Episode 2 opens with a flashback to 1200 AD in Alabama. We see the indigenous people playing a game not too dissimilar from lacrosse for sport. During the game, Lowak (Morningstar Angeline), one of the members of the tribe, is struggling to help her team. Then, she sees a vision, she sees what we saw at the beginning of episode 1. Some sort of power activates within Lowak and it gives her great strength. She uses this strength to score and win the match for her team.
Back in the present day, Chula (Tantoo Cardinal), Maya and Bonnie’s grandmother, finds out that Maya is back in town. Meanwhile, Maya wants to continue with her plan to hit Fisk’s shipment. She gets aid from Biscuit, who serves as her getaway ride. As Maya makes her way onto the train, her prosthetic leg gets caught, as she attempts to wrestle her leg free, she sees a vision of Lowak from the beginning of the episode. This is followed by a vision of the beginning of their people from the opening of the series. The same strength that Lowak gained, Maya now gains, and it helps her free her leg. Maya plants a bomb inside of the train with the shipment, and Biscuit catches up with the train. Maya is then able to leap off of the train onto Biscuit’s truck, and they escape unscathed. Once the shipment arrives at Fisk’s warehouse, the bomb goes off, and Maya’s mission is successful.
Maya visits her grandfather, Skully, (Graham Greene) who runs a repair shop in town. She asks him to fix her prosthetic leg. This part of the episode allows us to see a more human side of Maya. She shows her sense of humor with her grandfather, and Skully instantly becomes a fan favorite. The performances here are great and it’s refreshing to see that side of Maya. Maya begins to discuss her visions with Skully, and he suggests to her that she pay her grandmother a visit, since she knows more about the topic than he does. Skully also wants Maya to be a part of the family again, and he wants her and Chula to reconnect.
Bonnie finds out via Biscuit that Maya is back in town, Bonnie is visibly hurt by this piece of information, and she immediately texts Maya. The episode ends with Maya receiving Bonnie’s text as she’s visiting her childhood home. Maya lays eyes on the swing set she and Bonnie used to play on, and she shoots at it. While she does this, she sees those visions from earlier in the episode again, this time however, there is a face we’ve never seen before, perhaps setting up something to come.
This episode features another good action sequence, and some wholesome character work. While we don’t get the returning faces like we got in episode one with Kingpin and Daredevil, we do get more with original characters like Chula and Skully, and their dynamic with Maya. Mainly the relationship between Skully and Maya, which was such a high point for this episode, featuring great performances from Alaqua Cox and Graham Greene. Overall, episode 2 gives us good performances, good character work, and it also progresses the plot and story fairly well.
Overall Score: 7.5/10