Episode Discussion 3.06 Necropolis Now

[dirty_diana]

3.06 Episode Summary

As Johnny faces off with someone from his past, Dutch faces her own personal hell.

(mod is not likely to be able to watch till tomorrow, but wanted to get the post up for you to use)

Comments

[lynnenne]

Have you seen it yet? I HAVE FEELINGS.

[jadelennox]

OH GOD THIS SHOW.

[lynnenne]

ANEELA AS DARTH VADER MADE ME SQUEE SO LOUDLY.

[dirty_diana]

I just thought of something: is D'avin Luke Skywalker?

[lynnenne]

I still kind of think of Dutch as Luke Skywalker, because she's alone and her mentor died and she's more or less "the chosen one."

EDITED TO ADD:

Also: "Luke. I am your father!"

Maybe D'Avin is General Organa? Especially after this week's developments.

[dirty_diana]

I'm on the fence about this, even though you almost sold me with that ETA. Not to end up in the classic Star Wars argument about Leia's Force skills, but if the green is the Force, then D'avin is the skilled Force neophyte emerging out of nowhere? Hmmn, he could also be Rey, I guess.

Dutch is the purer side of Aneela, *and* she's basically a baby made from pure Force energy! Ergo, Aneela is Darth Vader and Dutch is Anakin Skywalker. :)

[dirty_diana]

Yes, just posted! What did you think? FEELINGS, SO MANY.

[dirty_diana]

D'avin and his ode to his suit, heart eyes. Aaah this heart to heart with romantic music and Dutch is going in for the kiss! But D'avin is a gentleman who is not going to kiss Dutch while she's drunk and grieving and mad at herself. And now Dutch is even more mad at herself, in the guise of being mad at D'avin. Love it.

I think there have always been hints of Dutch taking these fights too personally, but it's cranked up to eleven this year. You're only one person, Dutch!

The burial ceremony was interesting to see though I always wish the show differentiated this tree religion a bit more rather than just being vague medieval Christianity.

locked box mystery! fun. Dutch calling Alvis an attention whore activist, and Alvis copping to it made me laugh really hard. Yay for the return of Alvis and Alvis' biceps.

Delle Seyah Kendry bet on the wrong power-mad horse that is AMAZING. I love Delle being out of her depth. Did the big gay feelings blind her a bit? And Aneela is actually sad/homicidal about it? About Delle in specific, or tired of being lonely in general? We thought Aneela was Palpatine, but she's actually Darth Vader? Literally Darth Vader, with the Force choking. Dark lesbian queen love story, weirdly unexpected by me but I am here for it.

[lynnenne]

Dutch calling Alvis an attention whore activist, and Alvis copping to it made me laugh really hard.

LOL ME TOO. That moment was perfect.

Yay for the return of Alvis and Alvis' biceps.

YAY INDEED. This ep gave me all the shipper feels for both Dutch/D'Avin and Dutch/Alvis. I think Alvis might be winning, but that could turn on a dime.

We thought Aneela was Palpatine, but she's actually Darth Vader? Literally Darth Vader, with the Force choking.

OMG I LOVE VADER!ANEELA SO MUCH. I loved how that homage was so deliberately obvious, and yet the emotion of the moment made it work SO WELL.

And yes, with all her political savvy, who would have thought that Delle's power instincts would fail her? I'm UGH with the forced pregnancy storyline, but I trust the writers of this show enough to handle it well. Delle is going to be PISSED.

[dirty_diana]

And yes, with all her political savvy, who would have thought that Delle's power instincts would fail her?

Right? It's kind of weird to be rooting for the bad guy but she's so charismatic and I hope she claws her way back to power? Even if it's with a questionable Hullen baby in tow. (It occurs to me that a line in this week's ep may clarify why the Hullen would even bother, which I was kind of wondering about.)

[lynnenne]

It's kind of weird to be rooting for the bad guy but she's so charismatic and I hope she claws her way back to power?

You and me, both. (Also, I have a history of falling in love with charismatic villains so it's pretty much normal for me. :)

[dancesontrains]

Poor Delle D:

And yes, so many feelings.

[michelel72]

So, was that really a forcibly impregnated Delle Seyah? Could speculative fiction ever ... not with that?

Otherwise, I loved everything about this episode. All the little character moments -- D'avin and Dutch, Johnny and Lucy (OTP <3), Dutch and Alvis, Dutch and the Nine guy at the end ("... yeah, we're still leaving," ha!). Very tricky of ... Pawter's sister to pretend illness like that to lead Johnny astray.

I guessed the seeds far, far earlier than the episode seemed to expect of the viewer; if they had ever shown that ritual before, maybe it wouldn't have been so obvious. (ETA: I agree with the previous commenter -- can't see who in this edit window -- that putting communion and indulgences into the otherwise neatly different religion is a bit unoriginal.)

[dirty_diana]

There's been people wondering if Mayko Nguyen was pregnant and I guess that question has been answer, but yeah ugh to any sketchy Hullen Jesus forced pregnancy situation. I hope the payoff is worth it.

It was cool to see Pawter's sister again, but I don't know if we knew her well enough for her revenge fog to be that interesting. Tricky plan but why was she even blaming the Nine?

The religion comment was me! I didn't think much about the seeds just because I was officially tired of tree Christianity. I also remember some benediction stuff in S1. And 12 went to Arkyn, really? Why 12 when there are an infinite number of numbers to choose from that don't call to mind the Abrahamic religions. I guess the bleeding and suffering arguably shows up in a bunch of existing faiths, but the way it's presented strikes me as very mortification of the flesh-y. Maybe this filter is actually coming from me, I don't know.