Paradise
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
So how did we get here?
Well, Xavier Collins goes real John McClane on Samanthas ass.
Maybe it became his comfort watch after his wifes death.
Grief does strange things to us all.
In the present timeline, we know Xavier has hit that limit.
Everything will come out.
Samantha is losing her shit, by the way.
Sterling K. Brown is so great in this diner scene.
he doesnt get agitated or unload his anger on her.
He asks simple questions, needling her about why Samantha might want to kill President Bradford and Billy Pace.
He asks her what Samantha thinks of the changes he made to the sky.
Shes trying to take it down, she tells him.
right off his wrist.
Tell your girl Im coming for her, he says to Gabriela before leaving.
Get yours, dude!
Samantha is panicking at this point.
Theres no way to get into the system and stop the program without shutting down the entire sky.
(Carl is very good at his job.)
I fear Gabriela is actually a terrible therapist.
Read the room, lady!
Or, like, read the sky, at least.
We are way past conversation.
The fact that she doesnt push Samantha to tell her what Xavier has on her is concerning.
Xavier makes clear that he wants as few people hurt as possible.
The message in the sky changes one more time: WHO IS SINATRA?
He is taunting her, and she is spiraling.
When the timer runs out, Xavier and his crew send the flares up, directly striking the tower.
In the chaos, Samantha calls out to shut everything down.
She tells her people to turn off the sky.
Yippee ki yay, mother fucker, Xavier says, because of course he does.
He has Samanthas number, for sure.
He did not, however, account for Gabriela.
They are all running right into his trap.
When Xavier arrives outside Samanthas place, he finds Gabriela waiting for him.
She figured out what he was doing, and she warned Samantha.
Samantha is waiting inside to talk to Xavier.
Gabriela begs him to have a conversation.
The city needs to hold, she tells him.
If Gabriela knows all of Samanthas secrets and is still defending her, it would be wild.
Im hoping this woman makes a team change before this thing is over.
The sky comes back on, and Xavier agrees to talk to Samantha.
She still swears she did not kill Cal, although she admits she probably wouldve if he kept digging.
She does cop to Billys murder.
But then she drops the big reveal on him.
Your wife is alive out there, Xavier.
And if you stop all this nonsense, I can help you find her.
So not only are there survivors, but Teri is one of them.
you could never really trust Samantha Redmond, can you?
Jeremy takes this information to the streets.
When she cant find Xavier, she instead makes a play for Presley.
And Presley just goes with her?
I know they used to play Wii together, but this is bonkers.
Shes talked more about how much she loves guns than how much she loved Cal.
Cal gets quite stressed when Xavier mentions Teri is leaving for Atlanta that night.
The end is nigh!
