He at least has Quayle Prime, whom he feels is “ more human” than his Other in the Alpha world. He’s been beaten and broken and he’s relatively alone, in the midst of all the men his Other’s put in prison. In the Echo facility, the original Howard’s having a tough time. Where could he be? The original Lambert’s taken to the same place Baldwin (Sara Serraiocco), tied up, and prepared for a hand-off along with the assassin. They’ve managed to snatch Lambert up off the street, dosing him with fentanyl, while Clare slips into his little “ crash pad.” But she also has no idea about Lambert Prime, either.

Lambert’s got no idea her husband Peter Quayle (Harry Lloyd) is nearby, the married couple working together tenuously with Howard Prime pulling strings on his end, too. Elsewhere, Clare (Nazanin Boniadi) meets with Claude Lambert (Guy Burnet), having a slightly antagonistic chat full of “ innuendo” and worry about what might happen to them both if they’re exposed. Simmons) continues playing the dutiful husband at home for her while doing whatever needs doing at work. In the Alpha world, the first Emily’s trying to regain her total brain function, and Howard Prime (J.K. She comes to the place where she and her mother stayed on one of their weekends, where the man who owns the place, Phong (Ozzie Yue), remembers her as Belinda- the name she made up with mom. Emily Prime (Olivia Williams) is driving into the woods somewhere on a lonely road. “ Only lie a little,” her mother gives her as advice, “ If you lie a lot, people can see through it.” Skip ahead to today, on the other side in the Prime world. She was off on a weekend adventure with mom. Go back to 1984, when Emily was a young lady. What’s she planning, exactly? Hard to tell with her, given the terrorist violence she’s known for following the Indigo attack on the Office of Interchange. She walks along the fence until a guard confronts her. Mira (Christiane Paul) has arrived at a facility that looks long out of use, only the fence is electrified and signs warn not to enter.

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