Isabella threatens Krone
In the last episode, Krone made it clear that she was coming for Isabella’s head. In this episode Isabella turns the tables. She asks Krone how she feels about living here. Krone tells her that it’s a “wonderful house,” and all the children are well behaved. Isabella notes that Krone has been “well-behaved as well.” This is a interesting juxtaposition. I think Isabella is reminding Krone that she’s her inferior.
As the children are beneath her, so is Krone. Isabella is also the reason that the children are well behaved. The tomboy crack clearly insulted Krone. She tell Krone that she’s “her pawn.” Finally, she promises to make Krone a “mom” if she’s obedient. Obviously, this pisses Krone off. who “murders” her baby doll. Ripping it’s head off and then stomping the stuffing out of it.
Tag in teams
Norman informs Emma that they should “plat tag in teams.” Ray believes that most of the children will die if they escape as individuals. So team will work better. Norman also suggest that he should inform Don and Gilda of the situation. He aims to find out who the informant is, while simultaneously “winning them over.” This is a clever but risky plan. It’s unlikely that Isabella told the informant the truth.
So, Norman would be informing them of the danger, while revealing to Isabella that he knows. Of course, he is one of the most valued cattle, so she would unlikely kill him. However, she could trap him or even speed up his “harvest.” The team tag exercise was successful. Norman reveals that he’s moved the time table up to ten days. He trying to outwit “Mom.”
The trio tells Don and Gilda
Emma, Norman and Ray inform Gilda and Don of the trafficking. Don understandably believes that they’re trying to prank him. He becomes infuriated when Emma tells him that Mom is involved. Gilda notes that she has noticed a change in Emma’s behavior and she believes them. Norman withholds the truth of Conny’s death. He then presents them with the scores of the children, seemingly proving to Don and Gilda what they say is true. Emma then asks them to help them “run away.”
Ray doesn’t like the lie. He considers it “cruel” especially if neither one of them is an informant. Norman doesn’t seem to care. However, he does plan on setting a trap for them. He’ll tell them two different locations of the rope. At night we see that Gilda gets up, a letter saying the location of the rope is slipped under Isabella’s door and Gilda heads to Krone’s room. This sequence is deliberately confusing, however, Gilda seems to have proven her innocence. As Emma eavesdrops on their conversation, Gilda refuses to tell Krone anything.
The traitor is . . . Ray
For all the far fetch situations this series has presented this is the most ridiculous or is it? Norman accusing Ray of being the traitor is certainly shocking, but is it sincere. It’s hard to tell with this series as depiction is an important part of The Promised Neverland series. Ray has been a foil in this series from the beginning. While he believes that they should escape, he only thought the trio should do it.
Is it possible that he betrayed them because he believed they would fail anyway? The conversation Norman and Ray had earlier may be pertinent to this situation, when Ray and Norman discussed why someone who betray them Ray answers “maybe it’s because there must be some merit in doing so.” This could be a trigger for Norman’s suspicions or he could just be paranoid.
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