Its been a while since weve seen him, but now the Tattooed Man is back in our lives.
He immediately makes for Garfield High, where he finds Jefferson Pierce working alone.
He finds Jefferson, shoots him in the shoulder (again, no alarms?)
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and demands to know what happened to his friend Earl.
Eventually, Jefferson and Lala are able to piece things together.
The truth, however, is even more unsettling than that.
Eventually, Lala recovers enough of his memories to remember thathewas the one who killed Earl.
But most of all, he did it to earn Tobias favor.
He saw Tobias as his ticket to wealth and success, and he was right for a while.
Since then, hes been killed by Tobias not once but twice.
Towards the end of the episode, we get a flashback to Lalas latest resurrection two months ago.
The doctor told him to untangle a knot related to Earl and Jefferson, which sent him to Garfield.
NEXT: Who is Grace Choi, really?
First, he tells Lynn to stop coddling Wendy the wind girl.
He sees her as a valuable tool.
The storyline between Anissa and Grace Choi also levels up a notch this episode.
Desperate to find answers about her crush, Anissa has Gambi track down Graces last-known address.
But when Anissa knocks on the door, she finds an older man standing there.
Little does she know that when the doors closed, the old man transforms into Grace.
This is a break from the comics, where Grace Chois powers involved super strength and invulnerability.
Here, shes some kind of shapeshifter, albeit one skilled at combat.
When Anissa returns in full Thunder regalia, she ends up fighting the disguised Grace.
After she wins, Graces identity is revealed.
Anissa doesnt know what to make of that.
We end with the revelation that Odell isnt messing around.
Via some well-placed satellites and well-trained subordinates, Odell learns the Pierce familys big secret.
