Persons Unknown - The Edge, S01E02

We are into week 2 of the 13 part mystery series about 7 individuals who have been kidnapped and trapped in a small town in the middle of nowhere. So far, no one has died, but that doesn't mean that we don't feel the threat and tension of mortal danger. And by the end of this episode, it really does feel like all the options for escape have been used up.

Last episode, we learned that all the prisoners were embedded with drug dispensers, causing them to pass out once they passed a certain point. Moira (Tina Holmes), the self-proclaimed psychiatrist, removed these from the back of everyone's legs. They were able to pass the point where previously 3 of them had passed out trying to leave the town, only for Janet (Daisy Betts) to have her face microwaved. Frankly, I preferred the drugs.

The episode really focused on that escape, with the group eventually making it past the microwaves after a lightning blot took out one of the guns and the stole the van belonging to the Chinese restaurant. Too bad that all that happened was that they drove in a big circle, arriving back where they started. If I ever get kidnapped, which I hope never happens, I really hope that I don't end up back in a place like that.

It wasn't until the very end of the episode that Janet's fortune was addressed. She was given a gun and the message to kill Joe (Jason Wiles) so that she might go free. Despite threatening him, she eventually just shot the camera in his room with all 6 bullets. Ominously, the camera was quickly retracted into the ceiling and replaced with an undamaged recorder.

As for what we know...we still don't know anything. But I think that makes it far more intense and frightening. What are your thoughts?