In the gripping return of The Old Man, Season 2, the stakes are even higher as former CIA operative Dan Chase (Jeff Bridges) finds himself teamed up with his past adversary, ex-FBI boss Harold Harper (John Lithgow). The first hour is a view of the perilous mission that is now shared by these ‘two old men’ though hatred still linger out between them. It is not only a battle of physical power and strength, but also one of the willpower since both men have to deal with the sins of their past when fighting a very dangerous opponent.
However the second half of the episode now features Emily,played by Alia Shawkat after more grass cutting, which is confusing to the character and the audience as she deals with the shock of her kidnapper and thrilling discovery of who her real father was. Hamzad’s motives are also not fully clear adding more depth to suspense, as Emily struggles to remember who she is while political conspiracy unfolds around her and connections with family members are unveiled.
The Old Man Season 2 Episode 2 Recap
Emily abducting by her aunt, Khadija and getting to Faraz Hamzad’s compound in Afghanistan. Even though Emily has practical FBI experience, she remains loyal to the ridiculous alias Angela Adams and uses threats to her kidnappers. But her spirit starts weakening when Khadija makes her see a home video made when Faraz Hamzad sang to her as a kid with Dan Chase watching in the backdrop. This confrontation with what she believes has been in the past derails Emily and causes her to doubt the things she held dear of her family.
The suspense increases when Emily first meets Faraz Hamzad in a face-to-face meeting since when they were kids. In this segment, Hamzad recites her family tree and her Afghan roots along with her family’s crusade of being freedom fighters. But Emily is not that intrigued by these authoritarian men, instead, she pursues the truth behind her mother Belour Daadfar. She wants to know why she mother moved her and kept her in a fake identity in search of some compassion from the cold lady she knows.
However, Hamzad provides little comfort, dismissing Belour as a manipulative, cold figure.
This sets up a core mystery for the season: The desire that Emily has in trying to find out the real intentions of her mother. On the other hand, the viewer, who witnesses how Hamzad’s domain is gradually turning into his hands, will see a brilliant Taliban spy named Omar, who is preparing to take advantage of the failed plan. That is why the appearance of Omar deepens political uncertain about Hamzad and creates multi-level intrigue complicated in the context of power plays.
The dramatic climax is when Emily has a face-off with her biological father Hamzad for the first time at theAspNet episode. He becomes furious with Emily whom he compares to her mother and gets to a point where he attempts to kill her. That, however, is not the case since Emily, trained by the FBI, does not back down and in fact fights the attackers. It has eventually gives her a perverse kind of admiration from Hamzad and she got shifted to a better place to live.
The show ends with Omar coming back and a threatening figure after losing an eye to Chase in the previous episode. The florid escalation occurs from his decisions to punish the boys of the village for hiding Emily by conscripting them. With great distress Hamzad knows the life Emily has in the compound, so he takes her away from there to the mountains. The last scene of the episode of Quantico is a climax when faraz and Emily reached a secret cave and find Dan Chase and Harold harper. The last shot is fired, and the audience may not even be sure who shot, followed by a cliff hanger, which would make them wait for the next episode.
A great episode full of suspense and promising even more an interesting season filled both with private and political storylines. . Both men have to deal with the sins of their past when fighting a very dangerous opponent.
