#itbthewidow

and I need to be sure that when I give a command

you'll obey

no matter what

i have never pledged myself to any baron

not even my family's

i don't care about titles,

i don't care about territories,

but i would do anything

for you

Veil, whatever you’re doing, do it quickly. You have got to get away from that group of sycophants. Quinn’s megalomania, whether from his tumor or whatever poison she’s giving him, is going to put her and Henry in serious danger. Well, maybe just Veil because Quinn needs a new “son” and heir now.

Poor Ryder, didn’t much care for you but what a shitty way to go. 

I’m totally into The Widow and whatever her backstory is. So far we know she was like MK, but probably cleansed a la Tate, and by the time she was 13 she was a cog. Does that mean the monks just toss the kids out to fend for themselves after they’re cleansed? That would be messed up if so. 

I find it also interesting to compare The Widow and Jade’s ascensions to Baron-hood. Both cogs, yet one’s experience was so horrific she’ll do anything to tear down the system, while the other embraces it. And of course, Baron Chau and her perspective on the system. Three very different women who have all risen to the top in very different ways.

Now, Tilda and Odessa. I think they’ve done a good job from that very first scene together creating a nice connection between them. It looks like it’ll be another complex relationship like others on the show. I’m a bit worried about Odessa’s motives and with her history, she might manipulate Tilda for her own benefit. But there was one moment in their scene last night were Odessa actually looked a little, I don’t know, in awe of Tilda. So I’m conflicted. I can see that Odessa may end up coming between Tilda and The Widow especially if The Widow compromises in some way, maybe through Waldo’s council, that Odessa sees as a betrayal to the cause.