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Sound the alarms, friends: Our sad boat boy isspiraling.
Is he even popping his collar anymore?
That sojourn over to thePrometheusshook everyone up, but perhaps no one as much as Captain Eyk Larsen.
Is anyone else getting majorLostvibes from this jot down of episode framework?
Thatswaytoo close to not be an intentionalLosthomage, right?
We find Eyk not in the middle of the Atlantic but in the woods.
Hes very confused as to how he got there.
Hes even more confused when he hears a little girl singing and recognizes it as his daughter, Nina.
Even when awake, he hears his daughter singing that song wherever he goes.
But Eyk has to try and pull himself together.
The boy they found onPrometheusstill wont talk, and things are getting stranger by the hour.
Its okay, this is a safe space for nerds).
Nothings adding up, and Eyks starting to take notice.
Now they want to just blow up one of those ships without any punch in of investigation?
Well, hes not going to let them: He makes a bold decision.
Theyre turning around and towing thePrometheusback home.
Theyre low on coal supplies as it is, and going back is closer than going forward.
Everyone is upset not angry, mind you; most people simply seem scared to go back home.
Theyre all running from something, remember?
Even Maura grabs Eyk at one point and pleads with him not to turn around.
She cant go back, she tells him.
It doesnt matter; hes not changing his mind.
More important: Are these two going to make out at some point?
Nothing like a little terror on the high seas to get people to start smashing faces.
Its in the air!
Eyks decision isnt made from some passion for confronting unethical corporate practices its a personal one.
It is heartbreaking, and Andreas Pietschmanns performance is gutting.
Hes great throughout this entire episode as a man haunted by his trauma, but this scene, specifically?
I would just like to begin throwing award trophies at this mans feet.
Up in flames, guys!
Eyk gets blown back, and suddenly, hes in his living room, but now its all ashes.
Thats when one of those green beetles shows up, becauseof course it does.
How is this possible?
Eyk is suspicious of everything now, but he does seem to trust Maura.
He tells her hes seeing and hearing things that should be impossible.
He tells her about his letter and how it arrived with a picture of his family.
Maura does not, in return, tell Eyk aboutherletter.
Thats highly suspect, but she, too, is starting to make connections and ask questions.
Do most of those questions just lead to more questions?
But you have to start somewhere.
Mauras starting with the boy.
Suddenly, she was lost.
She spent the entire night alone out there.
Eventually, Maura gives up trying to connect with the boy and simply pleads with him.
(Has Maura not looked at the carpets lately?
That symbol is there, too!)
Theres a second new passenger aboard whom Maura also has to contend with.
Well, his name is Daniel Solace, and hes very interested in Maura.
He pops up time and again to ask her questions about where shes from and if she has family.
He shares a suspicious glance with the boy.
Maura mostly ignores him, but something tells me he wont be so easily brushed off.
And that something is definitely the fact that hes carrying around a photo of Maura in his pocket.
He must know her in some way, and he must know something about whats going on here.
He also seems to know exactly how to let chaos reign on this ship.
Daniel pulls out his trusty green beetle and sets it loose.
Ada follows the beetle up to the top deck and right into Daniel.
Im so sorry, he tells her.
Unbeknownst to Eyk, however, is that keeping his passengers alive and in line isnt his only problem.
The camera begins to pan out and we see that Eyks on a TV-screen monitor.
But what, exactly?
Because I dont think they had security-camera monitors in 1899.
Kresters sister, Tove, walks in before anything else happens.
Angel doesnt understand Danish, but I think he figures it out.
Hes dying, right?
Mrs. Wilson, however, spots this and sparks up a conversation with Lucien.
She knows his marriage is the pits and puts out the offer of spending some time with her girl.
Mrs. Wilson is hustling even on this haunted ship!
Jerome is somehow connected to our French honeymooners.
He also bumps into Clemence, and the two share a bit of a charged conversation about feeling trapped.
Whats up with the paintings in everyones cabins?
Nothing is an accident on this show!
Welp, the first mates in on it, too.
The telegraph begins receiving a message that is just triangles (!)
and he seems to know exactly what to do with it.
Thus far,1899is pretty bleak.
Everything is drama and trauma.
The only little reprieve are our two friends shoveling coal into the engines.
Their theory about what happened to everyone onPrometheus?
Or possibly one giant wolf.
One giant wolf that is also maybe the boy.
These two are precious and will probably die.
