Marvel’s Runaways: Season 1/ Episode 8 “Tsunami” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
We have come to a point in Runaways where it has perhaps come into its own. Though I could be speaking too soon.
We have come to a point in Runaways where it has perhaps come into its own. Though I could be speaking too soon.
It seems we are inching closer and closer as to why this show is named Runaways as each kid’s life as they know it gets threatened.
Runaways continues to improve as Jonah becomes more prominent and the parents more complicated.
Despite knowing what they know, one child after the next starts to question whether their parents are as evil as they seem.
As it becomes clear no parent is innocent, Dale and Stacey find themselves getting into hot water.
While the kids are starting to form relationships, the parents are finding theirs fall apart. Meanwhile, outside Molly, the mutant/supernatural aspect seems to be on the backburner.
We relive the events of episode 1 but now see what happened from the parents’ point of view. Clueing us in further to what it takes to be part of PRIDE.
Marvel’s Runaways is the kind of show you’d expect to be on FreeForm thanks to this eclectic group of angsty teens who are coming of age and discovering their immense powers.
It’s easy to get desensitized. Both in terms of what the show offers and in general. Thus making the job of an actor harder for they have to give more of themselves over to you – the audience. Now, up to this point, I shed no tears, felt no significant shock, and only admired Moss…
Would it be wrong, if not odd, to say I was a bit bored by “Jezebel?” Granted, we got another character’s background story and saw someone from June’s past, but I found it difficult to be excited or engaged. To help understand why, look below.
Rather than drag out what may have happened to Luke, as I want to believe they are doing with Moira, we get an episode dedicated to him.
As the Mexico ambassador visits, we get a peek inside the past of Serena Joy and her part in what eventually created Gilead.
Many characters have their true colors revealed and, alongside this, June herself we learn isn’t as innocent as she seems.
With it being 13 days since June has been outside, seen someone besides the meek Rita and malicious Serena Joy, she is losing it. Yet, she finds a message hidden away for her that provides strength.
As it’s revealed what happens to those like the original Ofglen, June continues to try to navigate through a world in which she finds herself to be the lobster in the boiling pot.
The more you learn about the world June was both born into and has been forced into, the more questions you have. Of which, when you think you may receive an answer, you are just left more confused.
Being that Young Adult novels have come to dominate visual media dealing with a post-war period, it is a bit refreshing that those under 25 play little to no role in the series. Women who have experienced life instead are the focus and how they are dealing with a world which sent back women’s right…
The overall goal of Wherever I Look is to fill in that space between the average fan and critic and advise you on what’s worth experiencing.
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