{"id":1078,"date":"2015-03-13T03:53:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T10:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2017-11-12T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T05:49:13","slug":"helix-vade-in-pace-from-followers-to-the-fallen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/?p=1078","title":{"rendered":"Helix: Vade In Pace &#8211; From Followers to the Fallen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Helix Banner - Click to visit and follow Helix on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-687\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Banner-Syfy-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"Helix Banner - Click to visit and follow Helix on Twitter!\" width=\"640\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Banner-Syfy-narrow.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Banner-Syfy-narrow-256x64.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Banner-Syfy-narrow-320x80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Banner-Syfy-narrow-400x100.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Welcome back <a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\">WormholeRiders<\/a> seeking answers in the <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Helix on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\">Helix<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix banner poster - Click to learn more at the official Twitter web site!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-684\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-banner-poster-640x630-400x388.jpg\" alt=\"Helix banner poster - Click to learn more at the official Twitter web site!\" width=\"400\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-banner-poster-640x630-400x388.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-banner-poster-640x630-198x192.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-banner-poster-640x630-248x240.jpg 248w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-banner-poster-640x630.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Diving right into this review, we hear an interesting and applicable song called <a title=\"Plow Under Lyrics &amp; Explanation - See the Bottom of page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/folk-song-lyrics\/Plow_Under.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cPlow Under\u201d by the Almanac Singers<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This song harkens back to the WWII era where it was originally composed to parody and protest the AAA\u2019s (<a title=\"Agriculteral Adjustment Administration at Encyclopedia Britannica\" href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/EBchecked\/topic\/9551\/Agricultural-Adjustment-Administration-AAA\" target=\"_blank\">Agricultural Adjustment Administration<\/a>) Lend-Lease program. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Within the Lend-Lease program there is a provision that allows farmers to \u201cplow under\u201d (or destroy) their crops and livestock in order to raise prices so that the farmers could stay in business and provide for society. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">In the parody, the Almanac Singers quoted an isolationist senator that had stated that the Lend-Lease would \u201cplow under every fourth American boy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1105\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164930_0160-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2x07 Brother Michael has been misleading everyone with his incestuous scheme\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164930_0160-Copy.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164930_0160-Copy-128x192.jpg 128w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164930_0160-Copy-160x240.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1O8jsxj9Dqo?&amp;autoplay=1&amp;rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1079\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Aftermath-of-the-Thinning-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 THinning aftermath\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Aftermath-of-the-Thinning-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Aftermath-of-the-Thinning-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Aftermath-of-the-Thinning-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Aftermath-of-the-Thinning.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>As the episode pans around the abbey and its grounds, we see a mass of death and devastation \u2013 across the orchards and the enclosed abbey grounds, littered with dead mychotics; and then into the abbey and the refectory with the enormity of human destruction at the hand of Michael (<a title=\"Steven Weber on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStevenWeber\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Weber<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Misled by their leader, nearly half of the inhabitants of St. Germain had had a taste of the Kool-Aid and endured a wretched death. We see Anne (<a title=\"Severn Thompson at IMDB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0962620\/\" target=\"_blank\">Severn Thompson<\/a>), Peter (<a title=\"Neil Napier on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilNapier\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Napier<\/a>), and Kyle (<a title=\"Matt Long on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMattLong\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Long<\/a>) finally able to break into the dining hall, only to find a bewildering and disconcerting calm about the room; Anne is beside herself, overcome with agony, anguish, and grief.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We hear the voice of Michael, over the heartbreaking imagery. He is talking about purification, to Landry (<a title=\"Sean Tucker on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanjtuck\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Tucker<\/a>) and a few others that he has kept at his side for muscle. Michael wants to purify the survivors AND the CDC doctors, starting with the CDC. However, Michael wants Dr. Jordan (<a title=\"Jordan Hayes at IMDB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3269734\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Hayes<\/a>) brought directly to him.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1080\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Alan-Confronts-Sarah-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Alan confronts Sarah\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Alan-Confronts-Sarah-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Alan-Confronts-Sarah-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Alan-Confronts-Sarah-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Alan-Confronts-Sarah.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">From Michael and the henchmen we cut to our next present day survivors, Alan (<a title=\"Billy Campbell on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WOCampbell\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Campbell<\/a>) and Sarah (<a title=\"Jordan Hayes at IMDB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3269734\/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Hayes<\/a>). We see two sides of the door, two sides of a story \u2013 Alan is on the outside looking in, pleading with Sarah to open the door, to talk to him. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sarah is doing her best to try to ignore Alan, from inside her room, as she cleans up and gets ready for the day. Sarah opens the door and implores Alan to get out of her way as she darts past him and down the hall. Alan finally stops her, whereupon Sarah appeals to Alan that she needs to find the baby \u2013 I could say that a mother always knows\u2026but\u2026<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sarah maintains that her baby is different, that she had run every prenatal test known to man, that the unborn child was not normal. At this point she is almost tearing up, seeing this, Alan interjects and tenderly says the words \u201cour baby\u201d and the walls that Sarah had put up are starting to crumble. They share a tender moment, then continue on.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1083\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Surveys-a-Ruined-Abbey-400x226.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2 E8 Julia surveys the burnt out abbey\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Surveys-a-Ruined-Abbey-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Surveys-a-Ruined-Abbey-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Surveys-a-Ruined-Abbey-320x181.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Surveys-a-Ruined-Abbey.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>This episode is masterfully written by <a title=\"Bobak Esfarjani on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bobak2DaFuture\" target=\"_blank\">Bobak Esfarjani<\/a>, and after taking us through the devastation and despair of the present, we now flash forward thirty years to find Julia (<a title=\"Kyra Zagorsky on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyraZagorsky\" target=\"_blank\">Kyra Zagorsky<\/a>) in the burnt out husk of the abbey. Looking around and surveying the remains of the abbey, Julia states into the recorder that she still \u201chasn\u2019t located the contact\u201d and that \u201cthis island is nothing but a grave.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As she is about to hole up for the evening, Julia hears a knocking noise. Forget about calling it quits for the day, she sets off to find the source of the noise.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1084 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Mastermanipulator-Amy-400x601.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 mastermanipulator on display\" width=\"400\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Mastermanipulator-Amy-400x601.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Mastermanipulator-Amy-128x192.jpg 128w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Mastermanipulator-Amy-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Mastermanipulator-Amy.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Returning to \u201cour\u201d abbey, Michael is returning to his sanctum, his lab, where we find that Sister Amy (<a title=\"Alison Louder on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlisonLouder\" target=\"_blank\">Alison Lo<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Alison Louder on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlisonLouder\" target=\"_blank\">uder<\/a>) is STILL locked behind glass \u2013 something to be said about keeping cherished items behind lock and key. Michael is obviously distraught and distracted, recounting to Amy that the thinning is complete, that it was a terrible day but a necessary on, \u201cthe children are always the most difficult, it\u2019s a pity they couldn\u2019t be spared\u201d \u2013 yeah right you monster!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Amy seems to be genuinely disturbed, almost shedding a tear. \u201cI\u2019m sorry that you had to go through it alone,\u201d she says to Michael, claiming to have rethought about her position, having had the time to do so.<br \/>\nMisled by his feelings for Amy, befuddled and sidetracked by the day\u2019s events and Amy\u2019s musings about she wants to outshine all of her sisters and how she wants to \u201cbe a pillar of strength, and not a sheep to slaughter. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">He comes ever closer to the cabinet, Amy asks Michael to honor her by making her the first in the new line; he bites and opens the cabinet and claims his lover, his daughter. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">A quick embrace leads to a (pseudo)passionate kiss, and we hear Michael telling Amy that \u201csince she had grown to womanhood\u201d he has looked forward to the planting ritual\u2026YUCK! He lays her on one of the tables in the lab, tells her that Anne is a fine and decent woman, but that Amy has fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1085\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Attempts-to-Plant-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Michael tries to plant\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Attempts-to-Plant-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Attempts-to-Plant-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Attempts-to-Plant-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Attempts-to-Plant.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Things are about to get hairy as Landry \u201cand the boys\u201d enter the lab, to Michael\u2019s horror and disbelief and to Amy\u2019s exasperation to their timing, \u201cwere you waiting until I was actually in labor?\u201d she spits at Landry as Michael stares on \u2013 being held back by the henchmen. As Michael struggles Amy chuckles and declares that \u201cthere isn\u2019t going to be a planting ritual, today or ever!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Back at the refectory, Sarah and Alan walk in as Anne, Kyle, and Peter are still grappling with the reality and finality of Michael\u2019s devastating path. Alan\u2019s only question is directed at Peter asking him what he is doing there. Kyle begins to answer when a brawl ensues and is barely extinguished by Kyle when the Coast Guard storms in, guns wielded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-1091 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Sarah-and-Alan-see-Thinning-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 ALan and Sarah arrive at desth's door\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Sarah-and-Alan-see-Thinning-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Sarah-and-Alan-see-Thinning-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Sarah-and-Alan-see-Thinning-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Sarah-and-Alan-see-Thinning.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Everyone has questions for everybody. How many Dr. Farraguts are there? What happened here? Oh, and did you know that there is an island 40 miles from St. Germain? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The Coast Guard has arrived to evacuate the crew they let go on a 2 week tour 8 days earlier and then quarantine St. Germain and look into the other non-existent island and its pathogenic issues. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix S2x08 The Coast Guard arrives to take charge\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1111\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2x08 The Coast Guard arrives to take charge\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058-256x170.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0058.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Kyle informs Lt. Commander Winger (<a title=\"Patricia Summersett on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Summersettband\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia Summersett<\/a>) that the leader of the pack misled his followers and Kool-aided them for (essentially) being bad apples. Sarah surmises that the infected bees may have caught a ride on the Jetstream to the St. Sebastian and may be the cause of their infection.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Commander Winger reinforces that her orders are to evacuate Peter and his team, however Peter launches into another test of wills with Winger stating that they have yet to contain their current pathogen on St. Germain. Sarah immediately jumps on this bandwagon saying that she too is also not going anywhere. This becomes a three way argument between Peter, Alan, and Sarah and ends in Winger asking who Alan is. Sarah explains that he is one of the top infectious disease specialists in the world, and it was funny to see Peter squirm when Winger asks him to vouch for Alan\u2019s credentials.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1090\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Peter-Consoles-Anne-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Peter consoles Anne\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Peter-Consoles-Anne-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Peter-Consoles-Anne-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Peter-Consoles-Anne-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Peter-Consoles-Anne.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>When Alan matter of factly declares that he is no longer a part of the CDC and is not leaving the island, Winger says she doesn\u2019t care, orders are orders and \u201con your own or bound and gagged\u201d Alan was leaving the island with them. And what of the survivors? Winger says there are two cutters two days behind them to evacuate the survivors. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Anne pleads to stay, that this is their home, and for many it is the only home that they\u2019ve ever known. As a reward, she is given 24 hours to pay her respects to the fallen in the refectory. A disappointed Anne runs off, chased down by Peter who tells her that he will help her tend to the dead; it\u2019s a tender moment, maybe the beginning of something, who knows?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Cut to the bowels of the abbey and we see Michael being marched down a hall, flanked on either side and in the front and back by Landry and crew, and following Amy. Holding steadfast to his beliefs, Michael is still lecturing Amy about paths. He begins to seethe and spout at Amy, we as viewers are again given examples of the superb writing in the episode as Michael says such lines as \u201cyou want to kill me, I\u2019ve lived for 500 years, death waits for me!\u201d and \u201cno matter what you do I\u2019ll live forever\u201d to which Amy coolly replies, \u201cgood, I\u2019m counting on it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1081\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Family-Lineage-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 One branched family tree\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Family-Lineage-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Family-Lineage-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Family-Lineage-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Family-Lineage.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Back in the lab, Kyle is packing up as Sarah walks in, and without having known what actually happened to Sarah, he says that he\u2019s glad she\u2019s in one piece and that he \u201ccan\u2019t imagine how things could get more insane\u201d as Kyle shows Sarah the family tree ledger dating back to the 1600s\u2026cue up the silver eyes\u2026dun-dun-dun! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sarah does the math and realizes that Michael is an immortal and decides that the best thing to do would be totally honest with Kyle and she reveals her immortality to him. Upon this revelation to Kyle, she explains the 500 year old man to him. Unwilling to believe Sarah, she takes a chance on the honey \u2013 grabbing a container she ingests a fingerful in front of Kyle to prove her point.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1093\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Outside-Mychotic-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 outside mychotic shot dead\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Outside-Mychotic-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Outside-Mychotic-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Outside-Mychotic-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Outside-Mychotic.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Shots ring out and Sarah and Kyle rush to the noise. They come across Alan putting himself between the guns and the mychotics. He yelling at Winger that they are here to find a cure, not murder its victims! But whoa, what\u2019s this? They came from the outside in? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The now dead mychotic laying at the feet of Alan, Kyle, and Sarah is recognized by Sarah as one that she had shot \u2013 TWICE \u2013 outside the walls 5 days earlier. As questions are answered, another one now arises \u2013 if the mychotics inside the walls are dying in 36 hours of infection, why and how are the mychotics on the outside surviving? Much to the chagrin of Winger, out intrepid crew asserts that now more than ever they cannot leave the island; they need to investigate this, they cannot leave while looking the possibility of a cure in the face!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1087\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michal-Gets-Entombed-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Michael get entombed\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michal-Gets-Entombed-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michal-Gets-Entombed-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michal-Gets-Entombed-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michal-Gets-Entombed.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>In the hallows of the abbey we find Amy having imprisoned Michael in the oubliette. This exchange was one of my favorite parts of this episode, exquisitely performed by Steven Weber and Alison Louder, there is no other way to recount this scene than to just recount some of the lines here:<br \/>\n\u2020 (M) \u201c\u2026imprisoned the king, queen of nothing\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (A) \u201cthis coming from the man who just killed his children\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (M) \u201cyes, I have killed a thousand of my children, and I will create a thousand more and kill them all over again\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (A) \u201csuch bravado from a man that stayed hidden on an island his entire life\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (M) \u201cmen have worshipped me little girl\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (A) \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I can\u2019t hear you from up here\u201d<br \/>\nAt this point Michael begins to offer solutions for his demise for Amy to mull over, but none are worthy to be a \u201cfitting end for a king, if I do say so myself\u201d says Amy to Michael as the boys start to mortar and layer the oubliette with rock and marble. We see what could almost be seen as concern (for himself of course) washing over Michael, but putting on that brave face the banter begins anew:<br \/>\n\u2020 (M) \u201c\u2026but you can\u2019t do this to me, I\u2019m your father!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (A) \u201cand I\u2019m a dandelion\u2026with teeth!\u201d<br \/>\n\u2020 (M) \u201cYOU WILL DIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Exclaims Michael as the last stone is laid, closing over the oubliette, leaving Michael in the darkness. Now, being a fan of <a title=\"Edgar Allan Poe at Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_Allan_Poe\" target=\"_blank\">Edgar Allan Poe<\/a>, my first thought was \u201c<a title=\"Cask of Amontillado at Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Cask_of_Amontillado\" target=\"_blank\">The Cask of Amontillado<\/a>\u201d. Though being immortal, we can safely assume that Michael will not die. The best part of this parallel is the final line of Poe\u2019s story: \u201cIn pace requiescat!\u201d (\u201cMay he rest in peace!) \u2013 I LOVE this!!<br \/>\n<a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1088 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Outside-Mychotic-Autopsy-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Autopsy time\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Outside-Mychotic-Autopsy-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Outside-Mychotic-Autopsy-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Outside-Mychotic-Autopsy-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Outside-Mychotic-Autopsy.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Meanwhile, back upstairs Alan and Kyle are hastily conducting the <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Commander Winger approved autopsy on the slain mychotic. They are discussing Sarah\u2019s attributes, not those! Her immortality! And it is quite entertaining how nonchalantly Alan queries Kyle about her telling him; then Alan drops the bomb on Kyle that he is there on St. Germain to try and stop Ilaria, that Ilaria is behind the mess that was Arctic Biosystems, and (drumroll please) Ilaria is run entirely by immortals!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix S2x08 Alan deals with reality and Peter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1112\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0034-400x602.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2x08 Alan deals with reality and Peter\" width=\"400\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0034-400x602.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0034-128x192.jpg 128w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0034-159x240.jpg 159w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0034.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Their unbelievable conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Sarah and Winger. Alan and Kyle give to Sarah what they think is some kind of tree sap. Immediately Sarah comes up with \u201cSangre de Drago\u201d. In looking up what this is, \u201c<a title=\"Dragon's Breath at Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croton_lechleri\" target=\"_blank\">Sangre de Drago<\/a>\u201d translates to \u201cdragon\u2019s blood\u201d; it is a real substance, it is a form of latex from the tree that has medicinal properties. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Properties that the description straight up says:<br \/>\n1. Used by local peoples as a liquid bandage, applied to seal wounds<br \/>\n2. Its use by native people has led to scientific study of its <a title=\"Definition of Mutagenicity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/mutagenicity\" target=\"_blank\">mutagenicity<\/a><br \/>\na. Mutagenicity \u2013 the capacity to induce mutations<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Yep, that\u2019s right up <a title=\"Click to visit and follow Helix on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\">Helix<\/a>\u2019s alley!! Alas, the brothers are arguing again, this time about leads and cures and how this means they must venture outside the walls of the abbey. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Peter forbids Alan to go outside the walls, and Alan storms out. Sarah goes after Alan, and Peter tries, and momentarily stops her, telling her that if she leaves the room she is finished on his team. She stops, but only to say, \u201cit was never your team Peter, you were just keeping Alan\u2019s seat warm\u201d and then continues on after Alan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sarah catches up to Alan and they begin a heart to heart of sorts. He telling her that all he wanted to was to stop Ilaria, to beat them at their own game. She telling him that this pathogen is the reason that Alan is on St. Germain \u2013 to find a cure because if he doesn\u2019t Ilaria WILL find a way to exploit it to their advantage. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix S2x08 Peter and Anne confront Amy\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1113\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2x08 Peter and Anne confront Amy\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152-256x170.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NUP_164932_0152.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>So what\u2019s a girl to do now, MANIPULATE! Sarah begins to explain to Alan that \u201cPeter will not go out there, Kyle doesn\u2019t have the experience, I\u2019ve never asked for anything\u2026\u201d and then asks Alan to go in her place, claiming that \u201cour\u201d baby is still alive, and moves in for a hug. Alan agrees to go in Sarah\u2019s place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">From Alan and Sarah to Anne and Amy. Anne walks into Michael\u2019s office looking for her father, but instead finds Amy\u2026with her feet UP on the desk and in the middle of rearranging the furniture. \u201cMichael is no longer with us, he\u2019s found a new path\u201d Amy proclaims to Anne. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Anne questions what she has done with him and other than saying \u201cwhat you never had the courage to do\u201d to Anne, Amy is not giving up the ghost. Once Anne sees the determination and finality in Amy, she believes that the running of the abbey is a two-woman show.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Nope! Anne is once again <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-large wp-image-1094 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-There-is-a-New-Sheriff-in-Town-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 There's a new sheriff in town\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-There-is-a-New-Sheriff-in-Town-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-There-is-a-New-Sheriff-in-Town-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-There-is-a-New-Sheriff-in-Town-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-There-is-a-New-Sheriff-in-Town.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">cast out and misled by her own beliefs, and she straightaway figures out that Amy did have her thrown into the oubliette. Amy scolds Anne further, telling her that like Michael she has lost her rights, and continues by telling Anne that she wants more, that she does not want to just be what Michael was\/is. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Anne turns to leave the room and stops abruptly as she sees Michael\u2019s portrait on the wall next to Agnes \u2013 fitting, he started the wall of fame, and he is the end of the line.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1082\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Rescues-Michael-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Julia rescues Michael\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Rescues-Michael-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Rescues-Michael-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Rescues-Michael-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Julia-Rescues-Michael.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Back to the future we go\u2026having found the source of the banging and broken Michael out of the oubliette, he and Julia are now meandering around the wreckage of the abbey. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">She is telling him about how 30 years earlier she had visited the island looking for him as well as a child that had been rumored to be on the island. Explaining that there is a new disease killing immortals, Julia tells Michael that she believes the chills, in particular its stem cells, are the key to the cure.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Leaving the abbey and wandering the grounds, Michael declares that he does indeed know what Julia is looking for, and it out by the water, in a cleft in the cliff. Julia creeps closer to edge, trying to steal a look over the edge to find that cleft. Misled by Michael\u2019s decrepidness, Julia is caught leaning as he kicks her over the edge. Hanging on by her fingertips, Michael gets in touch with his French roots, preaching to Julia (as she clings to the rock face for her life), \u201coui, plus \u00e7a change, plus c\u2019est pareil\u201d \u2013 literally translated to the more things, change the more they stay the same.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1086\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Loses-His-Head-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Michael loses his head\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Loses-His-Head-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Loses-His-Head-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Loses-His-Head-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-Michael-Loses-His-Head.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Michael thanks Julia for freeing him, continuing by saying that he wouldn\u2019t want any of her \u201cimmortal friends to know where he is, better to be discreet \u2013 out of sight, out of mind\u201d. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">At this point Michael\u2019s neck begins to bleed, and right then his head slides off his neck revealing Caleb (<a title=\"Jimmy Thorburn on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyThorburn\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Thorburn<\/a>) behind the still upright body and brandishing Hatake\u2019s (<a title=\"Hiroyuki Sanada at IMDB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0760796\/?ref_=nv_sr_3\" target=\"_blank\">Hiroyuki Sanada<\/a>) sword. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Kicking the body over the edge and helping Julia up, they rest a minute by the edge and we hear Caleb say, \u201cI guess the sword works.\u201d Wow, talk about a look! Julia glares at Caleb; I would have gone a step further and smacked him upside the head for running off with the sword days earlier.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">As we close out \u201cVade In Pace\u201d Sarah visits Amy in the office to take up Amy on her offer for help in finding her and Alan\u2019s baby. Firstly though, Sarah wants to know what happened to her, why would they take the baby? \u201cWe\u2019d never hurt a baby\u201d Amy reassures Sarah; in fact they did not abort the child, they apparently induced labor. Huh? Sarah is then shown a \u201cbaby behind glass\u201d in a safe. Sarah is dumbfounded, I am confounded! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The final scene is spooky as all get out \u2013 the baby opens its eyes revealing SILVER eyes!!<br \/>\n<a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-1092\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Immortal-Fetus-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Helix S2E8 Silver eyed immortal fetus\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Immortal-Fetus-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Immortal-Fetus-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Immortal-Fetus-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Helix-S2E8-The-Immortal-Fetus.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>What?? I know I was paying attention, how does the baby have silver eyes? It was merely a blip, frozen in time when Sarah became immortal, how is it growing? Also, where are Peter and Anne? What other survivors are there? Did Olivia (<a title=\"Sarah Booth on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahFilmBooth\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Booth<\/a>) contract the mycosis caring for the mychotics? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Wow, what an episode, we are definitely going full speed ahead now, hold onto those hats and keep those arms and legs inside the wormhole at all times!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">We here at WHR suggest everyone tune in each week on <a title=\"Helix on Syfy!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/helix\" target=\"_blank\">Syfy<\/a> Fridays and <a title=\"Heli on Showcase!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.showcase.ca\/helix\" target=\"_blank\">Showcase<\/a> Canada on Mondays to find the answers we all seek in the Helix!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Helix Season 2 cast banner poster\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Helix\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-729\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Season-2-cast-banner-poster.jpg\" alt=\"Helix Season 2 cast banner poster\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Season-2-cast-banner-poster.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Season-2-cast-banner-poster-256x178.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Season-2-cast-banner-poster-320x222.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Helix-Season-2-cast-banner-poster-400x278.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2500\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/youdecide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WormholeRiders-New-Logo-150TS-Dark.png\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow WormholeRiders News Agency on Twitter!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thanks to Kenn for final audio, video embedding , and additional image staging, and many thanks to you for reading and visiting <a title=\"WHR Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WormholeRiders\" target=\"_blank\">WormholeRiders News Agency<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Please feel free to leave a comment here, click an icon below to share this news article, or you can chat by <a title=\"Click to visit and follow FidgetTBC (Karina) on Twitter!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FidgetTBC\" target=\"_blank\">visiting and following me on Twitter<\/a>, just click on my avatar to the right. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Thank you!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FidgetTBC\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1096 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/profile-240x240.jpeg\" alt=\"profile\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/profile-240x240.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/profile-192x192.jpeg 192w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/profile.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Karina (<a title=\"Click to visit and follow FidgetTBC (Karina) on Twitter!\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FidgetTBC\" target=\"_blank\">FidgetTBC<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back WormholeRiders seeking answers in the Helix! Diving right into this review, we hear an interesting and applicable song called \u201cPlow Under\u201d by the Almanac Singers. This song harkens back to the WWII era where it was originally composed to parody and protest the AAA\u2019s (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) Lend-Lease program. Within the Lend-Lease program&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/?p=1078\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Helix: Vade In Pace &#8211; From Followers to the Fallen!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,9,31,8,179,211,6,168,11,32,150,149,131,10,12,199,46,151,16,152,13,136,14,80,99,20,15,28,30,36,204,175,157,19,17,33,148,59,134,18,44,146],"tags":[142,356,288,227,310,364,287,141,162,212,335,158,358,318,214,285,290,311,155,154,140,289,321,174,228,291,322,91,295,156,292,145,293,139,357,299,313,294,144,307,316,309,306,176,159,298,296,308,312,153,328,143,319,297,320,147],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alison-louder","category-billy-campbell","category-brad-turner","category-cameron-porsandeh","category-clare-coulter","category-deena-aziz","category-helix","category-helix-s2x08-vade-in-pace","category-hiroyuki-sanada","category-javier-grillo-marxuach","category-jeffrey-reiner","category-jeremiah-chechik","category-jim-thorburn","category-jordan-hayes","category-kyra-zagorsky","category-leigh-dana-jackson","category-luciana-carro","category-lynda-obst","category-lynda-obst-productions","category-maril-davis","category-mark-ghanime","category-matt-long","category-meegwun-fairbrother","category-mike-rohl","category-misha-green","category-muse-entertainment","category-neil-napier","category-reinhold-heil","category-ronald-d-moore","category-sandrine-gros-daillon","category-sarah-booth","category-sean-tucker","category-severn-thompson","category-showcase","category-sony-pictures","category-stephen-welke","category-steven-a-adelson","category-steven-maeda","category-steven-weber","category-syfy","category-tall-ship-productions","category-tiffany-greshler","tag-alison-louder","tag-amber-goldfarb","tag-billy-campbell","tag-bobak-esfarjani","tag-brad-turner","tag-bradley-walsh","tag-cameron-porsandeh","tag-christina-rosato","tag-counting-stars","tag-deena-aziz","tag-dionne-warwick","tag-do-you-know-the-way-to-san-jose","tag-duane-clark","tag-elena-maganini","tag-fall-out-boy","tag-helix","tag-hiroyuki-sanada","tag-javier-grillo-marxuach","tag-jeffrey-reiner","tag-jeremiah-chechik","tag-jim-thorburn","tag-jordan-hayes","tag-kaji-productions","tag-kayla-divenere","tag-kool-the-gang","tag-kyra-zagorsky","tag-luciana-carro","tag-lynda-obst","tag-lynda-obst-productions","tag-maril-davis","tag-mark-ghanime","tag-matt-long","tag-meegwun-fairbrother","tag-mike-rohl","tag-misha-green","tag-muse-entertainment","tag-music-news-series","tag-neil-napier","tag-patricia-summersett","tag-reinhold-heil","tag-rob-bannister","tag-ronald-d-moore","tag-ruth-chiang","tag-sean-tucker","tag-severn-thompson","tag-showcase","tag-sony-pictures","tag-stephen-mcnutt","tag-stephen-welke","tag-steven-a-adelson","tag-steven-maeda","tag-steven-weber","tag-suzanne-cloutier","tag-syfy","tag-tall-ship-productions","tag-tiffany-greshler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/helix\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}