Break out the celebratory Sour Patch Kids...it's time for the summer season finale! Wohoo! Here's my comprehensive coverage of the episode:
- You can tell it's summer season finale time when it takes about 5 minutes of "Previously on Kyle XY" clips to get us ready for the episode.
- Emily: so has she finally officially come over to the good side or was her letting Foss go really just a trick to get him to lead Madacorp to Kyle and Jessi? I'm on the fence on this one, but I think maybe she's a good guy now.
- Wow, if you put light behind Adam's ring, it projects a rather detailed map onto the wall. Dude, that guy had a lot of time on his hands...
- The ring-map leads Kyle and Jessi to a diner where the owner confuses them for Adam and the girl in the picture, who apparently used to hang out there and play "She Could Be You" on the jukebox. Was it just me, or did the diner owner seem a little young to have so totally succumbed to dementia?
- Kyle calls Declan who realizes that Foss must be outside listening in on the conversation, which is a very smart observation for Declan. Immediately thereafter, however, Declan does the thing where he lies to Lori to protect Kyle, which is so August 2006...
- Kyle finds an engraving on the table made by Adam and the mystery girl that indicates that A loves S. So now we know that mystery girl's name starts with an S. Guesses? Sara, Sydney, Scarlett, Sofia.... hmm, yep, Sofia sounds about right.
- Next Kyle and Jessi find a mysterious cabin out in the middle of nowhere. No one appears to be around, but they do find a secret room in the basement with a door that requires them to enter a song password to get in. Kyle calls Amanda to ask if she can find the tune to "She Could Be You" for him and she's offended to find out that he's with Jessi, saying, "You're calling me for help and you're out somewhere with her? That's completely inappropriate!" Ha ha. Is it? He wants her to look up a song--what does she think he's doing? I mean, if he, say, made out with Jessi, took a picture, and sent it to Amanda with his camera phone, that would be completely inappropriate. I don't know if asking her to look up a song melody falls into the same category. Anyhow, the scene where she plays him the song and he listens to it and misses her was a lovely moment for the most chaste teenage couple on ABC Family.
- Kyle opens the door, and, lo and behold, there is Adam. I had a feeling that Adam wouldn't be that easy to get rid of, seeing how smart he was. Adam's in a coma, and luckily, Kyle developed the (odd and, at the time, seemingly irrelevant) power to communicate with people in comas just a few weeks ago!
- Where was all the smoke in the secret room coming from? It was out of control.
- Jessi manages to hack into Kyle's mind while he's trying to communicate with Adam, so she now has the info Madacorp wanted her to get. She flips her lid and runs away and a bizarre slow-motion anti-fight ensues between her and Kyle. Kyle literally flying over her to get between her and the cliff was actually crazy cool! Nice use of special effects, ABC Studios.
- Jessi jumps off the cliff and somehow disappears into the dam/river below. I'm thinking the fall didn't kill her, bionic mess that she is.
My favorite part of this episode was that the Tragers finally wised up and decided to stop ignoring the fact that almost every week Kyle does something impossible. But they have some problems figuring out what's going on, because, let's face it, without the help of Kyle they're not the smartest family in the world. I loved how Nicole and Steven resorted to looking through Josh's "Kyle File." It was nice that Josh, who's the one who always wants Kyle to be wild and weird and freaky, was the one who stood up for him, reminding everyone that--no matter what's going on--Kyle is part of their family. That was a lovely stand for Josh to take. And, seriously, that kid is not nearly as annoying as he used to be.
This plot line also brought about the funniest lines of the night (both from Josh):
"This is like a Kyle convention. Kyle 101. A symposium on all things Kyle. KyleCon!"
and,
"He sleeps in a tub! Let's start with that."
So now we face the long wait until "early 2008" when we find out what's next for Kyle and friends. Perhaps Jessi will assume the role of a legitimate villain. It would be interesting for the two 'subjects' to end up using their powers on opposite sides of this battle. I'm also hoping that Amanda comes back from her semester at music school with purple hair, an all-black wardrobe, and an artsy (and preferably foreign) boyfriend. I like her and Kyle together, but an edgier Amanda would be hilarious.
Well, I'm going to miss Kyle and his adorable face. I suppose there will be plenty of new television to keep me occupied until 2008 when Kyle returns, but I look forward to having him back.
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