Episode Discussion 4.09 The Kids Are Alright

[dirty_diana]

Episode 4.09 synopsis

Team Awesome Force sneak onto the RAC to rescue Westerly's stolen children. Zeph and Pip grow closer.

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[dirty_diana]

JAQ: He's going to cry, isn't he?

D'av's face as he expresses his emotions through travel preparedness! Delle Seyah's giant bazooka! Her grudging acceptance of Jaq's new name! Continued co-parenting jokes!
The entire teaser was gold.

JOHNNY: I am cool cool cool with you two being badasses with benefits. But what I am not cool with? Is you hiding shit behind my back. Except for the sex stuff. Walls are thin enough.

Yesssss love they addressed this cause it's always difficult to be the third, and of course this is the reverse of when D'avin first showed up.

DUTCH: I could kiss you on the forehead right now.
TURIN: I will kick you in the box.

Turin has a heart now! Patrick Garrow's delivery this entire scene was pretty great. I love that this is a continuation of last season's everything, when Dutch was smugly in charge of the war and then Turin was, but trying to do it with no feelings.
And then Weeg! Ugh, rip. You're his guy.

Lol D'avin's terrible wig.

Johnny's not upset about Dutch/D'av, he's just lonely! I'm going to cry.

Love Zephyr's backstory reveal, it makes a lot of sense. I should have known it preceded something terrible.

Pippen's sacrificial death being turned into being about Pip choosing the manner of his own exit and going out on his terms was so totally Killjoys.

DUTCH: It was his choice.

^theme

ZEPH: You know what they say about Team Awesome Force?...You were supposed to bring him home.

With a callback to Zeph's first appearance, if I'm not mistaken? But. Ton of blame going around this season.

Whoa, that body switch. The green space continues to not have any rules, exactly, but I look forward to watching Dutch kick the Lady's ass. No other outcome acceptable. How are they going to get her back out though. With this being the prelude to the last season, and therefore a prelude to the last act, I'm preparing for the season finale to be some kind of 'darkest before the dawn' depressing mess.

[lynnenne]

Everything about Jaq and D'Avin and Delle Seyah was hilarious and awesome.

Pippen's sacrificial death being turned into being about Pip choosing the manner of his own exit and going out on his terms was so totally Killjoys.

It was! And I get that Zeph is angry about Pip's death, but I didn't like that she went out of her way to blame Dutch for it. Dutch carries around enough guilt already, she doesn't need more. Though it made for good drama.

[dirty_diana]

Yeah, agreed. The show feels especially heavy on people feeling guilty about things they couldn't necessarily control this season. I hope there turns out to be an interesting story reason for needing this rift since we really have enough angst right now.