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Five Thoughts On Locke and Key‘s “Freebird”

By | September 15th, 2022
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Hello Multiversity readers, and welcome back for another episode recap of Locke and Key. Last episode was a lot grimmer than most episodes and seemed like hope was slowly dwindling for The Lockes. This episode was a great change of pace with some proper planning and execution, so let’s jump right into it with the episode “Freebird.”

1. Wait A Minute
With all hope looking lost as The Lockes run away from their home, Gideon is trying to open the portal to his world when he notices something is keeping the portal from remaining open. He has the chest filled with all the keys The Lockes have collected, only to realize that one is missing. Without that last key, it seems that his goal won’t be happening. Gideon sends his last lackey, James Bolton, to look for the family to get the last key. The only thing that didn’t make sense was that he only sent him the old school gun they stole from the library. Maybe Gideon was going to try and open the portal without the last key, but it might have been wise to try and arm your guy with at least one key in this strange new world.

2. The Local Historian
Despite not giving Bolton a proper weapon, Gideon did give him the right idea on how to find The Lockes, Josh Bennett, AKA Nina Locke’s boyfriend. If there’s one thing that every villain knows is that if you want information, always go for the loved one of whoever you’re after. Bolton shows up at the library, where Josh puts up a fight, even getting the gun away at one point, but because Bolton’s an echo, he cannot be harmed by mortal weapons. Josh gets shot and still doesn’t rat out where Nina is, but Jamie gets caught in the crossfire and ends up being held hostage to find The Lockes. As an audience member, you figured they would be caught, but there are major props for Josh still not mentioning where they are. After he gets taken to the hospital and treated for the gunshot wound, Nina tells him the truth about magic and everything. Although his memory will erase it, she might use the Head Key on him if things return to semi-normal.

3. Bode’s Back
Kinsey and Tyler devise a plan to get Bode back into the mix, even if it’s not in his own body. They lie about the last key by saying it can only be accessed after someone uses the Ghost Key. They know that Gideon will send Bolton, leaving an open body for him to access; however, Bode has devised a plan of his own. Thanks to some help from Sam Lesser, I’ll get to him in a minute; in the ghost plane, Bode learns how to communicate with his siblings with the birds. Bode creates a distraction with a swarm of birds in the house to distract Gideon so Kinsey can get the Animal Key, used in the first episode, to go in as a bird and come out as himself. This is one of those moments where Bode can be recognized for his intelligence and creative thinking. Sure he gets bounced around by the audience for being naive to the world, but it’s good to remind the folks watching that he was the first to find and use the keys.

4. Switcharoo
As I mentioned previously, Sam is back in the picture. He’s been stuck in the ghost plane since season one, and he almost got into Dodge’s body back in the previous season, but no luck. When Bode is in the ghost plane and realizes that Sam is there, he quickly reminds the audience that Sam was the one who killed his dad and changed everyone’s lives. I’m not going to say that Sam has redeemed himself or gotten any forgiveness from the kids or the audience, but he owns up to his actions, giving him some points. Chamberlain, a Locke ancestor, tells Bode that he doesn’t have to forgive him but let it be known that Sam has previously helped Kinsey find a key, so he has been trying to make amends. Since Bode ends up with his old body, Sam takes the opportunity of an empty body, Bolton’s, and takes it, so now The Lockes have a man on the inside with Gideon.

5. One More Secret
The question throughout the episode has been, where is this last key? Gideon thinks The Lockes have it, but the truth of it is that they have no idea what he’s even talking about. They couldn’t take anything when their house started to go “portal mode,” so who could know where it was and what it even does? Well, it turns out that Ellie has a secret she’s been holding onto. The last key is apparently inside the head of someone she went to school with back in the day, Gordie Shaw. This guy may have been mentioned or briefly shown in the old-school flashbacks from season one, but he’s only appeared in one episode before this season. It’s uncertain at this point whether she’s telling the truth or just trying to keep Gideon from killing Rufus, but we’ll see where this goes next episode.


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Alexander Manzo

Alexander is born and raised in the Bay Area. When not reviewing comics for Multiversity he's usually writing his own review for his Instagram @comicsandbeerreport. He's also a sports fan so feel free to hit him up on twitter with any and all sports takes @a_manzo510.

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