Editor’s Be aware: The next accommodates spoilers for Season 2, Episode 13 of Discovered.Discovered’s latest episode hits it out of the park. Season 2, Episode 13, incorporates a nail-biting case-of-the-week, new questions on Jamie’s kidnapping, and the continued cat-and-mouse recreation between sequence protagonist Gabi (Shanola Hampton) and her now-imprisoned kidnapper, Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar). Discovered continues to supply its viewers with nothing however intrigue and thrills. However one plot level it’s not promoting me on is the supposed demise of Christian Evans (Michael Cassidy), Sir’s brother.

Christian’s in Hassle however That Would not Imply He is Responsible

Christian Evans has been in a little bit of a pickle all season. His brother, Hugh “Sir” Evans, an notorious kidnapper and stalker, is now out and about terrorizing Gabi and her associates in an try to get Gabi to run off along with him to the Netherlands. Christian’s helped the place he may with monitoring down his brother this time, however his efforts have been of little use. And although Christian clearly has a fraught relationship along with his brother and has maintained all season that he’s nothing like his brother, issues aren’t trying good for him.

Sir’s clearly working with an confederate. We’ve got our personal theories about Sir’s confederate. However although Gabi might imagine he is harmless, the proof of Christian’s supposed guilt retains stacking up. Somebody left gum with DNA ties to Sir on the farmhouse. Somebody shot Heather Tollin, a felony protection legal professional at present entangled with Detective Mark Trent. Somebody left a threatening message at Gabi’s home. Whereas these incidents are clearly suspicious to Gabi and the viewers, they seem as damning proof to Trent and the DCPD.

We all know Christian is petrified of his brother. And we all know he labored with Sir sufficient to go a message to Gabi earlier within the season and assist Sir when Lacey wounded him. However we additionally know that he tried to cease Sir earlier than he may make an try at kidnapping Gabi once more. Gabi believes in Christian’s innocence, and there are sufficient pink flags to a minimum of name into query his supposed guilt.

Gabi Would not Appear That Upset About Christian’s ‘Loss of life’

Talking of Gabi, the best way we discover out about Christian’s “demise” is a bit suspicious. We, the viewers, do not see Christian die. All we see is Gabi inform Sir that Christian killed himself earlier than he may very well be discovered. And whereas Gabi is not glad to ship the information, she’s not precisely unhappy both — which is unusual, contemplating she believed in Christian’s innocence.

Moreover, Discovered made certain to emphasise the extent to which Gabi mourns all of the lacking individuals who died earlier than she may discover them. Gabi doesn’t decide her purchasers or discriminate in who she deems worthy of being discovered. A core tenant of her philosophy is that everybody deserves to be discovered, everybody deserves to come back house. She even has a non-public room in her house the place she mourns these she’s misplaced by placing their image on the wall and lighting a candle for them. And but, regardless of the actual fact this very episode emphasised the existence of this room by having the confederate threaten Gabi by placing her photograph on the wall, we by no means see her put Christian’s photograph up. Gabi is the character we uncover Christian’s “demise” via, but she is not mourning him in any respect.

If Christian’s Not Lifeless, Then The place Is He?

Gabi believes Sir’s actual confederate is framing Christian — and we predict she may be proper. Throughout a confrontation with Trent, somebody minimize the lights and pulled Sir out of there. We all know Sir would not respect Christian and that Christian is not a lot of a fighter. And although we have had our suspicions about Heather, no matter who the confederate is, it is clear they need Christian useless.

So perhaps he is not useless. If Discovered merely wished to create intrigue surrounding the identification of Christian’s assassin, they might have carried out that whereas nonetheless displaying us his demise. A gloved hand pulling a set off or injecting him with poison would have been sufficient to determine that Christian is, certainly, useless with out revealing his killer’s identification. However we do not even get to see his physique. And, I am sorry Discovered, however I will not imagine that man is useless till I see his rotting corpse. There has merely been an excessive amount of build-up surrounding Christian to only kill him off-screen. And it could be a disappointing send-off for Michael Cassidy, who’s offered a spectacular efficiency as Sir’s terrified little brother to this point.

This solely works if Christian is alive, and Gabi is hiding him someplace in a type of witness safety program. Gabi believes Sir’s actual confederate desires Christian useless to allow them to body him. If that is true, then being “useless” may be the most secure factor for him. If Christian is “useless” and in hiding, he can assist Gabi monitor down the actual confederate and anticipate Sir’s subsequent transfer with out endangering himself. Christian’s been making an attempt to get Gabi to assist him for the previous few episodes. And although he could also be a flawed one that’s associated to her tormentor, Gabi would by no means refuse to assist somebody who wanted her — particularly if she had good cause to imagine they had been in legit hazard. Maybe that is all wishful considering given Christian’s relative innocence, however one thing is amiss on the earth of Discovered.

New episodes of Discovered premiere Thursdays at 10 PM EST on NBC and can be found the subsequent day on Peacock.