'Between' Recap: 'Us vs. Them'

​Written by Scott Edwards

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It seems like every episode of a television series has a theme behind it and in 'Us vs. Them', it is all about trust. Trust is a big thing, especially when your town is spiraling down the drain. The grownups in Pretty Lake are the ones that all of the other kids should be following, but when they do and the results do not end up as expected, well, it is no wonder their trust goes down the drain.  It is easy to know somebody for years and trust everything that they have said, but when being put into a different situation that they are not accustomed to, they may not be the ones to listen to since they are also not thinking straight. 

After being able to break through the fence, Chuck, Harrison, Samantha and their friend find out that Chuck does not have a plan of survival. Just trying to make sure that they are not captured by the soldiers outside of the fence, Chuck does not know what to do when the group is free. As Samantha pulls the van over for a moment to collect her thoughts, she is shot by the approaching military unit. Without knowing what to do next, Chuck makes the call to head back to town and try to come up with another plan, one that may have more of a positive result. As Gord has carved up his cow, he is ready to take it into town to keep its people fed, but before he is able to make the delivery, the truck is stolen. Driving around town to try and find more food for the kids in need, he stumbles upon his truck at Harrison’s house. When approaching the group of kids, he finds out that Francis stole his truck and she has joined Harrison’s clan, since they are more worried about saving themselves than worrying about others. Needing help to remedy this, Gord is able to enlist the help of Ronnie to get his food back and deliver it to those more in need. 

Finding Liam in the tunnel, Adam is worried about what is going to happen next since the doctor said that he worked with Adam’s father in the past. As the last unit that came to save the town was executing all of the patients, his hesitation is warranted. Getting back to town and seeing that Liam’s lab had been delivered, Adam still does not want to believe, along with Chuck, but they give the young man a chance to prove himself. As Wiley watches and listens, she is starting to believe that Liam is telling the truth about helping Pretty Lake and is willing to take the first ‘cure’ shot.  But Wiley has not been forthcoming with whatever has been plaguing her over the past couple of months and now being put on an operating table, she has to have a surgery to save her life. If it goes wrong however, Adam and Chuck are ready to take a shot at Liam for being just another military executioner. 

Waking up in the morning, Ronnie is greeted by a pretty face as Renee has returned to him. Bringing him a peace offering of canned peaches and his gun, she is ready to apologize for what she did. After being convinced she was there for him, Ronnie is then asked to take care of a problem for her. Her little brother Eric is missing and she needs to find him. Going around town and asking people if they have seen the missing boy, Ronnie gets a strange vibe when asking Mark if he has seen the kid. Not stopping however, Ronnie finds out that Eric has been killed and dumped on Hannah’s land. After Gord was able to convince Hannah’s husband to spare some food for the town, Eric’s body was also loaded onto the truck and now he is faced with delivering the bad news to Renee.

The second season is already heating up and it is in the middle of winter. With more action in the first two episodes than most of last season, it is easy to see where the writers are taking this, there will be a battle in Pretty Lake, but between who will be the question. I am disappointed to see how Francis has fallen away from her brother, especially joining Harrison’s clan who are a bunch of bullies, but she may come back from it, if only to make her brother happy. The tumor in Wiley’s stomach is troublesome, mostly because Adam and Chuck have to put their faith in an outsider who may or may not be in town to kill them all. I like the Ronnie and Renee story right now, since there is mystery and intrigue between the two, but I do not know how Ronnie will deal with the ghost of his brother always questioning him when he is trying to do something to help someone else. I am still hoping for an animal attack, but don’t think I will get it at this point, but if there is a throw down battle between one of the groups inside or outside of the fence, I am pretty sure it is gonna be epic.

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