“Second Opinion” is episode five of season two of Continuum.
In the previous episode, “Second Skin”, Kiera found another person who came from the future at the same time she did – her partner. However, said partner didn’t arrive in the past at the same time, but 37 years earlier than she did, and has now died. This does suggest, along with Jason, that there may be others from the future, perhaps scattered across a swath of history. Both parts of Liber8 are definitely operating separately (at the moment anyway) although they do still have the same aims. Just different methods, and different supporters.
This episode opens in the future, with Kiera at her son, Sam’s, birthday party. Sam is upset because his father isn’t at his party; he is working and can’t make it back in time. Kiera does have a gift from her husband; by the looks of it, the same animated toy soldiers that Sam gave her one of in “A Stitch in Time” and which Kiera took into the past with her.
In the present, Kiera is looking at that same toy soldier – it’s Sam’s birthday (which is making her a bit erratic, as she’s upset) – and she’s trying to find Escher, who runs Piron. She’s struggling with 2013’s ‘primitive database’ and asks for Alec’s help. He hasn’t been able to find out much, because Piron is privately held and Escher is really not visible. In the future, Piron is one of the top 20 corporations – and therefore one of the companies that runs the era. They had been mentioned before. She and Carlos are also trying to get close to the gangs that Travis is now in control of to get information.
Kellog is still gently pressuring Alec regarding the proposed business association he proposed in “Split Second”. Kellog shows him the new facility, and Alec agrees. For a 51% share and final say over everything. Sadtech looks to be up and running.
Betty has found a potential suspect for leaking information that led to Travis’ escape in “Split Second”, but Inspector Dillon (Brian Markinson) isn’t taking it quite seriously. Dillon has his own problems, as Internal Affairs arrive on the scene and get rid of him, putting a new inspector in charge. Who starts looking into everyone, expect Carlos, starting with Kiera. She offers to help Dillon. She also thinks that they need to look more deeply into a potential mole. Which is what IA is doing – with Gardiner’s presence.
Kiera’s official record is a bit sparse in some respects – and only electronic in nature. No-one seems to know if Section Six – Kiera’s organisation – really exists. Kiera is already a bit fragile and assaults Gardiner when he pushes her and takes the soldier. This causes more problems, when Kiera sees someone no-one else can see. This is Mr. Fairweather (played by Alessandro Juliani, who plays Sinclair in The 100), and he’s a cognitive therapist programme that is going to do her psych review, and has taken her systems offline. This is not a convenient time for her to be without her tech and with what appears to be an imaginary person she can’t really talk to without looking a bit crazy. Mr. Fairweather wants to delete any memories causing her distress. Which, given she is in the wrong time period, is all of them. So none of her systems will come back online until a programme that thinks she’s still in the future decides she’s fit for work.
Jason is following Alec, and offers him some information on the time travel device. Which looks more promising than his last version, seen in “Endtime”.
Not much from Liber8 this episode, as it concentrates on the IA investigation.