My Review of "The Gifted" S2 Ep. 6 "iMprint"
5My Review of "The Gifted" S2 Ep. 6 "iMprint"
The Gifted takes us back with our first look at the Frost Sisters before their time in the Inner Circle.
“iMprint” takes us back eight years where we see the triplets locked up in a government facility. Skyler Samuels has spoken about the three of them having an intriguing backstory. Now we see them with the power inhibiting collars and working for a man who’s reminiscent of Dr. Campbell last season. Now it makes so much more sense why Esme on edge when her sisters were previously locked up. The man in charge forces the three kids to look inside of the mind for a captured mutant to find his family. Esme begs not to but the scientist says it’s his family or hers. Man, The Gifted isn’t going to pull any punches when it comes to violence against mutants.
Back to the present day, Esme is still suffering from the memory of Marcos burning her arm. The scar is still there, and she wants to wear sleeves to cover it. Her sisters aren’t too happy about her latest insecurity since it limits their fashion choice as well. Nevertheless, it’s interesting to see the sisters begin to get unique personalities.
However, this week’s episode gives us the most comic-accurate version of how the Inner Circle works. The Hellfire Club has always been plagued by infighting and leadership being questioned. Lorna is finally fed up with Reeva’s mysterious “missions”. Their leader has been disappearing while the remaining mutants have been forced into aggressive training simulations. When the team coasts through the sim involving a SWAT team (Rebecca gets pretty aggressive though) Lorna confronts Reeva.
Naturally, an angry Reeva yells at the Frost Sisters for not handling the situation while she was away. They promise to fix things and Reeva agrees since she has a mysterious meeting to get to. Esme is the one who watches Lorna try to rock a crying Dawn to sleep. It’s a fun use of Esme’s powers to have her quickly get the baby to fall asleep. Seems like Aunt Esme will be at Lorna’s beck and call when it comes to soothing the infant in the future. However, Lorna wants to full transparency about what the Inner Circle is up to.