It is absolutely wild to me that Guy’s cover was blown 5-ways from Sunday and despite already breaking the rules of the surveillance mission, he didn’t take the book that (at least) two people died over.

What is The 752 in Talamasca: The Secret Order

So it seems this storyline is going the Ashmole 782 route with the 752 artefact. Which is fine, because fiction echoes truth, and the truth is – it’s always some damn, unassuming old book forgotten from time for a period only to resurface when absolutely necessary.

Guy, for whatever reason, fell for the honeypot “Kevus” who was sent to gather intel from him at the bar. I know Helen said his year-long training would be condensed into a week, but with training on decoding ciphers, drop-offs, interrogation, and the like, you’d think Guy would notice that he was being surveilled while at his job as a street barker.

Regarding his assigned cover job, it makes sense, honestly.

Helen told him to stick to the truth for his backstory as much as possible, and he did that at the bar with Kevus for the most part – even if it seemed like he wanted to slip up and admit to being Talamasca. Deep truths often harbor the best lies – or so I’ve been told.

Since Guy was already used to living in relative squalor, he was situated in an unassuming apartment that matched both his fabricated and real-life current backstory. With the location of his new job serving as:

1. A covert vantage point to constantly observe the drop off and potentially interact with his contact and receive new information
2. To not draw attention to himself – due to his self-effacing and sleezy position role that yet again, fits the public profile the Talamasca (or rather, Helen) had built for him

The Talamasca Motherhouse Conspiracy?

You know, it’s kind of funny that in my review for the last episode, I pointed out how self-serving these Talamasca agents really are. Given the history of the agents we’ve seen, either it works out and they move up in rank (due to another agent’s downfall) or they wind up dead and relatively forgotten, erased from existence like a fallen “insurance agent” of the CIA.

New York vs London Motherhouse

Guy inquires why Helen wants to go after the London Motherhouse, and Helen openly admits it’s her personal pet project that has continually gotten countless agents killed.

Then we have Olive, showing up during Guy’s seduction by Kevus at the club for information that she (died?) protecting? I write that with a question mark at the end of the statement because – “Archie” wasn’t really dead after their fight, and I didn’t see a “Kevus” credited after the episode.

While Guy’s name is literally the most generic thing on earth, Kevus has a name befitting an unforgettable blonde bombshell of a honeypot that she is/was.

Also, I’m guessing Helen was some sort of twin that was experimented on as a child (maybe telepathy? We still don’t know her powers yet) and maybe that’s why she wants control of BOTH New York and London’s Motherhouse, and will do anything to possess artefact 752?

But, tell me your thoughts…what is Helen’s ultimate goal? Is it revenge, or something of a more personal nature?

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