Broken team, broken ‘verse
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shallownessKilljoys 1.8 - Come the Rain
10 days later for the characters, and I ended up relieved that they didn’t resolve the team’s obvious big problems after the last episode and D’avin’s mind-controlled actions in just this episode, in a show that likes to move superfast, which is too fast in my opinion. What I liked the most about this episode, actually, was the worldbuilding details and getting to know a little more about secondary characters, as well as the lead trio.
Johnny forced Dutch and D’avin to go on an easy warrant, which turned out to be a lie detector puzzle, to get them to talk. Although the video clips brought Johnny into those scenes, and emphasised his point that this was a team issue, wow, he spent quite some time when he was recovering from being stabbed thinking of and recording those questions.
Dr Pawter was putting off a check-up with Johnny when the warning of ‘black (chemical) rain’ sent them rushing back into the bar, where that Priest guy was sheltering. Oh, and, as Johnny discerned, a criminal gang that had just pulled off a job, and an eager Company official who went and did something stupid. So, the head criminal who knew where the gang’s ship was got shot, Pawter said she could save him, Johnny brokered a deal with the new head criminal, except we and Johnny learned that Dr P is a jack addict and was going into withdrawal, which meant unsteady hands that were no good for what she needed to do. Johnny and the Priest/resistance fighter gained permission to go underground to score her a hit, where we and Johnny got to see the Priest dole out blessings to believers/foot soldiers. They also bumped into Company officers, who knew their colleague was in distress because he’d set off a signal. Johnny talked them into giving them 30 minutes, because there were patrons who were basically hostages.
Because it was underground jack, Pawter had to operate on a bad high, with Johnny’s help. When he went down to report they’d got it done, it went a little sideways, with the Control officer being thrown outside to the chemical rain for having too obviously not obeyed the orders. Johnny did heroics, found a way to subdue/kill the gang, but had clearly reached a limit and said he wasn’t fixing things anymore.
Johnny’s attempt to get Dutch and D’avin to talk had stalled on the key question of whether Dutch trusted D’avin. He suggested dancing (there was some contextual lead-up), which just showed that there was still this sexual charge between them. It took therapeutic knife throwing for it to become clear that Dutch didn’t trust him, and she talked a bit about what went down. Things got a bit hairy as Johnny had blocked their control of Lucy until they sorted things out, which was bad because Lucy was being drawn into the storm. They were able to work together because of that danger, but D’avin decided it was best to step back from the team.
In his new ‘I’m done’ mood, on hearing this, Johnny told D’avin it was up to him to fix it for once. The episode ended up with Dutch and Johnny hanging out platonically. Oh, but before that we’d had the twist that the Company man in the bar was actually an effective spy for the Priest’s resistance movement, which was a surprise, because he’d been such a by-the-book idiot for most of the episode.
I realised I could ship Johnny/Dr P after this episode, except she’s hung up on D’avin and was hurt to find out he and Dutch had slept together. But anyway, through this episode, we got to see more of people’s belief systems, a reverence for nature in a polluted world, and why revolution was coming – the Company executed people by chaining them outside for the chemical rain to kill them, and was clearly unfair. The Priest challenged Johnny about which side he’d be on. Meanwhile, we learned more about the Jaqobis’ troubled childhood and a little more about Dutch’s upbringing and background.
10 days later for the characters, and I ended up relieved that they didn’t resolve the team’s obvious big problems after the last episode and D’avin’s mind-controlled actions in just this episode, in a show that likes to move superfast, which is too fast in my opinion. What I liked the most about this episode, actually, was the worldbuilding details and getting to know a little more about secondary characters, as well as the lead trio.
Johnny forced Dutch and D’avin to go on an easy warrant, which turned out to be a lie detector puzzle, to get them to talk. Although the video clips brought Johnny into those scenes, and emphasised his point that this was a team issue, wow, he spent quite some time when he was recovering from being stabbed thinking of and recording those questions.
Dr Pawter was putting off a check-up with Johnny when the warning of ‘black (chemical) rain’ sent them rushing back into the bar, where that Priest guy was sheltering. Oh, and, as Johnny discerned, a criminal gang that had just pulled off a job, and an eager Company official who went and did something stupid. So, the head criminal who knew where the gang’s ship was got shot, Pawter said she could save him, Johnny brokered a deal with the new head criminal, except we and Johnny learned that Dr P is a jack addict and was going into withdrawal, which meant unsteady hands that were no good for what she needed to do. Johnny and the Priest/resistance fighter gained permission to go underground to score her a hit, where we and Johnny got to see the Priest dole out blessings to believers/foot soldiers. They also bumped into Company officers, who knew their colleague was in distress because he’d set off a signal. Johnny talked them into giving them 30 minutes, because there were patrons who were basically hostages.
Because it was underground jack, Pawter had to operate on a bad high, with Johnny’s help. When he went down to report they’d got it done, it went a little sideways, with the Control officer being thrown outside to the chemical rain for having too obviously not obeyed the orders. Johnny did heroics, found a way to subdue/kill the gang, but had clearly reached a limit and said he wasn’t fixing things anymore.
Johnny’s attempt to get Dutch and D’avin to talk had stalled on the key question of whether Dutch trusted D’avin. He suggested dancing (there was some contextual lead-up), which just showed that there was still this sexual charge between them. It took therapeutic knife throwing for it to become clear that Dutch didn’t trust him, and she talked a bit about what went down. Things got a bit hairy as Johnny had blocked their control of Lucy until they sorted things out, which was bad because Lucy was being drawn into the storm. They were able to work together because of that danger, but D’avin decided it was best to step back from the team.
In his new ‘I’m done’ mood, on hearing this, Johnny told D’avin it was up to him to fix it for once. The episode ended up with Dutch and Johnny hanging out platonically. Oh, but before that we’d had the twist that the Company man in the bar was actually an effective spy for the Priest’s resistance movement, which was a surprise, because he’d been such a by-the-book idiot for most of the episode.
I realised I could ship Johnny/Dr P after this episode, except she’s hung up on D’avin and was hurt to find out he and Dutch had slept together. But anyway, through this episode, we got to see more of people’s belief systems, a reverence for nature in a polluted world, and why revolution was coming – the Company executed people by chaining them outside for the chemical rain to kill them, and was clearly unfair. The Priest challenged Johnny about which side he’d be on. Meanwhile, we learned more about the Jaqobis’ troubled childhood and a little more about Dutch’s upbringing and background.
