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* AdultFear:
** Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it. Reed has to watch, too, keeping his wife from acting rashly because he knows they can't do anything to help.
** Invoked by Esme deliberately when she makes Polaris have a nightmare about her baby being in Sentinel Services' clutches in order to motivate her.

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* AdultFear:
** Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it. Reed has to watch, too, keeping his wife from acting rashly because he knows they can't do anything to help.
** Invoked by Esme deliberately when she makes Polaris have a nightmare about her baby being in Sentinel Services' clutches in order to motivate her.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''RECAP:'''\\
[[Recap/TheGifted2017 Index]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E1Exposed 1]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E2RX 2]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E3Exodus 3]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E4ExitStrategy 4]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E5BoxedIn 5]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E6GotYourSix 6]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E7ExtremeMeasures 7]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E8ThreatOfExtinction 8]] | '''9''' | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E10Exploited 10]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E113X1 11]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E12Extraction 12]] | [[Recap/TheGiftedS1E13Xroads 13]]]]-]]]
'''Season 1, Episode 09:'''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What we're doing here, it's a parent's worst nightmare."'']]
->Written by Brad Marques\\
Directed by Liz Friedlander

->''"We are the last hope those prisoners have. You saw what they did to your friend. We sit on our hands, and that happens to more people."''
-->-- '''Esme Frost'''



-->'''Reed:''' There's nothing we can do. It's over.



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->''"Get on your knees, now."''
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Polaris roughing up the security guard for the power station had him take a sick day the next day. This tipped Jace into knowing the power station was going to be a target, allowing him to capture the Clarice, Sonia, and the Strucker siblings.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Polaris roughing up the security guard for the power station had him take a sick day the next day. This tipped Jace into knowing the power station was going to be a target, allowing him to capture the Clarice, Sonia, and the Strucker siblings.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Polaris roughing up the security guard for the power station had him take a sick day the next day. This tipped Jace into knowing the Power station was going to be a target, allowing him to capture the Clarice, Sonia, and the Strucker siblings.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Polaris roughing up the security guard for the power station had him take a sick day the next day. This tipped Jace into knowing the Power power station was going to be a target, allowing him to capture the Clarice, Sonia, and the Strucker siblings.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Polaris roughing up the security guard for the power station had him take a sick day the next day. This tipped Jace into knowing the Power station was going to be a target, allowing him to capture the Clarice, Sonia, and the Strucker siblings.

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* AdultFear: Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it. Reed has to watch, too, keeping his wife from acting rashly because he knows they can't do anything to help.

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* AdultFear: AdultFear:
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Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it. Reed has to watch, too, keeping his wife from acting rashly because he knows they can't do anything to help.



* MyGreatestFailure: John still bets himself up over leaving Gus behind.

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* MyGreatestFailure: John is still bets beating himself up over leaving Gus behind.behind. Marcos assures him that they're all accountable for that mistake and he shouldn't shoulder it himself.



* PersonOfMassDestruction: While Andy was already one before, both he and Lauren become this to an even greater extent when holding hands. They could have easily brought the entire compound down.

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* PersonOfMassDestruction: While Andy was already one before, both he and Lauren become this to an even greater extent when holding hands. They could have easily brought the entire compound down.down and destroyed the power substation on their own.



* SwappedRoles: Usually, Andy is the one making rash descisions and being pretty reckless with his powers. At the end of the episode however, Andy is stopping Lauren from destroying the Power Station as it would cost many lives.

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* SwappedRoles: Usually, Andy is the one making rash descisions decisions and being pretty reckless with his powers. At the end of the episode episode, however, Andy is stopping stops Lauren from destroying the Power Station as using their combined powers because it would cost many lives.destroy the power substation and everyone inside along with it.
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* LeeroyJenkins: Esme's rashness causes the mission to ''badly'' fail.

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* LeeroyJenkins: Esme's rashness causes the mission to ''badly'' fail.fail ''badly''.
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* LeeroyJenkins: Esme's rashness causes the mission to ''badly'' fail.


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* MyGreatestFailure: John still bets himself up over leaving Gus behind.


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* OhCrap: Andy's reaction when he sees that the Sentinels aren't effected by his powers anymore.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: While Andy was already one before, both he and Lauren become this to an even greater extent when holding hands. They could have easily brought the entire compound down.
* PowerHigh: Both Andy and Lauren are pretty scared after holding hands, as they both have a urge to do it again just to feel the massive power.


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* SwappedRoles: Usually, Andy is the one making rash descisions and being pretty reckless with his powers. At the end of the episode however, Andy is stopping Lauren from destroying the Power Station as it would cost many lives.
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** Invoked by Esme when she makes Polaris have a nightmare about her baby being in Sentinel Services' clutches in order to motivate her.

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** Invoked by Esme deliberately when she makes Polaris have a nightmare about her baby being in Sentinel Services' clutches in order to motivate her.
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** Invoked by Esme when she makes Polaris have a nightmare about her baby being in Sentinel Services' clutches in order to motivate her.
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* AdultFear: Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it.

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* AdultFear: Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it. Reed has to watch, too, keeping his wife from acting rashly because he knows they can't do anything to help.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Esme uses her telepathic powers to give Polaris a nightmare in which her friends annd her newborn child are captured by Sentinel Services to influence her into agreeing with the attack.

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* ManipulativeBastard: Esme uses her telepathic powers to give Polaris a nightmare in which her friends annd and her newborn child are captured by Sentinel Services to influence her into agreeing with the attack.

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* DownerEnding: The mission to rescue the mutants from Trask Industries is an abject failure. Not only do they fail to get into the lab, Dreamer, Blink, and the Strucker children are captured trying to disable the power substation.

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*AdultFear: Caitlin watches as her children are captured by Sentinel Services, powerless to do anything about it.
* DownerEnding: The mission to rescue the mutants from Trask Industries is an abject failure. Not only do they fail to get into the lab, Dreamer, Blink, Dreamer and the Strucker children siblings are captured trying to disable the power substation.substation.
*IncestSubtext: Between the Strucker siblings as they discuss how they felt when holding hands.


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*ManipulativeBastard: Esme uses her telepathic powers to give Polaris a nightmare in which her friends annd her newborn child are captured by Sentinel Services to influence her into agreeing with the attack.
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* MythologyGag: The Fenris Twins were a part of the Hellfire Club, a well-known organization X-Fans will know for their role in Jean's descent into madness and becoming Dark Phoenix.
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* DownerEnding: The mission to rescue the mutants from Trask Industries is an abject failure. Not only do they fail to get into the lab, Dreamer, Blink, and the Strucker children are captured trying to disable the power substation.


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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Andy tries to tear apart a Sentinel Services drone like he did last time, but they've since upgraded the drones and the one he tries it on takes refuge behind a pipe to avoid his attack.
* ProperlyParanoid: Jace is absolutely sure that the Underground will move on Trask Industries next, even though they shouldn't know how to find it. He looks for every discrepancy and manages to uncover their plan, stopping it in its tracks.
* WonderTwinPowers: By holding hands, Andy and Lauren gain the power to vaporize anything around them. They never test it, but could have brought down the Mutant Underground headquarters and an entire power substation (from the basement).
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The Underground plans to rescue their fellow mutants from Trask Industries.
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* InternalReveal: Reed tells his family what he learned from his father.
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