Siege
Nina asks Bode how Dodge’s body ended up under his bed. Bode throws some blatant lies about the Timeshift Key. Nina seems to buy it. However, she remains suspicious over how her son ended up with a dead body under his bed.
Kinsey and Tyler speak to one another about Tyler’s memories. Kinsey admits that she needs to understand and embrace the pain that Tyler is feeling, in order to work through it.
Kinsey and Tyler meet Nina, a woman who tells them that her brother Bode is acting strange and there’s something off with him. Even worse, there appears to be something up with the grandfather clock. The sand is still slipping away, so they contact Duncan and ask him for help instead. Unfortunately, they can’t get through.
Rufus comes clean to Ellie about what’s going on with Bode, including how he knows things about Dodge that he shouldn’t tell her. Ellie tries ringing Nina but Bode gets to the phone first and switches it off before his cover is blown.
Back upstairs, Tyler checks Dodge’s body and realizes she’s not rotting. Deducing that this is similar to the Ghost Key, he finally understands that Bode is not himself anymore. Well done, guys! ..
The Locke’s eventually capture Bode/Dodge, who tells them all they need to work together. He needs the Alpha Key to stop Gideon, who’s about to break down the barriers between worlds. Given Gideon has the Plant Key too, he blocks off the doors outside with thick vines. True to his promise earlier in the episode, Gideon is ready to start his assault.
Despite everyone working together, the entire plan goes wrong when Gideon and his cronies systematically grab each of the keys across the house.
Gideon uses the Angel Key to knock out Bode and then shoot him down. After saving himself, Dodge points out that all of the keys are in the basement. Kinsey, Nina, and Tyler also reveal this too, agreeing to cooperate. Gideon senses a trap and decides to let Bode go only after opening the chest.
Kinsey receives a voicemail from Duncan, who tells her that the hourglass is a fail-safe. Anything brought into our time that isn’t supposed to be there disappears when the sand runs out, as if it was never there before. ..
The article discusses the possibility that the memories of people in different timelines may be wiped if they are possessed by Gideon. It is unclear if this is true for everyone or just for Bode. However, if Bode was never in this timeline possessed by Gideon then wouldn’t that mean everything up to this point would reverse and go back to that pivotal moment by the grandfather clock when Bode jumped back in time?
Back in Locke House, Gideon gets his hands on every key and prepares to open the portal. As the ground starts to swirl and open, the Locke’s rush away from the house. ..
The Episode Review
Gideon’s final conflict is sure to produce a lot of drama, but could it also backfire and lead to his downfall?
That seems to be my line of thinking at this point, but the time travel rules have been hazy in this season, at best. Our characters do also finally realize that Bode is actually Dodge but not before Dodge has to spell it out and tell them.
It’s been a long journey to see our characters catch up at this point, with our protagonists dumbfounded and wondering what’s going on with the kid. I mean, if Rufus could figure it out, why can’t the others?
In the final three episodes of “Tyler and the Family” we see all of Tyler’s family in trouble as Gideon’s plan goes wrong. With Tyler back and the family in precarious waters, everything is left wide open for the final 3 episodes.
