Will all the ladies have done in pursuit of Desna’s dream lead to jail time, death, or the glory they always hoped for?

After a lengthy hiatus, the Ladies of Palmetto are back, and with Desna losing so much, she is ready to burn what’s left to survive.

In its second season Motherland: Fort Salem seems overwhelmed by what it can say, do and show, to the point it barely succeeds in what it does do right.

As the change of the guard completes, a new threat to the Bellweather Unit upends whatever trajectory you thought they’d be on.

In Motherland: Fort Salem’s return, we pick up right where we left off and the episode mainly preps us for what is to come.

“Motherland – Fort Salem” reminds you why there is a craving for original ideas and not rehashed stories, be it in the form of remakes of novel adaptations.

Endings mean new beginnings, and as we learn who has been hunting the Tarim, we get a handful of other surprises that pack a punch.

As General Adler faces her most shocking defeat, we’re reminded how she has found a means to survive and be in power this long.

As the president of the United States is introduced, we further begin to understand why the Spree exists.

In a slight change of pace, “Motherland: Fort Salem” may focus on witches and the supernatural, but with the general omittance of men, things appear far more severe.