Dania and Nora’s reaction to Janine and Avi’s meeting with Benjamin Lafferty is ambiguous. Nora seems to think that Dania might have suggested Benjamin run away from the house, while Dania seems to think that Benjamin might have mentioned a date with one of the most popular girls in the school, Hailey Towsend. It is not clear what Dania’s motive for suggesting that Benjamin run away was.
Hailey confirms that the two were going to go on a movie date, but she was only doing it to make her boyfriend Billy jealous. Zach’s new poem about a boy running away from home and his parents evokes shocking responses from the class. Michael too is taken aback by his riveting material and compliments him for the work. Leonard feels Nora is attracted to the detective. But she claims that it is his paranoia speaking. There is nothing going on between the two, even if they are drawn to each other considering the circumstances.
Nora tries to brainwash her against Avi, saying he suspects them of being involved. Leonard cries and storms out of the room, saying “I am done lying to everyone about this”. Zach and Dania try salsa classes and it takes the strain off their relationship. Earl confronts Billy about threatening Vincent but he writes the possibility off.
Janine reveals to Avi that she and Vincent were not just French class pals. They were sexting each other but Vincent seemed uninterested. They find other intriguing texts from unknown numbers, including a burner phone. One of them is from his sister Olivia, saying “she’d rather he died”. Olivia plays it cool when the detectives question her about it. “Sibling love”, she says.
Janine confirms the suspicion is off Hailey and Billy. Avi sees something in the window of a shop selling luggage and rushes to the Conte house. When he sees the cupboard once again, he does not find the larger suitcase that the parents bought in a combo with the smaller one, as he saw in the shop’s window. He implores Nora to think harder and she breaks down in his arms. Leonard misinterprets this as an affair and Kathleen says she is compelled to take Avi off the case.
He insists to remain on the case, feeling he owes it to Vincent. Nora meets him outside the house and apologizes for Leonard. Nora wants Vincent to remain on the case as she trusts him. Even if he is taken off officially, she beseeched him to continue to look for Vincent. Earl meets with Jon but the former teacher takes it as an attempt to intimidate him and “put bad thoughts into his head”.
John seems harmless for now but Earl feels he knows something. Janine proposes the idea that Nora knows in her heart if Vincent is still alive or not and she might be hinting towards one or the other with her body language.
Dania is scared when she sees the new work from Zach. She is shocked at how much insight Zach has into Vincent’s state of mind and the fact that he is using the letters he wrote in his personal space for Zach’s material. She suspects Zach’s involvement and washes her hands off any responsibility he might incur.
The Episode Review
In episode 2, Vincent’s disappearance is gradually beginning to uncover some dark secrets that his neighbors and family harbored. The banality of ordinary life hid them well but they could not be held back for too long.
Jeff Wilbusch stars as Avi, a young man with a scientific mind who is in a relationship with Janine (played by Katheryn Winnick). The show seems to be on the right track, but there are some bumps in the road. In episode 2, we saw the development of their relationship away from a romantic space to a teacher-pupil dynamic.
The Millers seem to be the wrong choice for this dynamic. For some reason, I felt that the performers were not able to effectively convey the emotional power of Dania and Zach. Despite their evident talent, the characters seem to lack a strong presence in the story, and that is hurting it badly. ..
Episode 2 of “The Walking Dead” was a bit of a letdown compared to the first episode, but it’s still an important part of the show’s development.
