To read our reviews of episodes 1-3 of Powers season two, click here, episode 4 here, episodes 5-6 here. To check back on all of our Powers coverage, including reviews of season one, click here. The review below contains spoilers for the previous episodes of Powers, as well as spoilers for episode seven.

Retro Girl?s killer has been caught. Conrad Moody is dead. For all intents and purposes, all of the major story arcs for Powers? second season wrapped by the end of episode six. Since being pleasantly surprised at the start of season two, I?ve been waiting for Powers to trip up and fall back to some of the mistakes they made in season one. Episode seven, titled Origins, finally stumbles and breaks the great run that season two had going. That?s not to say that Origins is a bad episode, but its positioning in the latter half of season two feels awkwardly placed. Ten episodes is not a lot. There are plenty of shows that draw related arcs over the course of 22 episode seasons, so creating a complete story arc for a ten episode season shouldn?t be a challenge at all. ?Who killed Retro Girl"? was billed as the tagline for season two. Origins not only moves past that arc, but doesn?t evolve the resolutions into a new, related arc to up the stakes, at least not in any way that?s perceptible. It feels like an episode that would be much better situated as a season premiere.
Cutting Off Loose Ends
Heavy has been taken by the FBI, who are conspicuously absent, and suddenly t...