'Counterpart' Season 1 Episode 9 races towards the finale as Mira emerges as a dictator
STARZ's 'Counterpart' is gradually drawing to a close with Season 2 and in Episode 9, titled 'You to You', the show has finally reached its denouement. Starring J.K.Simmons as Howard Silk, Olivia Williams as Emily Silk, Harry Lloyd as Peter Quayle, Nazanin Boniadi as Clare, Betty Gabriel as Naya Temple, James Cromwell as Yanek and Christiane Paul as Mira, Episode 9 picks up with Clare and Peter finally surrendering themselves to Naya. Clare, who had killed her counterpart in Season 1, revealed to Naya about her earlier commitment to the terrorist cell of the Prime World, Indigo, which had driven her to believe that the Primes must overthrow the Alphas.
The very concept that the Primes want to overthrow the Alphas who are in many ways better than their counterpart is almost like a reminder of Hitler's rule in Germany. This subtle reference to Hitler's rule in Germany during the early 1940s' remains almost omnipresent throughout the episode. The events of 'Counterpart' are the aftermath of what happened in post-war Germany. Yanek discovered the two worlds and he was immediately interested to discover and gather knowledge about the existence of the two worlds. However, he envied the fact that his counterpart led a better life than him, and soon Yanek eliminated his other and took over his place in the Prime world.
