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Recap / Sense8 S2E10 "If All the World's a Stage, Identity Is Nothing But a Costume"

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"Art, like life, is full of risks, and that's beautiful."
Hernando

Will is grieving the loss of his father and relapses to heroin use. Kala formulates her own blockers. She discusses with Wolfgang about revealing to Rajan the truth and then meeting in person. Sun successfully makes cocktails with the help of Lito, managing to not blow her cover, and Lito successfully wins the audition, thanks to Sun expressing her emotions. Lito starts to socialize with the Hollywood elite and meets his co-star in the upcoming movie. Capheus delivers his first speech as a candidate to an enormous crowd. At first it goes well, but eventually violent agitators arrive and riots break out. One of his security officers tries to assassinate him. Will, Sun and Githu, the leader of the gang whom Capheus once crossed in his work for Kabaka, help him escape. Githu helps Capheus despite working for Mandiba, explaining he does not believe in Mandiba and his plans for Kibera. Will connects with Capheus and swears to never take drugs again, as he nearly was too late. Upon arrival at home, Capheus is reassured of his motives from his mother and friends. Sun spots Joong-Ki at the gala, and the cluster agree to help her take him down.


Tropes present in this episode:

  • As Himself: Marc Jacobs as himself at Lito's party.
  • Ass Shove: Kit claims to have done this with his Oscar, and likes to bring up the fact with very little prompting.
  • Beach Kiss: Lito and Hernando re-enact the famous kiss from From Here to Eternity after Kit's party.
  • Heroic Self-Deprecation: Lito struggles with impostor syndrome in this episode, feeling that he's a fraud after finding himself at the cusp of a career gamechanger. Hernando helps him out of it.
  • Team Hand-Stack: The cluster performs one over Sun's closed fist in preparation for the gala.
  • Title Drop: At the cast and crew before-party for Lito's Hollywood movie debut, the costume designer says these words as he strips Lito down to design the costume.
  • The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Githu saves Capheus from assassination because, as he puts it, their rivalry should not end with a shitty political assassination.

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