'Baptiste' Season 2, Episode 5 Recap: The Desire To Understand
Just when you thought the time jumps were over, Baptiste's penultimate episode opens with a flashback. It's finally time for the one death the show hasn't covered: Laura's. Considering how traumatic her passing was, leaving her brother mute, one might expect a horrific explosion of some type. But no, it was a simple home invasion. She was stabbed by an intruder, an immigrant, an act Will witnessed. It is, as will become evident, the turning point that radicalized both brothers. Will's rage at losing her turned him to ring wing forums; when Alex found out, instead of stopping his brother, he joined in.
Zsofia: Why do I ever pick up the phone to you?
It is not the only flashback this week. The series also returns to 14 months ago to help tie up the last loose end: that video of their father's death. Among other things, that video featured Alex, off-camera, screaming in horror, and what sounded like a kidnapping. It was then followed by Will calling his mother, desperately clicking at her for rescue. These things don't square with Emma's oldest son being a horrific terrorist who took part in the violent massacre in Józsefváros that left dozens dead and his mother paralyzed.
