The episode reveals Andre's backstory through flashbacks. Eight years prior, his career as a jazz musician was ruined by debilitating migraines. After a suicide attempt, he gained the power to feed on others' despair to find relief, turning his first nurse, Lia , into his primary accomplice.
This penultimate episode of Season 2 focuses on the origin of the season's antagonist, , and the heroes' desperate attempt to stop his "ascension." [S2E9] Cloak and Swaggart
The episode explores how individual trauma can either turn someone into a predator (like Andre) or a hero (like Ty and Tandy). The episode reveals Andre's backstory through flashbacks
Tandy and Tyrone use their powers to enter Lia's mind to find Andre. Inside, they discover the truth of his manipulation—he has been "collecting" people's pain like records in a store to fuel his own sanity and power. This penultimate episode of Season 2 focuses on