Elena is reminding Jasper that they’ll hold birthday traditions alive, even with out his mom, in a sneak peek from season one, episode 5 of Freeform’s “The Watchful Eye,” premiering Feb. 20. In the teaser video, Elena (Mariel Molino) and Jasper (Henry Joseph Samiri) are strolling round New York City and discussing how he and his father usually marked Allie’s birthday earlier than her unintended loss of life.
In the clip, Elena says that indulging in ballpark snacks together with her brother at a New York Mets recreation was all the time how they marked their dad’s birthday, whereas Jasper recounts aquarium visits and cupcakes. “You know we will nonetheless do these issues,” Elena tells Jasper. “We can nonetheless go get a cupcake and go to the aquarium and have a good time your mother.” Jasper laments, nevertheless, that his dad (Warren Christie) not likes to go to the aquarium.
“The Watchful Eye,” which debuted on Freeform this yr, follows Elena as she makes use of her abilities of manipulation to safe the job as Jasper’s live-in nanny on the mysterious Manhattan constructing The Greybourne. While the residence is filled with secrets and techniques, so is Elena.
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Mariel Molino as Elena in “The Watchful Eye” season one, episode 5
In a earlier interview with POPSUGAR, Molino mentioned that Elena’s motives transcend simply being a nanny, in fact. “As the collection progresses, we’ll discover extra about her previous and who precisely she’s attempting to get to. That’s so far as I can say, however I can inform you that though she thinks she’s acquired a transparent goal, there’s a whole lot of completely different targets that come out and in that find yourself dissuading her from her mission.”
She elaborated of Elena’s character: “I believe that she’s attempting to navigate this new world that she’s going into, a really prosperous society, and utilizing the instruments that she has to take action. But I believe that she’s going to run into much more issues than she thinks.”