Just a Girl

**Just a Girl** is the eighth episode of the first season of The Power, and the eighth episode overall. It aired May 5, 2023.

## Synopsis

Secrets are exposed... new bonds are formed... others are shattered... as our characters journeys grow increasingly intertwined across an ever-changing world.

## Plot

*This section is a detailed plot of this episode. **There are major spoilers.** Click to expand.*

Susannah posts the video of Eve’s miracle without her permission, and it inspires women and girls all over the world. Allie is scared, thinking she’ll be discovered by authorities. She confesses what she ran from to Maria, who promises to protect her.

The video of Eve finds its way to Roxy, who hates to hear about a girl potentially as powerful as she is. She messages Allie to ask how she pulled off her tricks and sends her displays of her own power. Allie invites her to come to the convent and have a home with them, but Roxy only wants to flex her own powers.

A group of nuns claims they can’t stay any longer, even while a new group of girls joins the convent. Allie’s friends shun Susannah for uploading the video.

Mrs. Montgomery televises a message to Allie, which everyone sees. Veronica goes to call Mrs. Montgomery, but Allie stops her by getting into her head with her electricity and changing the neural pathways in her brain.

Susannah yells at Allie for tricking them. Finally, Allie tells everyone her background, how her mother abandoned her when she was three and how she bounced from foster home to foster home. She killed Mr. Montgomery, and she’s not sorry. Most of the others don’t care what she did, they continue to call her Eve, and they welcome her home.

Maria finds Veronica claiming she saw God in light, her eyes starting to bleed. When Eve runs out, Veronica smiles and calls out for God before collapsing.

Bernie celebrates Roxy’s 18th birthday by gifting her with a third of his business, thanks to how she put the fear in that man who owed him money.

Later, Roxy talks to her mom’s former coworkers, who inform her that her mother had a boyfriend named Derek Rena, and that they had been thinking about marriage.

Ricky gives Roxy 10 grand and tells her he never wanted her in his wedding. But Bernie wanted Roxy out of her mom’s house on the night of her murder.

A camera comes to the Cleary-Lopez' house to film them as a family. Matty refuses to be part of it; in his room, he uploads the footage of Ryan using his power.

Helen tells Margot that they tracked hostile statements on her social media to Jos. Margot calls Jos out on her posts, and she claims she was just upset at the time since she didn’t choose to be the daughter of a public figure. There were things she asked Margot not to post, and she posted them anyway. Feeling used by her mother, she acted out. Margot hears her out and apologizes.

Rob decides that it’s time for them to spend real time together as a family, not in front of a camera. He takes them on a spontaneous camping trip.

Out in the woods, Jos sees on her phone that Ryan is all over UrbanDox because of what Matty did. Jos tries to lash out at him, but Margot stops her with her own power.

Seeing that Margot withheld her abilities from him, Rob becomes angry that she shuts him out of everything. He accuses her of only wanting power. But Margot doesn’t apologize for this. She wants power, but she still wants to change lives. Though Rob claims he didn’t sign up for this, she convinces him she can’t pull off the campaign without him. He promises he’ll stay with her through the end, but after the election, he wants a divorce.

In Carpathia, Tunde turns in his coverage to Declan. Pretending to be a photographer, Tunde goes with Declan to meet Viktor so he can meet Tatiana. But guards take them away before he can question Tatiana much about Zoia. They found out about his negative coverage of Moskalev. So, Declan claims Tunde deceived him as well.

Alone in their room, Viktor kicks Tatiana’s dog and talks about teaching Zoia a lesson. An incensed Tatiana grabs a block and hits Viktor with it repeatedly in the head until he’s dead.

She asks to see her stylist Solongo in her room, hands her the murder weapon, and promises her she’ll get her brother out of jail. Tatiana then electrocutes Solongo and positions her body over Viktor’s. She calls for the guards, makes herself cry, and claims that Solongo has killed her husband.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez
* Auli'i Cravalho as Jos Cleary-Lopez
* John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez
* Halle Bush as Allie Montgomery
* Ria Zmitrowicz as Roxy Monke
* Eddie Marsan as Bernie Monke
* Toheeb Jimoh as Tunde Ojo
* Heather Agyepong as Ndudi
* Zrinka Cvitesic as Tatiana Moskalev

### Guest & Recurring cast

*Click to expand list.*

* Nico Hiraga as Ryan
* Josh Charles as Governor Daniel Dandon
* Mezi Atwood as Sandra
* Edwina Findley as Helen
* Daniela Vega as Sister Maria
* Emily Kuroda as Sister Veronica
* Gerrison Machado as Matty Cleary-Lopez
* Pietra Castro as Izzy Cleary-Lopez
* Gary McDonald as Big Frank
* Chris Mulkey as Mr. Montgomery †
* Elise Robertson as Mrs. Montgomery
* Sinead Matthews as Christina †
* Little Simz as Adunola
* Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Ricky Monke
* Avital Lvova as Liat Monke
* Sam Buchanan as Terry Monke
* Juliet Cowan as Barbara Monke
* Archie Rush as Darrell Monke
* Ashley De Guzman as Yuki
* Anisa Harris as Navika
* Anissa Matlock as Cat
* Ireti Doyle as Shola Ojo
* Alexandru Bindea as Viktor Moskalev
* Rob Delaney as Tom
* Alice Eve as Kristen
* Ana Ularu as Zoia Donici
* Risteard Cooper as Declan Blease