Wayward Pines - Betrayal

Big bada Boom!

Ethan Burke is in a bind, unable to make the truth about Wayward Pines public for fear of starting a panic. He does confide in his wife, however, who immediately assumes he has been brainwashed, which is actually reasonable enough given that he was ranting about surveillance and control and then suddenly is all 'it's 4028 so let's go along with it.' He also begins investigating the insurgents, and achieves in hours what Pilcher's entire team couldn't crack in years. Deducing that Kate is the ringleader, he tries to tell her the truth, but she also disbelieves him and thinks he's drunk the kool aid. Even when he stops the first attack on the fence, she won't roll on the rest of the group, and he realises that there is a second bomb.

I can not think of a more effective passion killer than teacher-
approved sexual pairings, except perhaps you parents giving
you a pack of condoms and a roguish wink on your way out.

Meanwhile, Ben Burke and his assigned special friend Amy are called up in front of the class during sex ed and basically presented as the ideal Wayward Pines couple who should not feel reticent in asking for a hall pass to boff like weasels in the toilets, because damn the teacher is keen for these kids to breed. This makes sense - Wayward lost almost a townful of survivors in the first panic so its numbers must be wobbly, and like the First Generation, any subsequent children can be raised Pines instead of living the lie of the 21st century - but is still creepy as all get out. It's not that the sex ed class is encouraging them to reproduce so much as how into it the Mrs F seems. She urges Amy to move forward with Ben and the two of them sneak out and hide on the delivery van... which then explodes.

My main takeaways from this episode are:

1. Pilcher's volunteers are useless assholes (I think it was supposed to be 'Ethan is awesome'.)
2. To Theresa, subtle is something that happens to other people.
   Theresa: I thought I'd check out that vacant lot.
   Big Mike: Don't check out the vacant lot.
   Theresa: I checked out the vacant lot.
   Big Mike: I said don't do that!
   Theresa: There's some sort of hatch there.
   Big Mike: How are you not understanding that I don't care and want you not to care?
3. Wayward Pines kids have a way different relationship with their teacher than ordinary kids; possibly that's the whole 'secret cult' thing.