The Tomorrow People (TV Series) Kill or Be Killed (2013) User Reviews

Great Episode

[galet09 · 8/10 · 18 February 2014]

Just started watching this series recently. Am doing catch up right now and I have to say this third episode of the series was a winner.

I love the acting of Luke Mitchell as John Young as well as Robbie Amell as Stephen Jameson.

Unlike the other reviewers I had no problem with the end of this episode. Luke said Kill or be Killed if he sees Jed on the street in the future. What he was saying is this is war.

But to kill him at that moment wouldn't have been much of a fair fight now would it? As for him not telling the other TP's makes a whole lot of sense to me. But I'm pretty sure they will find out in the future.

As for Jed's motivation regarding the kill or be killed issue, he explains in this episode. That he wanted a perfect TP. One that COULD kill, because he wants to use that perfect TP for his own purposes by them being on his team. So his early confession of why he hates TP's because they would eventually become killers was a lie. He really wants the ones he influences or trains to become killers for his own benefit. As for the rest who won't work or join his team he will kill them. It's pretty simple to me.

Mark Pellegrino by the way is perfect as Jedikiah in the show. Watched him as Lucifer in Supernatural and also briefly in Being Human for the first season. He does the bad guy SO well.

Regarding more on the plot, I loved the special effect when John had to disarm the 5 bombs. That was pretty awesome to watch. All in all a very interesting episode. Looking forward to the next.

Nearly Perfect. Thrilling Episode. Satisfying Surprises.

[jamericanbeauty · 9/10 · 29 January 2024]

No Astrid. No irritation for me. She acts like Stephen's disapproving, overbearing Wife, despite not being his Wife or even his girlfriend. She makes everything about her. His Mother doesn't even hassle him like that. His Mother is pretty cool and laidback considering the bad hand she's been dealt. More Astrid-free episodes please! In this Kill or Be Killed titled episode, deadly secrets, unique powers, alliances and betrayals are revealed and John's (Luke Mitchell) background hides darkness that shaped the efficient, measured and great leader he is today. It also confirms Luke Mitchell's commanding presence over the series lead Robbie Amell's Stephen. Luke Mitchell owns every scene here. You cannot take your eyes off him, even in the subtle, reserved moments. It's impossible for Mark Pellegrino to disappoint in any role. He's a warped, ruthless man and I look forward to knowing his true motives and the lengths he'll go to achieve his ambitions. The pacing, tone, locations, intrigue and storytelling were at its best in this episode. Hopefully, it will continue.

There are no problems that can't be solved by a bullet in the chest

[skteosk · 3/10 · 29 January 2014]

So, it's John's turn to get a load of flashbacks.The obvious sarky comment at this point is that they actually hired an actor to play him. And it's ultimately a bit too thematically similar to Cara's:It'd be nice to have one regular who isn't a murderer, especially in a show where the good guys supposedly can't kill.

There's a problem, Stephen wants to do something about it and John wants to steer clear and sulk.So far, so predictable but the show shakes things up by having Stephen and Jedikiah on the same page from the start and having John come round pretty quickly.There are massive faults of course:The silliness of calling the guy that can kill Killian, the usual instances of TPs forgetting they can teleport, Stephen saving Jedikiah's life for no reason except he's a regular and the silly scene of John being in five places at once, which the effects aren't up to and which doesn't make much sense, coming across as inventing a power to get out of a corner.Plus side, we get some decent telepath v telepath fights.

But the ending is absolutely horrible.The show finally introduces the original's stun guns but instead of giving them to the good guys they give John a real gun and have him shoot a man dead.At this point, any sense of moral high ground goes out the window and, while John has some pretty words about losing a part of yourself when you kill, ultimately the moral is that peaceful people get wiped out and violent killers always come off best.If the makers of the original series agreed to this, either they've forgotten what the show was about or they only care about the money.The fact that the other TPs don't know what John's done or what he is is clearly meant to be disturbing, but probably not as much as it is.

And just to add insult to insult, Jedikiah's motivation no longer makes sense:Two episodes ago he was scared of TPs learning to kill, here he's trying to make it happen.Unless there's a clever twist coming up, it's clear the show has no idea where it's going.

The ending of this episode made no sense

[SlixSC · 3/10 · 31 October 2013]

So near the end it is revealed that John has the power to kill people. He then says to his "father" Jedekiah that "from now on it's kill or be killed.", which in my opinion simply begs the question. Why didn't he just kill him right then and there? It simply makes no sense. Of course you could always argue that he is still emotionally-tied to his father, but that wouldn't explain John's statement in which he uses the phrase "kill or be killed".

If he didn't really mean it, then John is just spouting platitudes, in which case I have to wonder.. where are the writers going with this? Now, I'm well aware that this is an action-scifi series that doesn't necessarily have a very deep plot-line, but that shouldn't excuse such poor and cheap writing.