"Sense8" Recap: "Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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It's been a long and sometimes frustrating road when it comes to Sense8. For all of its amazing potential, this first season has seen its share of stumbling blocks that have left me frustrated at times, and even at the end of episode ten, I still found myself dying for the Sensates to fulfill their potential and become something more and wonderful. 

Well it turns out my patience has finally been rewarded because the eleventh episode of the series, "Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes" was one filled to the brim with the right mix of action, adventure, character development and of course...a purpose for the Sensates at last and a grand setup for what appears to be a big time season finale. So let's get right into breaking down this wonderful episode. 

When it came to character development this go round, much of it focused on Kala and Sun, as they continued their respective journeys. After all Kala has big decisions to make about her future marriage and Sun...well Sun unfortunately came to learn from her idiot brother that her father passed away shortly before finally revealing the truth about the embezzlement his son committed. Granted it looks like Sun's brother killed dear old dad to keep his sorry ass out of prison and Sun's journey toward the dark side was completed when she beat the tar out of him for killing their dad. I mean really, she's had the ugliest journey so far of all the Sensates and her words to Kala at the end of the episode speak to how hardened she has become. 

But the action and adventure kicked off courtesy of Capheus' story, as he brought Silas' daughter to a safe place with his business partner before confronting the gang that told him to give them the girl or see his mother perish. Displeased with the fact they didn't get the girl, Githu revealed that he had captured Silas in the hopes of killing his daughter in front of him and demanded that Capheus kill Silas as retribution and to settle their debt. But Capheus would not do such a thing, channeling Sun's fury one more time and even bringing Will in on the fun to become Van Damme one more time and save the day. 
But perhaps the most troubling storyline of the episode was that of Riley's and the danger she is in. Indeed the clock is ticking and despite Nomi's best efforts to keep Riley a secret, Jonas returns to warn them that Whispers knows about her and well...he's planning to meet Will in Iceland.  

So man, this is the first episode that I was on the edge of my seat the entire way through. It was one incredible moment after another and while it's clear now that Whispers grand plan is to find every Sensate he can to lobotomize or murder, what's not clear is if Jonas is truly helping the mad man...or the cluster he helped give birth to. Either way, this is what I was waiting for. So many characters featured in this episode were bold, brazen and heroes at last. Not to mention they finally used their powers the right way, working together in seamless fashion and it truly made for one fine episode. Now onto the season finale and the race to save Riley. Until next time. 

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