SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for "Call/Response," the latest episode of Cloak & Dagger.


The Bowens have just suffered another tragedy. In "Call/Response," the latest episode of Cloak & Dagger, Melissa's lawyer boyfriend Greg was killed and his practice torched as Tandy looked on in horror. As Tandy approached his building, she witnessed a maintenance worker shoot him point blank in the head, then douse the office with lighter fluid and light a match. She returned home immediately, only to overhear her mother Melissa leave him a heartbreaking message, unaware of his shocking demise.

Speaking to CBR, Cloak & Dagger star Andrea Roth teased Melissa's reaction to Greg's death -- but don't expect to see it on screen right away. According to Roth, she "may end up being in the dark about that for a bit." Nevertheless, Tandy and Melissa will soon learn "there is very much something to this Roxxon case," even if they found out the hard way. Roth also offered some insight into the way this will change Melissa's relationship with Tandy and hinted that her character may meet Tyrone "Cloak" Johnson before long.

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CBR: Let's get right to it. Greg suffers a pretty shocking demise at the end of tomorrow night's episode. How quickly will we see the fallout affect Melissa?

Andrea Roth: I don't expect it to be that quickly. I think she may end up being in the dark about that for a bit. Yeah, I think that that's going to take a while for me to deal with the fallout of that.

Judging by some of Tandy's snide remarks, Melissa has had a fair few men walk in and out of her life. Can you tease how Greg's sudden absence will impact her?

Well, I think that -- unbeknownst at first to Tandy -- Greg is actually a good guy! You know, he seemingly loves me for the right reasons, as you know. When Tandy catches him and she sees his hopes, I think it's also a turning point for her that, wow, her mother is actually with somebody that has good, full, right, loving intentions. I'm sure, in certain ways, it probably is confusing, but probably would make Tandy very happy that possibly I'm on the way to some sort of healthy relationship.

[Greg's disappearance], obviously, could go one of two ways. I can either sink into a deeper abyss than I've already been in, or maybe it will be the catalyst that sort of wakes me up. Because I'm also, as I'm about to discover, that there is something to this Roxxon case and obviously, what's all happening, we are all getting a little bit close to something they don't want us to find out.

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How do the events of tomorrow night's episode change Melissa's approach to the Roxxon case?

You're being a little bit tricky, because I can't quite say, because we don't know when I'm going to find out about this. I think that what I can say is that we are close, I'm realizing, and my daughter Tandy is realizing there is very much something to this Roxxon case, that all these years of me being -- what seems to Tandy -- deluded and lost in the past, all of these years of me being obsessed with making my husband's name right again, I think now at least it gives us an opportunity to be sort of in on it together, whereas before it was just another point that kept mother and daughter apart.

All of a sudden, Tandy seems very interested in the Roxxon case. How does that affect their relationship moving forward?

I think that it actually could possibly be like a catalyst for some healing, because -- all of a sudden -- how she's been looking at me and my obsession with it, I probably won't seem as crazy and maybe will even make her have a bit of respect for me and the fact that I was wanting to uphold her father's name and trying to do the right thing. I think, on my end, I'm seeing what a resourceful -- again, I don't know all the danger she's getting into, nor her superpowers -- but what a resourceful, strong young woman that wants to go in also and now try and find out what happened to right his name, to right her father's name.

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In the same way Tandy can see hope when she touches someone, Ty sees other people's fears. If he were to come in contact with Melissa, what do you think he'd see?

Oh, well, just so you know -- wait for it. You're going to get to see some of that at some point. However, I think my biggest fear would be losing my daughter, any harm coming to her. I think that I probably live with that on a regular basis, being concerned about her addiction problem and the intense guilt that I feel over the fact that I am probably, in a part, responsible for a majority of her running away and her sort of tough girl issues. I think just like with any mom, that they just fear is anything happening to our children.


Airing Thursdays at 8 pm ET/PT on Freeform, Cloak & Dagger stars Olivia Holt as Tandy Bowen/Dagger and Aubrey Joseph as Tyrone Johnson/Cloak, as well as Andrea Roth as Tandy’s mother Melissa Bowen, Gloria Reuben as Tyrone’s mother Adina Johnson, Miles Mussenden as Tyrone’s father Michael Johnson, Carl Lundstedt as Tandy’s partner in crime Liam, James Saito as Dr. Bernard Sanjo and J.D. Evermore as Detective Connors.