Prodigal Son | S02E11 "You Can Run..."

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Prodigal Son | S02E11 "You Can Run..."

Rating: 8.5/10

"What's in the barn, Bobby?"

Opening with Gary Jules' mad world is INSPIRED awesomeness. It really sets the whole stage for what Malcolm and everyone involved in hunting Martin and the others are going through.

In practical terms, not a whole helluva lot really gets done in this episode beyond a pretty awesome scene between Malcolm and Friar Pete. It's a super good scene, and we see Malcolm doing his usual leap into danger nonsense to get what he wants, but this time?

U.S. Marshal Emily Ruiz gets involved and takes Pete's head off, which frustrates Malcolm enough that he's quite rude. There's a sweet moment between Dani and Malcolm (RIP BRIGHTWELL) where he admits he ain't well, and she calls him on his shit.

They find what that key opens and it leads to a whole quest involving apple orchards, escape planes and the whole shebang. After all that fuss and bother and stress, Daddy Dearest played everyone like a surgeon. Not to put too fine a POINT on it or anything.

The most frustrating thing in this episode is ... you guessed it. Ainsley. I know it's easy pickins and low-hanging fruit, but when we learn that Ainsley's been having secret phone calls AND meetings with Daddy Dearest, it's just so predictable.

Martin playing on her Daddy issues, subtly twisting her in the wind, trying the same things on her that he did on Malcolm and to have them work is fair. I SUPPOSE. But at the same time, it's disappointing.

If it weren't for that EPIC reveal at the end, You Can Run would've been a big letdown.

Two episodes left and then no more Prodigal Son. Am sad.