With Friends Like These
In the fourth episode of Raising Dion Season 2, Nicole is back at home and Kat is patching her up. Suzanne is confident that the scratch isn’t deep, so she shouldn’t be infected. ..
Suzanne has decided to take drastic measures at BIONA though, deciding to take a team down to destroy and burn whatever is down in the sinkhole. Not only that, these sinkholes across the world seem to be hotspots where the Crooked Man has attacked. Suzanne finally sees the direct link between the two.
Nicole tells Dion that she fell over and needed to protect him from the monster. She also tells Dion that he should stay inside for the time being, prompting him to ring Brayden and invite him over. Although to be honest, it’s not really explained why he doesn’t invite Jonathan or Esperanza over.
Dion speaks to Esperanza about her true power - her singing. It’s not invisibility after all, it’s very clearly her voice. It’s a beautiful chat, but it’s soon interrupted by our Sith child showing up to ruin the day. ..
At the sinkhole, the team work to destroy the hole. For David, he’s unhappy about this and urges Suzanne to stop and research what’s happening. Suzanne suggests he be suspended but in return, David reveals that Cutler is looking to replace her, which throws Suzanne off her game. ..
As they talk, David opens up and breaks the news that this sinkhole actually has Crooked Man energy inside.
At BIONA, Janelle loses control of her powers, leading to armed security with guns showing up. Things are blown completely out of proportion, and it’s Nicole who manages to step in and calm Janelle down.
Janelle is definitely benefiting from the help of the woman, and it seems she has a knack for helping teens with superpowers. In fact, she even sets up a safe space for Janelle to practice using her powers. ..
Nicole tells the story of how she and her friend Janelle met a being called “Powered” who was working in the science lab explosion. Nicole and Janelle soon became friends with this being and started to learn about their powers. They soon realized that they had the same power as this being and decided to use their powers for good.
Nicole heads to speak with Pat in confidence about the Crooked Man. He admits that the Crooked Man uses its energy to feed on hatred and fear, but it seems like the sinkhole underground, on the site of the Civil War, could well be helping to channel its powers and make it grow stronger.
Pat also deduces that Dion could be the key to curing this, given he’s “pure good.” However, Nicole’s arm begins to flare up, and as she removes her bandage, it becomes clear that the scratch is most certainly infected. ..
Dion’s father had an affair with a woman who was also his friend. Dion is ashamed of what happened and he wants to make things right. When he mentions what happened with his father, Brayden begins to doubt his own ties with this creature.
Brayden quickly uses his mind control to stop the bullies from fighting each other and Dion is grateful.
Dion encourages Brayden to do what he wants, and manages to cause a barking dog to double over and become docile. Dion realizes the kid is bad news. Finally.
While Kat picks Dion up and takes him home, at BIONA Nicole is taken into quarantine. Elsewhere, Brayden is influenced by the Crooked Man, who encourages him to do the right thing and claims he has no friends other than him, feeding off the boy’s energy.
As the episode ends, strange luminescent critters from the sinkhole swarm and grow across town, infecting numerous different people.
The Episode Review
With the infection spreading and everything looking bleak for our characters, Raising Dion finally sees Dion understanding that Brayden is not the wholesome kid he thought he was. Took him long enough though!
The second season of “Dynasty” seems to have taken a different focus from Nicole raising Dion (as implied by the show’s title) and become more focused on interpersonal drama between characters. ..
The interesting part of this episode is the relationship between the Crooked Man and Brayden. This seems to hint that the pair aren’t completely in-sync and could be crucial for the final fight ahead. Less interesting though is the romance between Tevin and Nicole, which doesn’t quite work.
Nicole is now infected and it appears that Dion may actually be the key to resolving all of this, especially if Pat is right about his influence.
