The Bride
In From The Cold stars Jenny adopting her new identity as a prison warden. Why didn’t she just transform into Tiago before entering? Why go through the hassle of getting his retina scanned when Jenny could just morph into him? Wouldn’t that have solved a lot of issues?
Jenny, now able to move around the prison freely, sets to work doing rounds and finding Yannick. She doesn’t stay for long though, given his food has been poisoned. Checking his cell, Jenny finds a burner phone tucked away in the ceiling, Running out the prison, Jenny bundles into Chauncey’s van and the gang high-tail it away.
Jenny soon transforms back into her current form as Chauncey kindly exudes some exposition for the audience to explain what’s happening. Now, it turns out Anya was part of the Yaroslav Program which started as a bio-weapons project under the leadership of the KGB. The program was designed to create a super soldier using DNA from a vampire, but something went wrong and Anya became uncontrollable. ..
After Chauncey and Chris cover for Jenny, she is free to go back to Becca. ..
Jenny and her daughter apologize to each other for the past and catch up on the events that led to their break-up. They discuss Becca’s father, who is not doing well and is not at the figure skating contest.
Anya manages to get Fania’s number from her friend Lao-Tzu during this episode’s flashbacks.
Anya rings the doorbell and admits she just wants to get to know her. Is this all a long-con game or does she really care about her? We soon get our answer after they talk all night. Part of this conversation confirms that Anya’s mother actually died in a fire when she was 5 years old.
Anya learns about the significance of Faina’s missing pendant (which she picked up from the subway station the previous night) and hands it over to the police on the following day.
Back in the present, Jenny is chaperoning figure skating training where she receives another call from Chauncey. This time, she’s not budging. So instead Chris and Chauncey team up together and head to a rather rough neighbourhood in Madrid called Pan Bendito. ..
Inside the secretive club, they find a group of kids working tirelessly on their computers to spread fake news across the globe. After confirming to them that Yannick is dead, they strike a deal - the router and Chris’ watch for keeping their operation running. ..
When Chris and Chauncey head back, they team up with Jenny again to serve up her next target – Lidia. She’s due to be married so definitely won’t be hard to find, but it includes Chauncey and Jenny showing up as wedding guests to the church. Honestly though, wouldn’t all these men and women realize they’re not family?
The wedding begins with a blood-soaked Lidia arriving, holding a knife.
After the wedding, Chauncey kills the groom who brandishes a gun. The whole operation is compromised and the pair hurry away. ..
That night, Jenny talks to herself about Lidia’s history. She finds out that Lidia was an orphan and tracing her history, she manages to find the woman at a crematorium. ..
Jenny arrives, pleading with her to let her help. Lidia instead brandishes a gun and fires.
The Episode Review
The music in this show is really poor. Why is rap music playing during an espionage sequence? These little choices really water down the spy thriller parts of this show which are a bit all over the place if I’m honest. ..
The whole church incident feels strange, given these are supposed to be spies and I can’t help but feel like a more subtle approach would have been more fitting. Couldn’t Jenny have posed as a bridesmaid and used her abilities? I know she said it hurts her to use it but they could have done this instead.
The story so far has been standard fare for the genre, lacking the excitement and thrills that other spy thrillers boast. ..
Despite that, this has been an improvement episode, with a little more consistency and less sporadically jumping about. The flashbacks are actually starting to settle down now too and I’d imagine this will help to piece together a timeframe for why Anya is now Jenny.
