In this 2nd episode "The Homecoming," Kyle has come home to the Tragers but with a bit of news. Adam Baylin's old confidant and friend poses as Kyle's parents's attorney and tells the Tragers that Kyle's parents were killed in a car accident and have left Kyle in the custody of their family. Also from this man, the Tragers learn that for the five years that Kyle was missing, he had been abducted by Adam Baylin, a man that had lost his son many years ago. Adam Baylin's son looked like Kyle, so the man had kidnapped Kyle and made him as his own son. Under the care of Adam Baylin, Kyle was taught physics, math, and science, henceforth becoming a bright kid. And when Adam took his own life, Kyle was left to wander in the woods, and he coped with the circumstance through amnesia. This was the attorney's explanation/lie to the Tragers in order to keep Kyle's true identity under the radar and the Tragers out of danger.
Also in this episode, we learn that Josh is disappointed in the fact that Kyle is just a normal teenager. He really wished that he had been much more. Kyle then comes face-to-face with his first crush Amanda, and he learns that she is still together with her cheating, back-stabbing boyfriend. Apparently she doesn't know about her boyfriend's horrible ways. Kyle is also confronted by Declan who demands to know what or who Kyle is. Declan tells Kyle of his struggles to stay focused, his poor grades, his family problems - all because of the mysteries surrounding Kyle - but Kyle refuses to tell Declan the truth. Earlier that day Foss had warned Kyle of the dangers of letting people know who he really is. Foss told him that if anyone outside of the Trager family found out, they might come and take him away. The heated conversation between Foss and Kyle got so loud for Kyle that he broke the glass overhead and it fell on top of them both. Foss then looked at Kyle and told him that that is the reason he can't tell anyone, so Kyle keeps his mouth shut.
And finally we meet XX. Just like Kyle, she is stranded in the forest. But this time there is no loving family to greet her and take her in. Instead she is met with a greasy outdoors man who looks at her with lust. When he tries to make a move on her, she stops him by putting her hand around his neck and choking him to death. She then eats his food and puts on his coat. In the morning she goes walking in the park, and she watches all the people around her, learning their strange ways. Then a young man runs past the park, and XX looks up to see Kyle. He doesn't see her, so he keeps running along. XX soon leaves the park and goes to a storage area where she enters one of the crates. There she draws pictures of all of the people she met, especially Kyle. On the flip side of this story, Emily Hollander is hired by a special company that knew about Zzyzx and their "assets." Emily is to locate and bring in XX. When Emily finds her, she also discovers that XY may not be dead after all.
Good episode! Can't wait till next week!
