The barbarians are at the gate
The fuse was lit.
There were missing explosives and visions of a potentially dangerous Airstream trailer positioned on the bridge into Jarden.
Meg is a warped zealot, intent to corrupt [the towns] exceptional qualities.
Credit: Van Redin
Tommy didnt seem too bothered by his proximity to evil no girlfriend is perfect, amirite?
But now we know that Evie and the girls arent young innocents who disappear into the night.
Evie gives her adoring father his wrapped birthday gift with the instruction not to open it until she returns.
She piles into her friends car with the radio jamming.
But as soon as theyre out of sight of her parents, the mood inside the car turns somber.
Evie shuts off the radio, and the driver sheds a tear and muffles a sob.
Theyre nearing the point of no return.
Evie wipes the girls tear away and corrects her in formal handwritten GR-ese: Dont.
The word psychopath comes to mind.
When the girls arrive at the reservoir, they find theyre not alone.
Kevin has already claimed one end to play Marco Polo with a cinder block.
The timing of their awkward late-night encounter seems slightly confusing.
After all, Kevin and Nora were not even home yet when the girls took off from the Murphys.
Hes been dead for eight hours, and hes very, very thirsty.
Patti is truly gone.
Virgil was correct, and his superstitious hocus-pocus worked.
Perhaps thats what he truly deserved…at least in this life.
Michael wonders if Kevin saw Evie at the Hotel Limbo, and his question triggers another memory.
His morning brew is more Irish than coffee hes drinking again.
Why would she do that?
Because you wouldnt let it go, Erika answers.
Id love to tell you I understand the whole cricket in a box.
Could it have something to do with the crime that sent him to jail for six-plus years?
That doesnt seem contemptuous enough for Evie, so Im not convinced.
Shes sweet, isnt she?
He grabs his gun and bangs on the Garveys door.
Laurie answers, and Jill joins her to explain that Kevin isnt around.
Print matched, says Kevin, who walks up behind John and the park rangers, along with Michael.
John is fired up, but Kevin is calm and reasonable.
Michael walks home without saying a word to Jill.
Erika greets him at the door, and he explains he was withherfather.
Nora is not having a good day.
Lily is crying, and Mary needs to be fed.
Nora seems to disagree, and she slams the boombox onto the floor: Fixthat, Jesus.
Cue the godly church music!
A miracle in Miracle!
And…more importantly, Matt Jamison is not a sick bastard who raped his comatose wife.
Never doubted you for a sec, Reverend.
NEXT: Whats in the trailer?
Nora rolls Mary to Camp Cuckoo to reunite with Matt, who cant believe it.
Of course I remember [having sex], she tells Matt.
Thats not your baby.
Tommy sees her, also.
He might only sorta recognize Nora, but he must know Lily.
Its interesting that Tommy has made it this far.
Tommy literally broke into the trailer and saw what was inside, but hes received a free pass.
But evil-cuddling will have to wait because theres a terrorist act to set off.
The parks security seems awfully insufficient.
There are literally thousands of desperate people outside the gates, wailing to get into this oasis.
The trailer doors open, and Evie and the girls walk out.
The clock is set for 60 minutes, and the crowd starts to chant, Blow it up.
Meanwhile, John and Kevin are having their man-to-man at the dog pound.
We already know that John doesnt believe in miracles.
John aint buying it: Prove it!
The old man told me what he did to you, says Kevin.
No one should ever have to
Thats a lie.
He didnt do nothing to me.
You dont know s.
I know you dont think it can happen here, John, but it did.
Youre right, Kevin; that cant happen here.
But I need you to explain this.
Over at the church, Michael interrupts the service to confess something.
Well, its not as cute as we thought.
Im the one who turned the water on, Michael tells the congregation.
She was crying because we didnt know why our father was gone or why he did what he did.
Nobody disappeared from here on Oct. 14 four years ago, but they did before…and after.
We are the 9,261…but we are NOT spared.
Had Virgil molested one or both of his grandchildren… Could it have been Evie?
Or…could it have been Erika?
John shoots Kevin in the chest and leaves him for dead.
Erika storms the bridge and tries to embrace her daughter.
But Evie refuses to engage and wont even make eye contact with her mother.
Erika vows not to leave, vows to blow up with the trailer if Evie wont budge.
But the trailer is empty.
There are no explosives after all.
Why are you doing this?
Evie scribbles back, You understand.
Had Virgil transgressed the laws of man with Evie?
Is it conceivable that Virgil is the twins grandfatherandfather?
If either is true, it helps explain both Evie and Johns behavior.
The celebration of Miracle is an affront to their knowledge of the sins that occurred there.
For Evie, thats caused her to actively undermine its heralded Holy Land status.
There are a lot of them.
Matt may have been living among them for a long time during his otherwise recuperative exile.
Matt sees an opportunity, though, and he gets Mary rolling toward the bridge.
A panicked Nora tries to catch up, but she cant.
Nora dives to protect her and gets trampled herself.
But Tommy rescues them both.
Once again, he saves Waynes child, and he shelters them inside the trailer until the herd passes.
The International Assassin road music only confirms it.
He puts on his old uniform, just as hes called down to the lobby to quell a disturbance.
You pushed a little girl into a well; you dont want to sing?
When he wakes up, hes back at the pound.
The bullet passed through his gut, but hes bleeding profusely.
Outside, the Welcome to Jarden sign is in flames, and the entire town is a hellish landscape.
People are having sex in the street like dogs.
The town square is a Mardi Gras of the Damned.
Only Pillar Man is still standing.
The GR has taken over the Visitors Center, and Meg asks Kevin what hes doing here.
I live here now, he answers.
I killed you, John says in disbelief.
The Pixies song gets another callback.
The men walk home arm in arm.
What if theres nobody home?
asks John as they stand in front of their houses.
Then you come over to my house, answers Kevin.
A neighborly wave from the porch.
Another earthquake (that I hope crushed the Visitors Center).
And Kevin walks into his house to see everyone that he loves.
Kevin was right: If anyone deserved this, it was him.
Youre home, says Nora.
Is Patti officially gone for good, and what does dying two times do to a man?
Is that where the show is headed, or could a season 3 stay in Jarden for another year?
The Leftoverswas the rare treat that got better in its second season.
