Gideon
In From The Cold begins with Jenny desperate to find the tracker. So desperate in fact, that she decides to checks notes defibrillate her temples. Why? Well, Jenny realizes she’s being tracked and uses a defibrillator. It doesn’t kill her though and when she awakens, Jenny is absolutely fine and manages to remove the optic trackers. I mean, I’m not sure why she didn’t just do that in the first place but there we go.
In the flashbacks to Russia, Faina walks in on Anya killing her father. Anya does her best to try and spin it around, claiming self defence and that her dad attacked her. Faina is having none of it and knowing she can’t leave any witnesses, Anya is forced to kill her.
Anya eventually asks Svetlana to extract her, but as guards surround the women, Svetlana refuses. In fact, she simply utters “Initiate Omega Protocol.” This appears to be the start of the project, with Svetlana encouraging Anya to inject herself to prevent death. In doing so, this serum gives her the powers she’s come to use (or struggle to, as the case may be) in the present. ..
Andres is called by Felipe, who reassures him that the plan to kill the Prime Minister is still due to go ahead. However, Andres knows that it’s easier said than done. Jenny shows up and shoots him in the kneecaps. Knowing Felipe, he allows it to gore him to death after he refuses to give up any extra information.
Meanwhile, Ohana finds Chauncey’s hotel room but the place is a mess thanks to Jenny’s earlier visit. Off the back of this, she arrests Chauncey and Chris. When a deal is offered to the pair, Chris hastily grabs it with both hands in order to save himself. However, she doesn’t take the warnings about the Prime Minister lightly. Regardless of if they’re telling the truth of not, she decides to double the security around the prime minister just in case anything untoward happens.
Ines reveals her true identity to Jenny, and also reveals that Ramon was murdered by Felipe in a bid to try and gain some trust. Her real end-game here is Becca, and in order to save her life, she needs an ally. With time running out for the Prime Minister, Felipe urges Diego to pose as a police officer nearby and bide his moment to strike.
Jenny arrives at Felipe’s mansion. She kills all his guards and eventually gets the upper-hand over Felipe by strategically placing Andres’ severed head right where the boss will find it. This allows Jenny to reveal herself after blending in with the wall and begin smacking him around, demanding answers. He doesn’t give much up, if I’m honest, but does reveal that Svetlana owns the ice rink.
Jenny admits that the mother of her young is the most dangerous animal in the jungle. It’s supposed to come off as a menacing threat, but honestly, it feels as hollow as Storm’s joke about a toad being struck by lightning in X-Men. Anyway, Jenny eventually throws him off the roof to his death.
Chris and Chauncey argue in the station, with Chris mentioning “pull out your back pocket” as a code to help his friend sneak out. Chauncey manages to stash the keys to the handcuffs in Chris’ back pocket, and Diego, having been convinced by his father that he’s doing what’s right, pulls a gun and prepares to kill the Prime Minister. ..
Chauncey arrives just in time, followed quickly by Ohana and Europol, leading to a big stand-off between the trio. Thankfully Chauncey is the one to talk him down and no one dies.
Jenny arrives at the ice rink looking for Becca. She’s not there and instead she’s beaten to a pulp by Gaia, who phones Svetlana and brings in the big boss in person. Svetlana claims this whole event was inevitable. As she brings Gaia in for a hug, she shoots the woman dead. The lights inexplicably begin flickering as Svetlana heads over to her little bird and checks on Jenny.
The Episode Review
In From The Cold is a great show that is full of humor and absurdity. The final episode builds up to a very exciting climax, which is completely ridiculous. I can’t believe that Jenny is actually okay after the electric shocks worked, it’s just too crazy. Anyway, we will continue to enjoy this great show!
Jenny has now killed three people this season, which is impressive given where she started and it will be interesting to see if Svetlana is another to add to the list. ..
Despite that, we’re still not closer to finding Jenny and it’s Chauncey who manages to save the Prime Minister, not Jenny. This is ironic because Chauncey is not even a real person.
Netflix has released a new teaser for their upcoming season finale, hinting at a dramatic ending. With this one, the shortest episode of the bunch, it’s possible that we could be looking at a dreaded Netflix cliffhanger. We’ll have to wait and see!
