![]() ![]() I’m not sure that anyone understands yet, however, that the hanging ultimately could not have gone better for Lord Massen. But, as we saw when Effie saved Harriet before she was trampled to death, Maladie apparently has a soft spot for the Touched, as well, or at least those who attempt to save her. In other words, Maladie had a plan that was to kill as many anti-Touched bigots as she could and sew even more chaos. Meanwhile, Maladie’s henchman, the Colonel - whose turn allows him to manipulate how other people perceive reality - posed as someone’s uncle and set up a contraption that electrocuted anyone touching the gate surrounding the gallows. ![]() What Maladie perhaps didn’t expect was that Penance would try to save her life, but that attempt failed because the woman posing as Maladie threw herself off the gallows. In the meantime, Maladie - as Effie - can remain on the scene as a reporter and watch everything go down. Maladie recruited some woman who was missing toes and obsessed with The Touched to pose as Maladie and allow herself to be hanged. Remember last week when I suggested that Maladie seems to be played by the same actress, Amy Manson, who plays the reporter, Effie Boyle? I was right, and there was a reason. Penance has some real Social Justice Warrior energy in this episode, and she - and about half the orphanage - vows to stop the execution of Maladie.Īs it turns out, however, Maladie had her own plan. Meanwhile, Penance Adair has her own agenda, namely that Her Majesty’s Government should not make an exception for its prohibition against public executions because Maladie is among The Touched. He’s determined to find his space no matter who is in charge. The Beggar King is all too happy to oblige, because his only allegiance is to money, although he has nothing against The Touched. He hires the Beggar King to help out by stirring a little commotion during the hanging so that Massen will have something to quash. Massen needs to rob them of hope, which is why he had Mary Brighton killed in the first place. ![]() Ribbons and certifications aren’t enough. Massen wants more than an execution he wants it to turn into a riot so that Massen can continue to crack down on The Touched. Instead of a fire, however, it was a public execution of Maladie orchestrated by Lord Massen and The Patriarchy (dibs on that band name) designed to inflame tensions against The Touched. Cousens (with bonus sex scenes), Amalia and Penance, Lavinia and Augie), but honestly, let’s just call this week’s episode what it was: Joss Whedon’s The Reichstag fire. I feel like I could write a 1500-word recap on this week’s episode of The Nevers because there was an enormous amount of idle chit-chat this week (Lord Massen with the oligarchs, Lord Massen with the Beggar King, Amalia and Dr. ![]()
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