Into The White
As the two wait, they hear a loud noise coming from the other side of the door. They cautiously approach, and see a man with a gun pointing at them. He orders them to get down on their knees and hands behind their back. Layton and Ruth comply, and the man leaves without another word.
The shard of glass Layton managed to obtain last episode will be used to stab him into submission. Layton and Ruth are not the only ones trying to break free though, as we see Alex is actually attempting to do the same thing. ..
Ruth and Layton manage to outsmart their captor, bundling him inside the carriage and locking the door behind them. Together, they use a shovel to head up-train and find Alex. ..
Layton and Ruth head up the train, breaking into the cabinet and breaking out some big weapons. With swords in hand, they take out the guards and speaks to Javier about the upcoming plan.
They’re several hours away from the turn – which they need to take – and they communicate with Ben down the train to let him know what’s going on. Javi radios in with Ben, feeding back the plan in code, as the two trains work in tandem and prepare to mobilize.
Snowpiercer continues to move forward, with the ragtag group of survivors working together to make it to the end. Till knocks out Audrey and catches up with Zarah, Ben tries to take out his captor with less grace but ends up bloodied in the aftermath, and although he manages to switch lines he finds himself a bloodied mess. ..
Alex communicates with the bridge when the engine starts to experience turbulence, trying to buy them all some time. She claims everything is okay but LJ calls her out for this bluff. Alex is predictably taken away but as she leaves, she snatches up a razor blade from the table.
Javi is knocked to the ground and beaten senseless in the wake of this betrayal. Alex is forced to watch this play out too, as the dogs eventually attack him and kill the man.
Melanie meanwhile, charges across the barren wasteland to catch the train. Ben tries his hardest to slow the train down but Wilford has more torque and speeds the train up. Melanie watches this play out, catching us up to the moments during her solo adventure. Alex is forced to watch from the back of the train. ..
Alex snaps and stabs Wilford in the neck with a razor. Josie watches from a distance as the doctors immediately start to stitch him up. Alex meanwhile, is forced to run and evade those on Big Alice. She makes it down to Snowpiercer where she confirms that there’s still a way to save Melanie. ..
The group of people in the train want to cut the head off Snowpiercer and manually grab Melanie with a rogue set of train carriages before heading back and recoupling. Their trump card here is Josie, who’s tasked with heading outside and running up the top of the train carriages.
Unfortunately, Wilford is too smart for this and blindsides the Brakeman down in the engineer’s room, stopping him from uncoupling the train. Josie however, works for Layton and outsmarts Wilford. She smashes down on the watery fish tank encapsulating the carriage and essentially blows it in half.
Alex and Layton head off into the research facility alone, as we cut forward to see them across the ice. They head straight up to the abandoned building, where Melanie is nowhere to be found. She does, however, have a log of her journey and how she took off. Melanie walked into the white in peace, but not before leaving a message for Alex to hold on. ..
As the rebels monitor the various hot spots, they realize that Melanie’s plan was successful and they now have control of various areas. With a plan in place, Layton and the other rebels take off in pursuit of Wilford and the others, determined to recapture the train from them. ..
The Episode Review
In the second season of Snowpiercer, Layton and his merry band of rebels find clues to Melanie’s whereabouts – and concoct a clear plan going forward.
It was perhaps obvious that Wilford would outsmart Layton but this time he underestimated Josie being their trump card. This was a really satisfying moment, although with Audrey still a prisoner and Ruth stuck on the train with Wilford, it spells bad news for them both going forward as both trains look for revenge.
The second season of “Game of Thrones” has been a lot of fun so far. The ending leaves the door open for where the show may go next, and Season 3 is already green-lit. Everything looks good for the upcoming fight. ..
