentioned some anti-mutant sentiments and she felt inclined to keep it secret from that point on.

Clarice returns to John and offers up some intel which involves the Frosts being spotted by one of the sewer mutants trying to look into the Health Department.

Marcos cures Dawn and is ordered to give her back to the Inner Circle daughter. Lorna thanks him for curing her and Marcos gifts her a rattle he made specially for Dawn. Marcos makes a heartfelt plea to come home and despite Lorna admitting she loves him too she insists that she and Dawn need to stay so that Lorna can fight for a better future for Dawn. The Frost sisters work to try to overpower Marcos but he is able to break through their abilities, shout out to Lorna that they're lying to her and are in her head and fight his way back. However, Reeva uses her own powers to beat him and instructs Andy to escort him out.

Jace returns to the local law enforcement and tries to give the information he has learned about the Struckers being alive but they won't listen to him as they've learned about his being let go from Sentinel Services.

Clarice and John return home and she doesn't admit about what Erg asked her to do. Clarice pleads with John to open up to her about what's bothering him and he admits that Evangeline said that John failed the people he was supposed to lead, that Lorna and Andy will never get out of the Inner Circle, and that they will have to kill them. She tries to comfort him but the moment is interrupted by the return of an injured Marcos who shares what has happened and swears vengeance on the people trying to take his family away.

Reed and Lauren get back safely. Reed meets with Caitlin privately and admits how his powers are returning and is guilt-ridden over having accidentally destroyed the file department that had information on the Inner Circle as well as his wedding ring. Caitlin is upset at him for not having told her the truth immediately since he first started getting headaches about six months ago when Andy first left. Reed apologises again and Caitlin hugs him while Lauren watches through the window of the room, relieved hat her family is on the mend.

Lorna holds Dawn while shaking the rattle Marcos made. Reeva instructs the Frost Sisters and Lorna that they need to get to work to start a revolution.

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Tuscon, Arizona. Three years ago. John Proudstar is in a cage fight. Just when it appears as if he might get beat, he taps into his mutant strength and bests his opponents. Afterwards, he is enjoying his earnings when he is approached by Evangeline Whedon. She explains that she is an attorney that used to work with the X-Men before they disappeared. She knows a considerable amount of information about his life and history. She wants to give him an opportunity to make something of his life by leading the Atlanta station for the Mutant Underground. She lost her job when her bosses learned she was a mutant and was considering suicide before the X-Men found her. Though he is reluctant at first he decides to accept the offer.

In the present day, John checks on Marcos who has made a gift for the baby and admits that he's never lost hope that he and Lorna can be together again. John encourages him to keep having hope but Marcos says hope has been killing him and now he doesn't even know if Lorna or the baby are alive. The information they have on the Inner Circle isn't enough for them to track down a precise location and John decides to contact Evangeline in the hopes of her being able to aid their search.

Reeva discusses the electrical surges Lorna caused during childbirth with the Stepford Cuckoos. Reeva orders that all of the humans they've been in contact with for matters during the birth be killed. One of the sisters is reluctant because of the ethical issues of this but eventually all three leave together to begin hunting them down.

Jace Turner is trying to pursue a new career as a lawyer. His obsession with mutants is still present and his wife pushes him to let it go since this is what sent him down such a dark path previously. After speaking with another friend who advises him to let his mutant obsession go, Jace returns home and begins throwing away his old items related to hunting mutants. He makes a promise to his wife to let things go so they can move forward in their life.

Reed and Caitlin argue with one another about her obsession with finding Andy at the cost of neglecting Lauren and him who are still present while she is not. Lauren overhears the entire argument from her room.

Andy is struggling to be focused and present in his training, as he has been having shared dreams with Lauren. Andy later confides in Lorna about his struggles.

The Underground tracks down Evangeline and upon learning that they are trying to take on the Inner Circle, she refuses to get explicitly involved in their fight. The only lead she is willing to give them is another mutant named Erg who may have more information that will help them. She also gives them Reeva's name and the information that she was believed to have taken over the Inner Circle. Evangeline also berates John, blaming him for things going wrong in Atlanta. Later on, Caitlin and Marcos assure him he did the best that he could and that they all worked together but John continues to blame himself.

Reed tries to better understand his re-emerging powers by reading his father's old notes. Lauren comes in and he hides the notes and the two discuss old family moments and reminisce over photos from a happier time. Lauren later chooses to admit that she still has guilt over killing fifteen people back in Atlanta with her shared power with Andy. She wants Andy to come home but she also doesn't want this because of the threat that she and him pose when their powers are combined.

Andy tries to call the clinic in an effort to reach Lauren but when his father takes the call instead, he remains silent on the line before hanging up and destroying the phone. Unbeknownst to him, one of he members of the Inner Circle has been spying on him and calls Reeva to inform her of Andy's attempt to contact his family. When Andy continues to struggle in his training, Reeva considers killing Andy as she doesn't believe he can be let free if he isn't going to be fully committed to their cause. When he is open with her about his struggles regarding his connection to his family she decides to spare his life and gives him a pep-talk to get him re-focused in his training.

Marcos struggles over missing Lorna and the baby but after remembering a happier time with her he shines a beacon in the sky. She sees it, knowing that it's him saying hello, and goes to tell her baby Dawn about it. But upon checking on Dawn, Lorna finds that she has fallen ill.

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The members to the "Inner Circle" of the Hellfire Club have a discussion about recruiting Lorna Dane/Polaris and Andy Strucker to join. The elder leaders disapprove of Reeva Payne recruiting these new members so she uses her powers to kill them so she can be the new leader and is aided by the Stepford Cuckoos in the coup.

Six mothers later, the Mutant Underground are shown to be working hard to carry on their mission of saving mutants that are being hunted by Sentintinel Services. Marcos Diaz/Eclipse leads much of the action while Reed and Caitlin are mostly focused on finding Andy. Caitlin continues to use her medical training to help mutants injured in attacks.

The Inner Circle purchases a large munitions factory for the sole purpose of Lorna have a secure location to give birth to her baby. When experiencing sensations such as the baby kicking, her powers flair up with little ability to control them. It's unclear how intense an experience childbirth will be for her. Lorna remains suspicious of Reeva, having heard rumours of what actions she took to get to her position of power. Reeva assures her that she will be fine.

John and Clarice are happily coupled up. She expresses concern over the increasing intensity and borderline irrationality Marcos is displaying as the birth date of his child draws nearer. John promises to talk to Marcos to try to keep him focused and stable.

Reed and Caitlin grow concerned over the well-being of Lauren, who has ben greatly upset by the loss of Andy. She has a nightmare of sneaking out one day and reuniting with Andy, noting his changed hair and clothes before Andy grabs her hand and activates their destructive power. Despite her protests, he won't let go of her hand and tells her to stop fighting it. She informs her parents what she has dreamt but doesn't want to go to the location that she met Andy at in the dream.

Andy and Lorna have grown closer. She implores him to promise to put her baby first. Lorna is concerned that if anything goes wrong during the birth that Reeva will prioritise saving Lorna instead of her child. Andy is reluctant at first but Lorna reminds him that he is a von Strucker and has the ability to stop anyone and he agrees to make sure the child's well-being is the first priority.

Marcos and and Caitlin try to gain information on the Inner Circle by visiting a mutant hacker named Wire. Upon using his hacking powers, the only information he is able to give them is the scale of their resources and power. There's nothing specific to be learned that will help them get back Lorna and Andy yet. When Marcos and Caitlin return from the mission injured, the other members of the Underground are alarmed and concerned for their well-being.

Reed is also struggling by the apparent re-manifestation of his mutant powers. He has yet to reveal this to anyone, opting to struggle in secret to keep them under control. Lauren later argues with her mother about her insisting on hunting for Andy to the point of putting her own well-being in danger. Reed later elaborates on Lauren's sentiments regarding Andy choosing to leave, as opposed to being kidnapped against his will.

Lorna goes into labor and this causes her powers to trigger electrical flairs all across the city. Marcos immediately recognises them as Lorna's powers and the Underground tries to follow the origins of them to find Lorna. Meanwhile, Lorna is struggling to give birth due to a psychological block. The Stepford Cuckoos show Lorna a vision they've had of the future in which they achieve great political power and are able to create a better life for mutants. This allows her to give birth and all the electrical disturbances stop. The entire city goes dark and Marcos emotionally breaks down, not knowing if the woman he loves or his child are still alive.

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