Before he exits the bunker, Link promises that he and his group will get in, and they’ll get Alex. “I will do everything in my power to protect her,” Sinatra replies, undercutting what she told him on the plane. “And I won’t let you, or anyone else, destroy what I’ve built.” Link takes great umbrage at her word choice, sneering that she stole and pillaged but didn’t “build” anything, and that she and her rich friends ruined the planet. Geiger calls to Link that they should go, but he uses the kid’s real name — Dylan — for the first time we’ve heard. Sinatra immediately looks as though she’s seen a ghost.
She asks his birthday, grabbing his arm to stop him; both of their entourages instantly pull guns. But he answers her that he was born on May 16, which you may remember from the password conversation earlier. Then he leaves, dabbing at his nose, which has started to bleed. As she stares, dumbfounded, we see that Sinatra’s has, as well.
His name, birthday, and nosebleed could be a coincidence! But they also could be evidence of the popular theory that time manipulation — loops, fracturing, etc. — are at play, no?
Anyway, Sinatra all but skips home to climb on top of Tim and announce, “I think it worked.” She adds that she’s OK, “and I can’t explain it, but I think Dylan is, too.” Tim doesn’t know what she’s talking about, but he’s so pleased to see the return of his lighthearted, flirty wife, he doesn’t ask many questions. They make love, then she slips out while he’s dozing.
She scans through a few levels of security and rides in a trolley deep underneath the bunker. Meanwhile, the council can’t reach her and are freaking out about Link & Co.’s imminent invasion, so they initiate a full lockdown. Presley and Hadley happen to be in an elevator down to the prison at the time; their car abruptly freezes in place. And all of this coincides with Jeremy and Robinson’s control-room malarkey, which then forces the lockdown to stop.
The council gets a warning that nuclear meltdown is imminent. But Sinatra is oblivious to all of the chaos above her as she walks down what appears to be the same hallway from Xavier’s visions. She enters a room and puts on a coat (protective maybe?), then smiles as the lights come up around her. We can’t see what she’s looking at as she says, “Hi, Alex.”
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