'Cloak & Dagger' Recap: 'Stained Glass'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

THIS IS THE EMERGENCY SPOILER ALERT SYSTEM...YOU ARE ADVISED TO READ AT YOUR OWN RISK...

The more time I’ve had to think about Freeform and Marvel’s latest new superhero offering Cloak & Dagger, the more I’ve been curious as to how exactly they’re going to keep this series fresh as the weeks roll on. After all, eventually the superhero element has to come to life on the screen and it’s extremely difficult to differentiate that particular part of the story once the plot gets rolling. But for the time being, it would seem that the series has indeed figured out how to keep this story in original and fascinating territory and for proof, look no further than last week’s episode.
 
Because ‘Stained Glass’ let all of us know that the characters are going to be the King and respective Queen when it comes to this tale and we will come to learn every last thing about them before they ascend to their new roles as protectors of humanity and exploring everything that there is to know about Tandy and Tyrone last week, made for one fascinating tale, the kind that quite frankly, ventured to a place that we were rarely see in superhero stories; the human psyche.
 
Granted, we do get to know what makes a hero tick in stories such as this, but this tale went one step further, by reaffirming the fact that both of these characters are lost in life and looking for some kind of focus or direction before it dug into this duo’s respective psyches by allowing for Tandy and Tyrone to enter one another’s minds where they saw one another’s fears and this…well this was downright fascinating. We so rarely see what terrifies a hero and while we already had an inkling of what was chewing at Tandy and Tyrone’s souls, the show took such matters one step further by pointing out the fact that the two of them were feeding their fears on a regular basis with the everyday mistakes they were making.
 
For Tyrone, the constant anger flowing through his veins over his brother’s death created a vicious cycle of revenge fantasies in his mind and of course, Tandy always found herself running when confronted with trouble and I loved how the two of them were able to spot those issues and support one another in breaking their respective cycles of dysfunction and that in many ways, the secrets of their powers and their ability to connect on a deeper level, was likely the cure to their core problem of feeling lost in this world and at along last…it would seem this duo are about to finally talk and figure some important things out.
 
However, while this was fascinating to watch and brilliant in its own right, at some point, a grander plot needs to reveal itself and it would seem the genesis of what that is going to be came about in this tale. Because the dirty cop that murdered Tyrone’s brother, seems to have his hands in a great many things, to the point where he’s able to make charges and problems disappear and I’m wondering now, exactly who he is working with and why he’s suddenly so interested in Tandy’s affairs. But while we will have to wait a bit to learn more about that, in the here and the now, we are only three episodes in and I am loving this series through and through. It’s just so refreshing and everything about this particular tale kept my attention and I cannot wait to see what the next episode has in store for us when it airs later tonight…  

---