As someone said on the IMDb boards, sooner or later Bo is going to get caught. After all, Winter's resources seem to dwindle day by day, and I'd argue it has more been luck than anything else allowing him to survive on the run so long. But when Bo gets sick with a fever of around 105 degrees, Tate seems unable to rely on Winter's promises and faith when it comes to the safety of his daughter.
Topic 1: Sara and Carl
Seemingly the side-stories of Believe may no longer have little to nothing to do with Bo's journey, much less the main characters. In this episode, for example, we meet what seems to be one of Bo's former foster parents, Sara and Carl. Former due to a certain familiar character attacking them and making their home no longer a safe place. More on that later though. What matters most about Sara and Carl is the fact that it shows that despite the first family we saw, in which Bo was the cause of their deaths, maybe there are some families out there who did survive being in contact with her, know about her, and still care about her deeply.
Topic 2: High Fever
As for the reason Bo's former foster parents are in the episode, the reason is because Niko Zepeda shot Bo with some type of tranquilizer and combined with a surge in Bo's powers, this causes her to inflict a self- induced coma, with a side-effect of causing her a high fever. This naturally is a problem since Winter only has Channing at this point, who at most is a bodyguard, and they are in need of a medical professional. Now, as most would assume, a hospital would be an option, but considering how unique Bo is, as well as the Amber alert, this can't be an option. So despite Channing's desires to find somewhere besides Sara and Carl's farm, Winter finds Sara, who is a nurse, to be their only option.
En route though, they find Zepeda on their tail and shooting at them. But with a handful of defensive driving maneuvers, they knock him off his bike, capture him, and hold him in a barn. His stay there isn't permanent however. You see, as Bo goes from simply being comatose to having a fever in the 100s, Tate starts to panic. So, the first thing done is Winter risking his team by contacting Zoe, Roman's right hand woman, and while she certainly could be considered an ally, she still very much is under Roman's thumb. And even after discovering Roman has her followed, and her attempt to expose things a few episodes ago, she remains cautiously loyal. Luckily though, her loyalty to Roman doesn't trump how she feels for Bo, so she does present some type of serum which is used on others who take part in Project Orchestra.
Said serum is supposed to help with these comas induced by power spikes which often lead to damaging effects on those like Bo. But, after its application doesn't lead to any clear results, desperate times call for desperate measures and Tate goes to Zepeda to cut a deal: Help Bo get treated, even if it means taking her to Project Orchestra/ Roman. This backfires, but does leave Bo in Winter's possession, though with Zepeda still free and able to cause them future issues.
Topic 3: A Venture into The Past
Meanwhile, as everyone scrambles to help her, Bo is trapped in her version of her memories. This leads, at least for me, some consistency issues since said memory is supposed to take place 3 years back, despite in episode 4 it being said that Winter has only had Bo for a few months. Either way, what Bo's storyline deals with is establishing Channing. Formerly, Channing seemed more loyal to Roman, and seeing Bo as property, than the surrogate mother, or perhaps big sister, she is today. In fact, she is the reason why Carl and Sara no longer have Bo and that is because she attacked them.
However, despite her original feelings, upon meeting Bo in person and experiencing what she can do, much less receiving her kindness through Bo healing a wound inflicted by Carl, something seemingly changed in her. Which upon Carl discovering who she is doesn't necessarily set things right, but when they come together to defend Bo from Zepeda, who takes Carl's shotgun, it is perhaps what led to all of them ending the situation without any causalities.
That aside, there comes a question of why, even after the serum is administered, Bo has made herself a prisoner of her own mind? And perhaps the answer to that question came in episode 5 when she was talking to Tate about how everyone leaves, or she leaves them. She couldn't stay with Sara and Carl due to what Channing did, and what others would likely do, and while Channing and Winter surely have a place in her heart, there remains that issue of them idolizing her. And as previously noted, Tate really doesn't do this. However, his previous showings of how he values her, and sometimes seems to want to get away, seemingly played a role in her self-induced coma.
But perhaps that bond between father and daughter, i.e. him telling her she is his kid, is what she needed to hear, for that wakes her up. I must admit though, be it circumstantial or her wanting to choose the right time, or force, Tate to tell, it is hard to say. Either way, perhaps with Tate saying he is her dad, and seeming more committed than ever, Bo's strength can continue to grow, and be stabilized.
Topic 1: Sara and Carl
Seemingly the side-stories of Believe may no longer have little to nothing to do with Bo's journey, much less the main characters. In this episode, for example, we meet what seems to be one of Bo's former foster parents, Sara and Carl. Former due to a certain familiar character attacking them and making their home no longer a safe place. More on that later though. What matters most about Sara and Carl is the fact that it shows that despite the first family we saw, in which Bo was the cause of their deaths, maybe there are some families out there who did survive being in contact with her, know about her, and still care about her deeply.
Topic 2: High Fever
As for the reason Bo's former foster parents are in the episode, the reason is because Niko Zepeda shot Bo with some type of tranquilizer and combined with a surge in Bo's powers, this causes her to inflict a self- induced coma, with a side-effect of causing her a high fever. This naturally is a problem since Winter only has Channing at this point, who at most is a bodyguard, and they are in need of a medical professional. Now, as most would assume, a hospital would be an option, but considering how unique Bo is, as well as the Amber alert, this can't be an option. So despite Channing's desires to find somewhere besides Sara and Carl's farm, Winter finds Sara, who is a nurse, to be their only option.
En route though, they find Zepeda on their tail and shooting at them. But with a handful of defensive driving maneuvers, they knock him off his bike, capture him, and hold him in a barn. His stay there isn't permanent however. You see, as Bo goes from simply being comatose to having a fever in the 100s, Tate starts to panic. So, the first thing done is Winter risking his team by contacting Zoe, Roman's right hand woman, and while she certainly could be considered an ally, she still very much is under Roman's thumb. And even after discovering Roman has her followed, and her attempt to expose things a few episodes ago, she remains cautiously loyal. Luckily though, her loyalty to Roman doesn't trump how she feels for Bo, so she does present some type of serum which is used on others who take part in Project Orchestra.
Said serum is supposed to help with these comas induced by power spikes which often lead to damaging effects on those like Bo. But, after its application doesn't lead to any clear results, desperate times call for desperate measures and Tate goes to Zepeda to cut a deal: Help Bo get treated, even if it means taking her to Project Orchestra/ Roman. This backfires, but does leave Bo in Winter's possession, though with Zepeda still free and able to cause them future issues.
Topic 3: A Venture into The Past
Meanwhile, as everyone scrambles to help her, Bo is trapped in her version of her memories. This leads, at least for me, some consistency issues since said memory is supposed to take place 3 years back, despite in episode 4 it being said that Winter has only had Bo for a few months. Either way, what Bo's storyline deals with is establishing Channing. Formerly, Channing seemed more loyal to Roman, and seeing Bo as property, than the surrogate mother, or perhaps big sister, she is today. In fact, she is the reason why Carl and Sara no longer have Bo and that is because she attacked them.
However, despite her original feelings, upon meeting Bo in person and experiencing what she can do, much less receiving her kindness through Bo healing a wound inflicted by Carl, something seemingly changed in her. Which upon Carl discovering who she is doesn't necessarily set things right, but when they come together to defend Bo from Zepeda, who takes Carl's shotgun, it is perhaps what led to all of them ending the situation without any causalities.
That aside, there comes a question of why, even after the serum is administered, Bo has made herself a prisoner of her own mind? And perhaps the answer to that question came in episode 5 when she was talking to Tate about how everyone leaves, or she leaves them. She couldn't stay with Sara and Carl due to what Channing did, and what others would likely do, and while Channing and Winter surely have a place in her heart, there remains that issue of them idolizing her. And as previously noted, Tate really doesn't do this. However, his previous showings of how he values her, and sometimes seems to want to get away, seemingly played a role in her self-induced coma.
But perhaps that bond between father and daughter, i.e. him telling her she is his kid, is what she needed to hear, for that wakes her up. I must admit though, be it circumstantial or her wanting to choose the right time, or force, Tate to tell, it is hard to say. Either way, perhaps with Tate saying he is her dad, and seeming more committed than ever, Bo's strength can continue to grow, and be stabilized.
