BWW Recap: It's True Colors Week on INTRUDERS

We're at that point in the season, folks, when things on INTRUDERS are starting to piece themselves together. Next week's episode is the finale (how can this be?!) and the veil hiding Qui Reverti is slowly being lifted. More than plot progression, though, there's some serious character development going on this week, and it's awesome. All these developments can be a lot to handle, though. I get it. But the creative team has faith in us to follow along, and I have faith in us, too! Just in case things have gotten a little jumbled, let's break this thing down, character by character.

Jack.

Remember where we left Jack last week? I do. That image will stay with me for a while. I mean, it's not easy to forget a devastated father, as he lies curled up in the dirt holding the body of his dead baby son next to his grave. Jack's clearly angry and confused and completely overwhelmed, so he heads to the one place that's supposed to have all the answers to life's biggest mysteries: church. He asks the priest a ton of deep philosophical questions, but never lets the poor man speak. He went in there knowing the answers; he just needed to talk himself through it. Maybe he should've waited for some priestly advice before storming out, though, since his actions when he gets to Le Soliel (he's got some questions for Rose) get him escorted out by security. Since Rose doesn't seem to be in her lair (I still say it's a lair), he tries talking to Crane instead. And by "talking," I mean beating to a pulp and crushing Crane's hand in a juicer. I'll give him some credit: he does manage to get a tiny bit of information out of Crane as to Rose's whereabouts before Crane's security has Jack arrested and placed in the police station's psychological observance ward.

From there, things escalate quickly. Jack speaks to an apparently schizophrenic man who claims to be communicating with Jack's son, and Jack's favorite detective from the Seattle Police Department fill Jack in about the Marcus Fox cold case that's beginning to heat up again. The detective begins to trust Jack - finally - once Jack is able to give information about Qui Reverti practices (namely, binding the bodies) and about Anderson and Frank's murderer. The charges against Jack are dropped, but before Jack leaves, he points to a sketch of Richard and identifies him as the very murderer he was just discussing.

But back to Le Soliel. Jack pays a concierge to get him into Gary's room. He's concerned; Gary's not answering his phone. Inside, Gary's nowhere to be found, but his phone is on the table, which explains why he's not answering. Jack's heart drops when he sees a note addressed to him underneath the phone. He opens it up, reads it, and runs: it's a suicide note. Let's look at this a little further.

Gary.

Gary hasn't been the same since he started researching Qui Reverti. Something about their practices have shaken him to the core, and he simply cannot take it anymore. In the note, he explains that he knows why Donna killed herself. By the time Jack reads the note, he says, he will have already jumped from the roof of their building.

In a flashback, we learn that Qui Reverti has taken everything from Gary. His wife has taken his daughter away from him after learning that Gary suspects that she has two souls. He leaves one final voicemail for his wife and daughter, places a photo of her, along with his research, into a plastic bag taped around his stomach, and sets his plan in action.

Cranfield was the start of Gary's problems. Cranfield's suspicious actions lead him to the discovery of Qui Reverti, and also to the discovery of Amy's (or should I say Rose's?) involvement. Now that Cranfield's dead, Rose is the apparent Qui Reverti Commander-In-Chief.

Rose.

Ever since Bix started the process of returning, Amy's been pretty preoccupied. Bix is having a ton of issues: he's in severe pain, and he can't seem to wrap his mind around what's really going on. He's grappling with the existence of two souls in one body and questioning whether or not bringing people back to life is really the best choice. Scenes with Rose and Bix seem almost film noir-ish. The costuming, lighting, and even dialogue make the whole situation seem like an old-fashioned detective mystery, where a powerful person (in this case, Rose) tries to persuade a damsel in distress (ironically, Bix) that they're in love and should be together forever. He seems torn: he clearly loves her, but he also makes it clear that this reincarnation process is not up his alley.

Rose is nervous, and we learn some of the reasons behind Qui Reverti practices. Is he struggling because he's not a true Qui Reverti member? Are his problems a result of him not being bound properly at burial? Or is Richard doing something to hurt Bix? After all, Richard failed to trigger Rose at the right time, and she's sure it's because Richard was in love with Amy and didn't want to see her go. Rose starts putting the rest of the Richard puzzle together, too, and quite quickly. Richard has to do some serious damage control.

Richard.

In a kind of surprising turn of events, Richard admits to bringing Marcus back. Way to go, Richard. You may as well start digging your grave now. He explains he wanted to bring Marcus back as a child, this way he can kill him before he had the chance to do any harm. All right, that makes sense. Now we know what to make of that scene at the beach with him and Madison in the first episode. Richard knows he's set the spark, and waits for the explosion. But Rose doesn't explode. Instead, she calmly tells him to fix the Marcus problem. Not such a bad reaction, considering the bomb he just dropped.

And now it's Richard's turn to torment poor Todd Crane once the lawyer figures out that Richard was the one who brought Marcus back. Crane eventually agrees to cover for Richard. Sticking a pair of scissors into the back of someone's head usually gets you the results you want, right Richard?

What happens next is game-changing. Richard, it turns out, has a brother suffering from some kind of paralyzing terminal illness. Suddenly, Richard's actions all make sense. Their parents are gone, and Richard, as his brother's caregiver, needs money. Hence the reason he agreed to the whole Marcus plan. In the most touching scene since last week's heart-wrencher with Jack, Richard gives his brother permission to die, and says he loves him. If you're going to watch one scene from this week's episode, watch this one. Then give James Frain a hug and thank him for being so talented.

And now, last but not least...

Marcus.

The little creep takes it to a whole new level when he takes Crane's daughter hostage (as if Crane's day wasn't bad enough already) and demands a meeting with Rose. Desperate, Crane sets up a meeting at Cranfield's building - the very same building that Gary said he was going to jump from.

And that, my friends, is where all of our characters come together. As Jack tries to find Gary, he sees Crane, Marcus, and Meadow rush into the building. Crane tries to bargain with Marcus, but when Marcus pulls a knife on the Cranes, he gives up on that tactic. Instead, he asks for the keys that came with Marcus's Qui Reverti book. Marcus throws them to Crane, who opens the box, distracts Marcus, and turns the knife on him. Meadow escapes, but Marcus slashes Crane and adds his own wound to Crane's growing collection. On the roof, Gary sees Meadow run away from the building just as Jack arrives to try and stop him. Gary is determined, though, and after a tense negotiation with Jack, he jumps.

Next week is the finale. Our main characters finally meet and face off, together. Bring it on, INTRUDERS.

Who do you think will win in the Qui Reverti showdown next week? Any conspiracy theories still brewing about your favorite characters? Tell us in the comments below!

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