Overview

• Marie acknowledges a dramatic leap in her abilities, with on‑screen comparisons to top‑tier supes as Cipher pushes her to “ascend.”
• A rescue bid at Elmira reverses into renewed detention, highlighting the facility’s dehumanizing intake and control practices.
• Sister Sage from The Boys appears in coordination with Cipher, pointing to a broader Vought‑driven agenda behind the experiments.
• Reporting indicates Cipher’s past “training” pushed a student beyond safe limits, suggesting his methods can be deadly.
• Sam confronts his family history, with his mother saying Compound V was used to address preexisting mental‑health issues rather than causing them.