"Extant" thrilled us once more on Episode 3 with more clues than you can beat a stick with, and the cast shined.

Halle Berry's Molly Woods goes from surrogate mother, protector, secret keeper and then falters into paranoia. Molly's husband John (Goran Visnjic) continues to be patient, loyal and forgiving of Molly, while Pierce Gagnon's Ethan went nearly psychopathic on the family. And Alan Sparks could be either friend or foe.

The clues did reveal some things, and by some I mean a mere morsel of what is to come. The clues tie into Molly's combined birthday and welcoming home party. In any case, last Wednesday's episode titled "Wish You Were Here," should have been called "Worst Birthday Party Ever!"

Where to begin? Molly can no longer keep her pregnancy a secret. It has been months now. How long can you hide a baby bump? Even Camryn Manheim's Dr. Sam Barton is losing her patience over these secrets.

Is Sparks (Michael O'Neill) of the International Space Exploration Agency (ISEA) suddenly Molly's friend? Last episode titled "Extinct," Sparks seemed to be forced into a corner with Hiroyuki Sanada's Mr. Yasumoto, who seemed to guilt Sparks about the death of his daughter, and this in turn makes him feel responsible for Molly. At least, he tells Molly that she was exposed to some terrible experiment where she did not give her consent to, and it is affecting her physically, emotionally and neurologically.

And Sparks adds to Molly's psycho-trauma, saying that what she is going through is perhaps what Harmon Kryger (Brad Beyer) was exposed to as well. But the clenching line that I was waiting for all season long was during the conversation between Sparks and Gordon Kern (Maury Sterling), Sparks' right hand man at the ISEA: Kern says, "What are you going to tell her?" Sparks says, "Something more believable than the truth."

On the eve of the party, just before Ethan goes to school for the very first time, he grows curious about the pigeon walking along the family's backyard. Just like out of a cartoon, Ethan prepares a trap to catch the pigeon, by using a piece of string, some food, a stick and a box; he catches the helpless bird.

But is Ethan really bad or psychopathic? Or is Ethan really just very curious like any normal growing child? Then again, Ethan is a robot, a "humanics" child, that is perhaps confused about who or what he is. We see glimpses of Ethan behaving like a child when he is around other children so he will do well at school. However, when Ethan is by himself or around adults, he is not sure what to do. He has the potential to be just as intelligent and as smart as any adult, but he must always be at a child's level.

One thing is perhaps certain, Ethan needs constant attention and stimulation.

As for the party, Ethan gets scolded by John for keeping the bird in the box. Ethan is embarrassed, so he goes to his room. Meanwhile, perhaps the stress of the party and the mounting secrets causes Molly to dream up her dead ex-boyfriend's brother, Tim Dawkins (Arlen Escarpeta). Tim is still alive, but he's not anywhere in town or at the party.

Molly starts up again from mother, lover, astronaut, to someone just freaking out. When she finally reveals to John what the ISEA did to her and Kryger, John loves her more and wants to protect her. The ISEA is probably watching and "seeing" everything they do. Get it? ISEA: "I See."

Back at the ISEA labs, Dr. Barton's files are taken by security, and so is she. At the same time, Sparks and Molly are in the car because Sparks has convinced her that what happened to her tonight at the party could get worse. Dr. Barton and Molly are both about to be taken away, so Barton like a good friend texts Molly to get out of the car. What could have been a terrible car accident does not happen. The car hits onto the side of the road, and Molly escapes to find John to her rescue.  

No more Mr. Nice ISEA: Sparks and a team of Black Ops soldiers storm the house to come to nothing. The Woods family have escaped just like the bird in the box.

What do we know? Sparks is conflicted about his own daughter's death, so he feels close to Molly. But does Spark's conflict make him a bad guy, good guy or just unpredictable? We are learning that Ethan might in fact be an innocent, but we cannot be sure.

Finally, the circular markings that came out of Molly's belly, those look like the exact same ones that were on Kryger's wall in his trailer. However, those markings also look very Gallifreyan, as in "Doctor Who."