'Beyond' Recap: 'The Hour of the Wolf'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Despite the fact that Freeform's Beyond continues to captivate us with a fascinating new take on the Superhero genre, and provides us with quality storytelling week in and week out, there's one question that everyone watching the show still has on their minds...exactly when is Holden going to embrace his powers and his destiny? After all, he's spent six episodes fighting hard to avoid his newfound abilities, instead choosing to focus on reclaiming a life that has more or less passed him by. But, as it turns out, his pursuit of such a life is what's been holding him back all along because last night's episode, 'The Hour of the Wolf' finally saw Holden embrace his power, in absolutely stunning fashion.

If anything, this growth from Holden was actually quite the pleasant surprise, simply due to the fact that in many ways...this episode felt like filler. There were plenty of light and fluffy and seemingly unimportant moments abound, but little did we know that this episode was quietly building to one heck of a storytelling volcano that culminated in an epic finale that I honestly watched several times over because of how awesome it turned out to be and oddly enough, we have Charlie to thank for all of this, since her pushing for Holden to get out of Kansas to visit the observatory was exactly what Holden needed to focus on something other than living a normal life.

In fact, Charlie made it clear to Holden that he shouldn't strive to be normal, he should be himself and well...her tutelage on life led to lessons on his power, and slowly but surely, Holden started to understand what he was capable of. In between his superpower classes however, the bond between he and Charlie continued to grow and their interaction and budding romantic relationship is precisely what I meant when I said that this episode had a 'filler' feel to it. It seemed like the world belonged to this couple and all the bad they knew of was being wiped away. But the story saved the good stuff for the second half of the episode because a single revelation set everything into motion.

That shocking surprise came by way of Jeff, who discovered that Pastor Ian was not quite who he seemed, seeing as to how his particular organization had ties to Hollow Sky, leaving Tom worried and upset about his family's safety from here on out, and it only got worse from there. Because an off the cuff conversation between Charlie and Miss Shoemacher, wherein Charlie told the Hollow Sky executive to get bent, led to Shoemacher finding and apologizing to Yellow Jacket, along with reactivating him with whatever resources he needs to find Holden and bring him in. This brought us to the most stunning moment of the night where Holden and Yellow Jacket squared off once again, only this time, Holden harnessed his power completely and stunned his nemesis in epic fashion.

Unfortunately, as awesome as that show of force turned out to be, the episode didn't exactly end in happy fashion. Holden took a bullet, Charlie was left behind and well, nothing will ever quite be the same now that Holden knows exactly what he can do. Plus Holden will have a few more surprises to deal with once he gets home now that his brother has an understanding that more is going on than meets the eye and the fact that Arthur has awakened. Either way, it's clear now this episode was the grand setup for the next three...and that means an epic season finale is likely headed our way. Until next time.

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