not only a powerful alliance, an unlikely alliance *cue guitar*

collateral damage?

Other explanation. 7 years bad luck (or does that only apply to regular mirrors?)

Yeah but they are on different sides of their faces!!

The Viper is coming, five seventy-five

This ep had its moments but Louis characterization seemed inconsistent with what we've seen of him so far.

you take them both, and there you have

The episode definitely has a tone that assumes the observer knows that Santa isn't real. You can certainly come up with some sort of explanation but it won't do you any favors in terms of keeping up the mystery.

Most chilling part of that scene for me was how you got the feeling Hope was pissed that her blind obedience didn't measure up. You can read that like Kilgrave punished her for it or that she punished herself for not being as good.

helicopter

His criteria is definitely undefined but I never thought his "judgement" was based on threat or power level. Given his power level I doubt he's very concerned by how much damage these inhumans cause. He could be looking at usefulness for example or mastery or acceptance.

Or maybe he finds "Jesus"