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The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
lavatch16 June 2019
Warning: Spoilers
At the Edgewater Psychiatric Facility, Emily has taken away a book of Greek mythology from Charles. In that book, she discovers a strange photograph that appears to depict a building. All roads will converge on that site in this penultimate episode of the series.

Tommy Gibbs senses that Em intentionally shot Nick in the upper body because she knew he would be wearing a vest. This is one of the first moments when a cop finally begins to realize that Em is innocent. She is successful in evading authorities when she boards a train on the Red Line between Davis and Porter. Before the Porter stop, she pulls the emergency chain and flees the train.

A new piece of evidence comes from the shadowy character of Laurie Colson. Laurie has discovered that the Tri-King tank manufacturer was the organization that manufactured the large tank where Em and the children were tortured. In the invoice for the order, the tank was shipped to 978 Commonwealth Street. But Jack is confused and disturbed to learn that it was Em who singed the invoice. Em claims that her signature was forged.

The quick thinking Alice has broken free from the room where she and Flynn are being held captive. She races to save Flynn from another waterboarding adventure. But she is then hit by a paralyzing dart from the sadistic captor. The main question is: where are Alice and Flynn being held as prisoners?

Miss Wheelock, who was Conrad Harlow's ex, has a conversation with Acting FBI SA in Charge Crowne. On one occasion, she blacked out during one of Conrad's games, and there was another participant in the assault. Miss Wheelock informs Crowne that the other person was a woman. That narrows things down to Laurie Colson and Miss Wheelock herself as candidates for Dr. Chen's patient "B" and the psychotic captor of Em. There is a hint that the person was someone in Conrad's family.

Tommy and Nick have identified a possible location where Alice and Flynn are being held. The site is in the North End, and the connection is the Great Boston Molasses Flood at the Purity Distilling Company facility on January 15, 1919. Over two million gallons of molasses flooded the streets of Boston. An old warehouse was located during the Big Dig of the 1990s, where the aroma of molasses could still be detected. It is the same address where Em is heading: 978 Commercial Street.

But it turns out that the warehouse in the North End is a dead end. Nick spots the masks in a nearby store, which leads him to conclude that Em was not the go-between. But Nick still believes that Em could have been Harlow's mentor. In the meantime, Em recognizes that the photo out of the Greek mythology book is that of the cabin. As she approaches the cabin, she comes across a subterranean entrance. She phones Nick and instructs him to come alone. This is clearly the site were Alice and Flynn are being held. This background sets up perfectly the final, dramatic episode.
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6/10
It's good, but more far fetched than a Marvel movie.
Sleepin_Dragon9 September 2020
Emily continues to do whatever she chooses to, unchallenged by the mere Mortals that challenge her.....

She learns some valuable information, and is on the hunt for Flynn.

It is genuinely like watching Officer Doofy from Scary Movie trying to catch Wonder Woman, she's super intelligent, lethal, and everyone else is beyond incompetent. Fortunately we get some mild horror. Credit to Ricky Champ who played Charles, strong acting.

There is some excitement, generally when Emily is off screen. I don't know how they did it, but they managed to make Emily loathsome.

Ridiculous, but watchable, 6/10.
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