Wow! Now Sense8 is getting intriguing. Nomi is turning into one of my favourite characters, courageous despite her misgivings. She finds out a whole lot, but there are now more questions. Why was it Niles's mission to specifically kill Metzger and then self destruct? Who was the man controlling him whose face we see in the mirror? And who are the Whispers?
Kala gets some great character beats when she talks more with Wolfgang. These are tender moments, with the contrast of the rain in one place and glorious sun in the other. The discussion gets pretty philosophical and there are enough hints that Kala could soon cheat on her husband with Wolfgang. This highlights on of Sense8's problems, though: telepathy being used to make a basic storyline seem more interesting than it actually is. Whether Kala cheats on her husband with a guy she met in real life in India or with telepathically with someone on the other side of the world, the result is the same, except in the former case the shallowness of the story would be exposed, so the telepathy is used to dress it up. That's not to say this is completely terrible, of course. I did enjoy it.
Lito's moments in this episode are weak. It's hard to care about this cheating storyline when there could be something actually important to the main story going on between these characters instead. It feels like so far in this series, the only role Lito has had is the comic relief. Capheus and Sun's stories are more captivating, but suffer from the same problem of unimportance among more exciting story lines. They also feel disconnected from the overall narrative.
Sense8's ambition is what makes it exciting at its best, but it can also work against it. Still, this is the strongest episode yet.
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