'Beyond' Recap: 'Knock, Knock'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Life is truly difficult, when we are without purpose or direction. Because those two things are what drive a human being to be more and to do more and when they disappear from our day to day functions, we simply become listless and lost and wouldn’t you know it…that’s precisely what’s happening to just about every single character on Beyond right now. Because ironically enough, the fight against Hollow Sky united everyone and gave them something to drive for and now that Frost is gone and the company is mired in defeat, things are starting to fall to pieces for everyone involved.
 
In fact, that’s really all that last night’s episode of the show focused upon, making ‘Knock, Knock’ an uncomfortable hour of television as we watched this group of incredible people struggle to get through the day. Heck, it’s so bad at this point that even the bad guys are starting to fight amongst themselves, as was evidenced by Yellow Jacket’s storyline last night, since he was summoned to his mentor’s home to be effectively snuffed out since Shoemacher put two and two together in regards to her robbery, forcing YJ to fight for his life and while he emerged victorious, I honestly feel as though he got off easy in this episode.
 
Because there were more tough moments to be found in this tale. Case in point, Luke, who followed through on his promise to help Riley and in doing so, found himself in quite the predicament since the scum bag she pointed him toward caught Luke in the act while he was trying to steal some goodies and now he’s in for a lot of money to this dude, otherwise he’ll be facing some physical harm and he wasn’t alone in finding some suffering since Willa is starting to see the harsh realities of caring for an ailing Arthur since her grandfather is struggling with his machine still being down, to the point where he’s confused and agitated and willing to get arrested in order to find the pieces of the puzzle to fixing it and well, his focus on the Realm and nothing more is starting to break her down.
 
But of course, the highlight of the night was Holden’s journey, because he too is a man without purpose, and after destroying the hanger to the tune of a half of a million dollars, he makes the tough decision to quit his job to try and find his own way and to make matters worse his relationship with Willa is strained to the point where they’re becoming frosty toward one another. But, there was some light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to his storyline, simply because it seems as though Holden is starting to truly ponder upon making use of his powers to better the world, and I wonder if his brother’s predicament will be what gets his superhero side back into the fold.
 
In the end however, this really was an episode filled to the brim with emotional chaos. Heck, even Charlie is having issues left and right and she’s always in a solid place, and I get the funny feeling her reunion with Holden may only complicate matters for her further. Either way, I’m kind of digging the fact that season two is really bringing the characters to their knees before vaulting the plot forward, it adds a level of depth this show has never had before. Either way, things are likely going to get tougher before they get better and really at this point, I’m just curious to see if it will be something close to home that helps Holden transform into a hero, or something far greater, like dear Diego. Only time will tell…

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