Charlie wakes up in the desert where we last saw him after the explosion. The first few moments seem sort of confusing as the scenes flip back and forth between our hero and Reena, the woman who was about to shoot Charlie before all hell broke loose. If you follow things carefully, which you have to in this show; the jerky camera movements and quick scene breaks can be difficult to track, you’ll realize that both Charlie and Reena have ended up in the Betaverse. Charlie being from Alpha and Reena being from Gamma.
Out of the desert, Charlie comes upon a familiar scene, but there’s something different about it. The gas station he had been to hours before, the one that was rundown and practically deserted, is now swarming with rescue workers, press and civilians. And nearly right away Charlie finds himself out of place. Also, he becomes the singular interest of one man: Karl Lubinsky.
Meanwhile, Reena is struggling to comprehend what her actions may have done besides destroying the Vex-Cor machine. Eventually she too discovers she’s not in her own verse anymore. In a dramatic scene a man she has been in communication with commits suicide upon discussing what she knows about the Vex-Cor project.
Slowly coming to grips, Charlie Jade starts putting clues together with the help of his newfound friend, Karl. He remembers the raped girl and the club’s name she mentioned. He asks Karl about it and, upon arriving there, he sees a familiar face: Reena, though, of course, he doesn’t yet know her name. She takes off upon seeing him, too, which causes him to give chase, but his efforts are in vain as she gets away.
Also, in Sand, we get to finally see the infamous 01 Boxer and his many persona. Apparently, his behavior changes from verse to verse, but he’s always unpredictable. However, he is just the tool Vex-Cor needs to do cleanup, since he CAN travel from verse to verse, something which he reminds his father and every other Vex-Cor agent of quite frequently. He’s a villain, yes, but Vex-Cor doesn’t have the hold over him as they would like to think.
As in the pilot, there’s potential here, but the story hasn’t truly progressed along as far as it could have. It seems like this second episode was nothing more than a single tiny baby step for the characters and plot–not an encouraging sign. It’d be nice if things moved along more fluidly, too. Granted, the directors and producers have given themselves quite the task of following three main characters that could be in three different universes. The jerky camera movements and quick scene cuts mentioned before begin to wear, causing things to feel more piecemeal than thought out.
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