Dominion Episode 6 Recap: 8 Balls Are People Too

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Daddy, Is There Something You've Been Meaning To Tell Me (Like You've Been Having An Affair With The 8 Ball In Mother's Body And Are Now Planning To Kill Her?)

"Dominion" must still be growing on me since "Black Eyes Blue" was my most favorite episode to date. Last week Alex (ie the Chosen One) captured Clementine. He didnt have the heart to kill her though since she is/was Claire's mother. What he doesnt know is that the General already secretly asks Michael to kill her.

No one is sure what to do with Clementine. Is she a lower angel or is she Claire's mother or is she a little bit of both? Claire is at first skeptical but Clementine keeps calling her "Izzy" (which is a term only her mother used). Alex wants to try to separate the lower angel from the human's body with an exorcism (which they refer to as an "eviction"). Michael warns that it could end badly for both parties. Alex says he must try anyway. In order to perform the ritual, Michael retrieves a book (the Apocrypha) from Uriel. He offers a Vermeer painting in exchange. Uriel rejects the offer. She wants to see Alex's tattoos instead. My suspicion is she just wants to see him shirtless. Uriel apparently memorized Alex's tattoos since the next we see of her, she's busy drawing them on some large sheets of paper. Michael asks her to register them to memory only (so there will be no way for Gabriel to find out). Oh poor stupid Michael. Dont know by now that Uriel is working with Gabriel anyway?

Meanwhile William Whele and Daddy David continue to have a tumultuous relationship. David sends some soldiers over to kill a bunch of Black Acolytes. William holds a gun to David's head but cant bring himself to pull the trigger. Instead he takes David to one of his freaky Gabriel Loving Under Church ceremonies and cracks his ribs. I dont think these two are going to make up anytime soon.

Arika from Helena is still wandering the halls of Vega. She agrees to overthrow her wife Evelyn. Then Helena will use it's bomber to deliver the nuke that Vega is building. Their target is Gabriel's stronghold. Where is that anyway? I thought he had a place way up in heaven that no one (except angels) could get to.

And onto the main event. Alex uses his tattoos to manifest the prayer he needs to recite. Clementine spends some time crawling on the walls and the ceiling. That was fun. It looks like the exorcism, I mean the eviction, is a success. Clementine's eye's change back to blue, her pointy teeth recede and her face veins are gone. But just then, Clementine collapses. I thought that was way too easy. Clementine is dying. Uh, I seem to recall Michael telling y'all that... but no one bothered to listen. Claire holds Clementine and sings the song from the music box. Then she quietly suffocates her mother. Oh the feels.

In an excellent scene, Claire confronts Reisen about his lies. I'm not sure any amount of family counseling can cure their relationship. Claire informs him that after she is wed, he MUST step down as head of the government. Claire will become the Queen of Vega.

Favorite Quotes & Miscellanea:

When Uriel asks where Michael got the Vermeer painting he says "the Wynn Hotel". Of course, because Steve Wynn has a gazillion dollars worth of paintings there now.
"Take your best shot but you better not miss"- David to William as a gun is being held to his head.
Who else felt sorry for the demon/angel? It didnt have a body so it took Clementine's. It tried to live a repentant life and took good care of the body. I think they should give it another body. Surely there's one that wouldnt be missed.
Claire blames Alex for her mother's death so it will be a while before the two love birds are back together again.
There were three extremely powerful scenes in this episode: 1. Claire holding her mother and singing to her as she killed her; 2. Claire confronts the General; 3. The second Willy vs David smackdown. Are these two going to beat on each other each week? If so, no complaints here. I'm liking it.

Grade: 4 1/2 Monsters (out of 5): Best episode to date. Excellent acting all around. If "Dominion" keeps this up, it will be at the top of my list.