The sensates reunite to celebrate their birthdays
Can you believe its been more than ayearsinceSense8last graced our collective screens?
Of course, this beingSense8, its at once a whole lot of information and nothing at all.
In other words, its perfectlySense8-ional.
Credit: Murray Close
So, lets begin.
before calling it porn.
Ever the consummate professional, Hernando turns this into a teaching moment.
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He ends the lecture declaring, Art is love made public.
(And I drop the mic hes not holding for him.)
As it happens, all they feared has come true.
When they arrive home, they cant stand to get out of the car because of the paparazzi.
But Lito declares hes tired of hiding who he is.
To which his lawyer points out, The audience is not legally entitled to the truth.
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For Christmas, they decide to go visit Litos mom, whom hestillhasnt talked to about recent events.
He, Hernando, and Dani enter with trepidation.
With that out of the way, they eat and get to know each other.
However, it would seem his surveillance skills are not up to par.
It should feel a bit much, but its actually quite sweet given the circumstances.
Luckily, their friend sends them a signal allowing them to hide behind a chest of drawers.
Its not like theyre beingtoocareful.)
As a last-ditch effort, they go visit Nomis friend, Bug.
While there, Nomi updates a visiting Sun about what her brothers been saying in the news.
Capheus says, Faces change.
But not the heart.
(Note: Toby Onwumere may be playing the role now, but Capheus is still the same.)
Jela may not get it, but he goes along with it.
Unfortunately, the bus is less than cooperative as it goes up in flames.
(More like just damn, now.)
Capheus says its too much, but Mr. Silas insists its the least he can do.
Capheus points out it would be a way to smuggle drugs, but his mother hushes him.
Silas then asks if a man can change.
Later, Capheus celebrates Christmas with his mother as they watchIts A Wonderful Life.
This allows us to see different sides to the characters as they show off their commonalities and differences.
She later gets visited by a lawyer again, only its a bunch of guys in suits.
Its enough to make Capheus say, VanDamn!
Unfortunately, that doesnt answer the question of who sent these goons.
Later, Will realizes he can visit Whispers back and sees him with his daughter.
His cluster is since dead, Jonas explains, but Whispers still talks to them in his sleep.
Therefore, a bit of her consciousness exists in all of them.
However, he also notes they werent her first cluster.
Unfortunately, Whispers eventually finds and visits Will.
Thats when Whispers threatens Wills dad and mentions how Riley reminds him of Angelica.
Back in the real world, Riley is administering some heroin to help Will escape.
(At this point I, like Will, have also lost all sense of time.)
It turns out government agents inquiring about Will have been saying stuff about him.
I wonder if itsQuantico-related.
In any case, his dad gets upset and asks him to come home.
And he really should have gone.
Wolfgang
Felix is still in the hospital, with Wolfgang visiting and talking to him regularly.
He tells him hes messed up something good.
This keeps happening, of course.
Like on their shared birthday, Wolfgang sees Kala dancing with Rajan.
But TV doesnt work like that, so we must suffer through this some more.
Wolfgang uses a dating app and hooks up with a girl, which Kala happens to walk in on.
However, Wolfies dealing with some non-heartbreak-related stuff as well.
Wolfgang turns it down and leaves.
Back at the hospital, Felix wakes up.
He and Wolfgang return to the store before going out to grab a drink.
So, Wolfie does the obvious thing andsummersaults inlike a badass.
There, hes greeted by Volker Bhom one of the territory bosses and his bodyguard.
Later, when Wolfgang is silently drinking by himself, Kala shows up having never seen snow.
He tells her theyre perfect for each other.
(I agree vehemently.)
Sadly, she thinks theyve changed.
(I take out my charts and graphs illustrating otherwise.)
But Wolfgang asks, what if he doesnt want to?
They almost kiss but have a snowball fight instead, which is interrupted when Felix brings over some girls.
He tells Wolfgang to hide, but Wolfgang doesnt believe him.
A little while later, Fischer is shot by Volkers men and Felix and Wolfgang are forced to hide.
He tells his cousin to leave, but Felix refuses.
They split up, with Wolfgang hiding behind some cars, but eventually hes pinned.
Thats when Sun shows up and helpshimkick some butt this time.
Its stressing him out enough to talk toher motherabout it.
But Kala gets mad, pointing out, We may be married, but my body is mine.
Rajan apologizes, but shes a little distracted byWolfgangs presence.
Shes also a little stressed; shes still a virgin and shes nervous about this being her first time.
Her anxiety sees her visit Sun (a running theme in the special).
Its not something to be afraid of.
Its something to honor, to enjoy.
After a day of shopping, Kala comes back to their European villa to find their bags packed.
Rajan says he was so blind by his wanting her, he didnt realize she didnt want him back.
He suggests its not too late for a divorce.
Ive never loved him more than in this moment.
But Kala has other plans.
She tells him they shouldnt make any hasty decisions and kisses him.
I just sit there, shaking my head.
Shes also over in Germany, regarding Wolfgang post-fight.
Like in the case of Kala and Sun, or even Nomi and Lito.
(As the show loves reminding us.)
Of course, it wouldnt beSense8if there werent an eight-person orgy.
And even in a two-hour Christmas special, it managed to fit it in.
Thankfully, we will be getting more answers when the show returns for afull second season in May.
