The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
10-09-17 | 09:02 AM
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The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
CAITLIN AND ECLIPSE TEAM UP TO TRY AND HELP BLINK ON AN ALL-NEW "THE GIFTED" MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, ON FOX
After exerting her powers beyond their limits, Blink (Jamie Chung, "Big Hero 6," "The Hangover Part II") goes into a state of shock, forcing Caitlin (Amy Acker, "Person of Interest") and Eclipse (Sean Teale, "Survivor") to go on a mission to find a special serum that will help her to recover. Meanwhile, Reed (Stephen Moyer, "True Blood," SHOTS FIRED) faces some difficult choices when it comes to helping his family, and Polaris (Emma Dumont, "Bunheads," "Aquarius") runs into some trouble in the all-new "rX" episode of THE GIFTED airing Monday, Oct. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GIF-102) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker; Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker; Sean Teale as Eclipse/Marcos Diaz; Jamie Chung as Blink/Clarice Fong aka Clarice Ferguson; Coby Bell as Jace Turner; Emma Dumont as Polaris/Lorna Dane; Blair Redford as Thunderbird/John Proudstar; Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker; Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker
Guest Cast: Joe Nenners as Agent Ed Weeks; Elena Satine as Dreamer; Sharon Gless as Ellen Strucker; Garret Dillahunt as Dr Roderick Campbell; Hayley Lovitt as Sage; Jermaine Rivers as Shatter; Chris Butler as Dr. Watkins, Dinarte DeFreitas as Pedro
After exerting her powers beyond their limits, Blink (Jamie Chung, "Big Hero 6," "The Hangover Part II") goes into a state of shock, forcing Caitlin (Amy Acker, "Person of Interest") and Eclipse (Sean Teale, "Survivor") to go on a mission to find a special serum that will help her to recover. Meanwhile, Reed (Stephen Moyer, "True Blood," SHOTS FIRED) faces some difficult choices when it comes to helping his family, and Polaris (Emma Dumont, "Bunheads," "Aquarius") runs into some trouble in the all-new "rX" episode of THE GIFTED airing Monday, Oct. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GIF-102) (TV-14 L, V)
Cast: Stephen Moyer as Reed Strucker; Amy Acker as Caitlin Strucker; Sean Teale as Eclipse/Marcos Diaz; Jamie Chung as Blink/Clarice Fong aka Clarice Ferguson; Coby Bell as Jace Turner; Emma Dumont as Polaris/Lorna Dane; Blair Redford as Thunderbird/John Proudstar; Natalie Alyn Lind as Lauren Strucker; Percy Hynes White as Andy Strucker
Guest Cast: Joe Nenners as Agent Ed Weeks; Elena Satine as Dreamer; Sharon Gless as Ellen Strucker; Garret Dillahunt as Dr Roderick Campbell; Hayley Lovitt as Sage; Jermaine Rivers as Shatter; Chris Butler as Dr. Watkins, Dinarte DeFreitas as Pedro
10-10-17 | 05:18 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E01) -- Series Premiere (X-Men Series) -- "eXposed" -- 10/2/17
Is Matt Nix planning to have every cast member from "Burn Notice" appear on this show? Not complaining but it does kind of make my brain mash up the two shows.
10-10-17 | 09:39 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
The portal stuff was neat. The truck getting cut in half was a cool effect. Enjoying the show 
10-10-17 | 09:55 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
I really like the use of color on the show. Reminds me of the 90s animated series.
10-11-17 | 12:10 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
I'm enjoying this a lot. The only real problem I have with it is that by downgrading the X-Men connection it feels more like the old Mutant X TV show or a syndicated show from the early 90's.
10-11-17 | 12:46 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E01) -- Series Premiere (X-Men Series) -- "eXposed" -- 10/2/17
10-11-17 | 12:49 PM
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10-11-17 | 01:28 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E01) -- Series Premiere (X-Men Series) -- "eXposed" -- 10/2/17
That's the one that really threw me. If she was chain-smoking during the questioning it would've been pretty much the exact same character on both shows.
Two weeks in and I'm already enjoying this more than the rest of the increasingly long list of superhero shows.
Two weeks in and I'm already enjoying this more than the rest of the increasingly long list of superhero shows.
10-12-17 | 06:30 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
Spoiler:
Plus we're going to get mutant hounds soon, I think.
10-12-17 | 11:06 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
I think the producers said it was officially unconnected with the movie and Legion universes, and the show's seem so stylistically different like you said that I can't see a crossover happening organically. Though you obviously have ties to the XMen and Brotherhood, it gives them some leeway I guess (not that the movies have a tight continuity anyway, but they did kind of paint themselves into a corner with stuff like Alex Summers being Xavier's age). Plus it allows stuff like New Mutants to have a different world view.
The Polaris hair reveal was pretty cool. They jump around the different plot lines and locales pretty seamlessly so far, though we'll converge soon enough.
The Polaris hair reveal was pretty cool. They jump around the different plot lines and locales pretty seamlessly so far, though we'll converge soon enough.
10-13-17 | 11:59 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
The first two episodes have been above my expectations. The show isn't really pandering to casual viewers and the writing has been crisp.
10-14-17 | 06:13 AM
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10-14-17 | 11:45 AM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
Good 2nd episode. I like the style of it. Plus there's been enough excitement and action to keep the hour moving. The portal sequences were cool.
Yeah they said in the Pilot episode the X-Men are MIA. I mentioned it in the last thread, but I think this takes place before Days of Future Past. Weren't the X-Men in hiding as well in that movie? The mutants were being hunted down like they were here.
So I think this is one of those timeline streams (as Nix mentioned) until things got re-written by the ending of DOFP.
Yeah they said in the Pilot episode the X-Men are MIA. I mentioned it in the last thread, but I think this takes place before Days of Future Past. Weren't the X-Men in hiding as well in that movie? The mutants were being hunted down like they were here.
So I think this is one of those timeline streams (as Nix mentioned) until things got re-written by the ending of DOFP.
10-14-17 | 12:57 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
Excellent - we're in for the ride. Quick Q - what did they say the daughter's power is - solid air? or something to do w pulling water from the air into solid forms? (Trying to recall what I read elsewhere ... )
10-14-17 | 08:46 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
She said she could manipulate air molecules, and she could do the same with water but it was much harder for her to do. I have no idea how that extrapolates to being able to close Blink's portals, though.
10-15-17 | 05:13 PM
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Re: The Gifted (S1E02) -- "rX" -- 10/9/17
The daughter's powers are very similar to how they first used Invisible Girl's invisible force fields back in the 1960s and 1970s.
10-16-17 | 02:07 PM
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