Found Season 2 Episode 2 Review - Missing While Difficult
The battle of minds commence as episode 2 opens where we left off last week – with Gabi and Sir together (sort of). Never missing a teaching opportunity, Sir tests Gabi, stretching her mind to think.
Even though she has been a disappointing pupil, Sir is compelled to teach her a lesson. [SPOILERS] The rules of negotiations unravel as Gabi receives confirmation that Lacey is alive via a photo. Setting the tone of their new playground, Sir reminds Gabi that he is not a killer (Zeke didn’t die) and that he is free now, in her world with access to all that is important to her. With feelings of betrayal coating his words, Sir slips and reveals one of his toys which gives Gabi an extra point on her test: he can SEE her.
The fun so far with this season is seeing Lacey empowered even during captivity. What the audience was led to believe about her in season 1 is a complete 180 pivot in season 2. She is smart, cunning and patient. The scenes between Lacey and Sir are heightened when he returns injured and unable to mend his wounds. Creating an element of wonder, Lacey convinces Sir to let her help him. If he agrees, will she attack and make a run for freedom? Or is she playing the long game? Building trust with him? Sir sets Lacey’s hands free, but with a warning that he can and will hurt her if she tries anything. She is disposable. She is not Gabrielle. As we watch her sew up the wound, Lacey grabs a needle and hides it before being tied up again.
Like I said, she is patient.
Intertwining case of the week back into the season, the team divides and conquer as they connect the dots to find Baby Rain who was stolen from the hospital.
Margaret is lead on the case but she is not moving on all cylinders. The signature press conference leads to an unbearable breakdown caught on camera which pulls the team further apart. Margaret is broken due to all the secrets Gabi kept from her and the team. Everyone is different.
As Gabi tries to hold everyone (and herself) together with duct tape, string and gum, a new twist walks into the police station named Christian Evans, Sirs’ estranged brother. With an air of bemusement (like his brother), Christian commands his surroundings, yet he also has slight docile notes. He sees Gabi and says, “it’s nice to meet you”.
Lets say it together friends: Double Trouble.
The ripple effects in this episode cascades from the missing baby, the arrival of Christian and the search for Lacey. Though we do not know Christian’s true intentions, he aides in locating Sir’s location by sharing a memory between him and his brother – a house with blue shutters. As Zeke narrows down the location, Gabi seeks help.
She returns to the payphone, hoping Sir sees her. She sits down on the bench, where we get our long-awaited reward. The camera pans and we see Sir also sitting on the bench behind her, back-to-back. Is he really there?
Gabi struggles in this moment, stifling the urge to lose control around Sir. He knows all her trigger points and he dances around them. As he belittles the company she keeps, insinuating how mediocre they are, Sir reprimands Gabi and reminds her that Lacey was a GIFT.
Through this chaos of assaults and questions, one good thing comes out of this meeting. Gabi unlocks who would want to steal the baby – the older daughter Rya – who only wanted her mother’s attention back. The overall story about Black Maternal Health and family was a nice through line highlighting the need to listen to Black mothers. There are too many cases of insufficient care and it was a good nod to bring awareness while staying true to the show format.
As the team works to get the baby back to her mother, Sir becomes aware that Christian is in town, and he does not approve. It’s in this moment Lacey breaks free with the needle she hid and makes a run to the door. True to word, Sir grabs Lacey and pulls her from behind, making her hit her head on the way to the ground. Is she dead?
Going back to tradition, the team (in separate locations) welcomes the missing baby back home. Gabi asks Trent for mercy regarding Rya and he says, “You don’t have to tell me how not to be a monster” (ouch). Will they ever get back to how they were before?
Thinking about Lacey, Gabi tells her to fight as we see Sir put her in the trunk of a car. The chase continues as I wonder - where will Sir take Lacey?
You can watch FOUND on NBC Thursday nights or streaming on Peacock.
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