Sparklefingers

**Sparklefingers** is the sixth episode of the first season of The Power, and the sixth episode overall. It aired April 21, 2023.

## Synopsis

Governments are introducing new laws on EOD testing, while Urbandox’s followers are growing more dangerous... forcing some to keep their Power hidden, while putting others in the line of fire.

## Plot

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

UrbanDox continues to spread the message that men have gotten soft and must take back power from women for the good of humanity. One of the streamer’s listeners stands outside Margot’s home.

Margot and Rob talk to each other for the first time since their fight, but they can’t get past it. She feels she can’t trust him, and he feels she doesn’t care about doing the right thing. At work, Helen asks Margot to keep her power quiet, as women in their office are getting fired just for having it.

Tunde returns home to Nigeria for a wedding, where he reconnects with Ndudi and tries to convince the groom-to-be not to cancel his wedding just because his fiancée has the power.

Roxy visits Terry’s graveside. He died in the struggle after Roxy killed the man responsible for her mom’s death. Her other brother, Darell, admits to her he doesn’t want to be part of their dad’s business anymore. Roxy, being extremely powerful and intimidating, ends up making herself useful in Bernie’s business, however.

Jos uses her powers in an intimate scenario with Ryan, and it seems to make him uncomfortable. When she doesn’t stop after he tells her to, he pushes her away, causing her to injure her lip. Blaming him, she runs off.

Jos later apologizes to Ryan, but he reveals it’s not her power that freaks him out. He didn’t want to have sex because he hadn’t yet told her that he was born intersex, with both genitalia. So because he has higher levels of estrogen, he gained the power when she accidentally shocked him before they started dating. Jos is angry that he never told her, but Ryan reminds her it’s his body, and he doesn’t owe her anything.

Governor Dandon declares a statewide public health emergency, meaning that all women have to test for EOD. Margot has to sit down for the test, which sends a shock through her body, but she manages to pass the test by not showing that she’s feeling pain. Afterwards she tells Dandon she’ll see him in the primaries because she’ll be challenging him for the Senate seat.

Rob gets a drink with Declan, who is about to go to Carpathia for a follow-up investigation. Rob vents his frustrations about Margot. He never before had a problem being with a powerful woman, but he and the kids didn’t sign up for this. They’re all in danger because of her public stance.

Rob keeps these feelings to himself when Margot announces to her family that she’s going to run for senate. Matty blows up about how the male voice is being lost. He thinks Margot and Rob are a prime example of how women are emasculating men.

That night, Margot and Jos smoke together again. Jos says she supports her mom. The two of them agree to keep Margot’s EOD a secret, even from Rob, until the election.

Margot’s family stands with her as she announces her campaign for Senate. But something horrifying happens during the announcement. The man who stood outside her house earlier sets himself on fire, the words of UrbanDox ringing in his mind.

## 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

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* 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

## Trivia

* The US Constitution guarantees individuals '*to be secure in their persons ... against unreasonable searches and seizures ... but upon probable cause'*

* Governor Dandon justifies the official order to examine female persons by a statewide emergency

* Ryan points Jos to the privacy of his body when she blames him for keeping quiet about his EOD ability