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Speaker 1: Today's episode contains spoilers for episodes six and seven of

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Speaker 1: Arcane season one. Hi everyone, I'm a Boo and I'm Aaron,

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Speaker 1: and welcome to x ray Vision Extras and x ray

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Speaker 1: Vision Series, where we dive deep into even more of

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Speaker 1: your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture. Every superhero

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Speaker 1: team needs side quests, and our rotating panel of producers

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Speaker 1: and guest hosts will be suiting up to help Jason

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Speaker 1: and Rosie cover all of the amazing nerd content out there.

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Speaker 2: And we are back today with another episode of extras,

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Speaker 2: continuing our rewatch of Arcane season one with the lead

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Speaker 2: up to season two on November ninth. Today, we're jumping

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Speaker 2: forward in time and we're going to be covering episodes

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Speaker 2: six and seven.

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Speaker 1: That's right, and by out y'all know the drone. Let's

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Speaker 1: just hop right in, starting with episode six, which is

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Speaker 1: titled When These Walls Come Tumbling Down?

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Speaker 2: All right, we start off tell him if you've heard

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Speaker 2: this before. We start off with a flashback. Oh, okay,

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Speaker 2: this time it's Victor's childhood and young Victor is playing

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Speaker 2: in the under City and he spends his time. You know,

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Speaker 2: there are these pools in the under City and you

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Speaker 2: by himself, building boats basically, and he sends one of

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Speaker 2: stumbles into a cave where he finds Singed and his

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Speaker 2: pet Rio, and Rio is this astonishing looking creature that

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Speaker 2: Rio is dying. Victor, sensing this camaraderie with this other

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Speaker 2: he tells him we can be loners together. Cut to

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Speaker 2: Heimerdinger knows about his prognosis, and he tells him that

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Speaker 2: It's incredible work. But Victor worries, easy for you to say,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's really struggling with his mortality at this point.

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Speaker 1: As we've seen throughout the season, we also learn in

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Speaker 1: this scene that Heimerdinger is one of the founders of

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Speaker 1: Piltover and that's significant because, as we'll see you later

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Speaker 1: in the episode, he is kicked off the council, and

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Speaker 1: that really makes that council scene even more emotionally impactful

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Speaker 1: for me to know that he's being kicked off the council.

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Speaker 1: He very likely started himself and was the founding member

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Speaker 2: Mean, up until this year, he's been the one given

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Speaker 1: to our recap. Jace returns to Mel's chambers after he

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Speaker 3: Right, why'd you ditch me? I thought we had a connection.

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Speaker 2: Here, aboo. Do you have any personal stories about when

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Speaker 3: She's been kicked out right.

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Speaker 2: Also, just as you're saying, she's painting, and it is

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Speaker 2: again with the great audio in this show. We get

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Speaker 1: And a really great bit of storytelling. It tells us,

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Speaker 1: He doesn't reveal who those girls are exactly, but Jinks

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Speaker 2: Nonetheless, I just imagine Caitlin being like, I just dragged

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Speaker 1: Okay, thanks absolutely, And you know, I think by proving

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Speaker 1: and uh uh oh is that Silco making a tower.

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Speaker 3: Of cards with my daughter? Holy shit, what a.

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Speaker 1: Stomach drop moment. I certainly was terrified during this scene.

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Speaker 2: So just I don't know, kids are dumb sometimes, But

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Speaker 1: in particular is really exploring the nuances of this downtrodden

435
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,399
Speaker 1: community that we're seeing down here at the water Tower,

436
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,160
Speaker 1: and it speaks to real world communities that are over

437
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:18,920
Speaker 1: policed or marginalized and why they, for example, would distrust

438
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 1: law enforcement just like Violet distrust enforcers, or why violence

439
00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 1: and drugs proliferate in a community like this, because again,

440
00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: as we see throughout this story, you do what you

441
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,159
Speaker 1: need to survive, or if you're like Huck, you have

442
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 1: been on the receiving end of so much violence and

443
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,199
Speaker 1: bullying that you just want to feel what it's like

444
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,679
Speaker 1: to give that back, And that, of course, is this

445
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 1: endless cycle. This cycle of conflict in war is another

446
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,480
Speaker 1: big theme in this story, and this cycle of violence

447
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 1: begetting violence, Huck being bullied so wanting to take Shimmer

448
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 1: to bully back, and then feeling the repercussions of it.

449
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,320
Speaker 1: I loved all of that so much because it's a

450
00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: cycle that is not easy to break. In order to

451
00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: break it, people in power have to understand where the

452
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: people who are trapped in the cycle are coming from,

453
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,679
Speaker 1: and we're seeing some of that even here with Caitlin,

454
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,919
Speaker 1: who is beginning to understand the under city in a

455
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,000
Speaker 1: way that her rich, bougie lifestyle up to this point

456
00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,639
Speaker 1: has never revealed to her. And I thought all of

457
00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 1: that really came together in a beautiful way to show

458
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,679
Speaker 1: class divide and socioeconomic divide in a way that is

459
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:28,600
Speaker 1: much more nuanced than these are the rich bad people,

460
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 1: and these are the sad poor people.

461
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,160
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462
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463
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 2: thankfully it is not Elon Musk. All right, back to

464
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,719
Speaker 2: our recap, Marcus is attempting to frame the firelights with

465
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 2: one of Jenks's grenades. He brings it to Jace and

466
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 2: he's like, I found this on the firelights. This is

467
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:13,200
Speaker 2: clearly what was used in the attacks. And in order

468
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 2: to keep the city safe, Jace, I think, with all

469
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,359
Speaker 2: good intentions, wants the enforcers to start searching everyone that

470
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:25,640
Speaker 2: crosses the bridges. Yeah, and oh, by the way, Marcus

471
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 2: wants to know about a particular some certain prisoner who

472
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 2: was released by Caitlin under Jas's orders. I don't know

473
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 2: if you happen to know anything about that, right, which,

474
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,399
Speaker 2: of course Jase is like, we're handling it, don't worry.

475
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,360
Speaker 2: But I don't know. Maybe if you could just give

476
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:43,440
Speaker 2: me a little influence in this situation, because I'm a

477
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:45,840
Speaker 2: little interested in this prisoner.

478
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 3: And Jase shuts it down.

479
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,400
Speaker 1: Yes, Jase, I think shows a level of trust and

480
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 1: camaraderie in Caitlin here, because seemingly those are the first

481
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,639
Speaker 1: he's ever hearing of this, right, and then he doesn't.

482
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 2: Bat nye and he's got so much on his plate,

483
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,160
Speaker 2: I'm sure he doesn't even give a second thought. Yeah,

484
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 2: and he just trusts Scalen.

485
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 3: Yeah.

486
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,280
Speaker 1: You gotta love that. You gotta love friends who will

487
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,119
Speaker 1: have your back no matter what. All right, Sorry for

488
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: a council meeting, folks. You know I love a council meeting,

489
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,800
Speaker 1: and this one's juicy. Heimerdinger is telling the council that.

490
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 3: They have lost their way.

491
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 1: They're cannibalizing themselves with their greed and their pride and

492
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 1: their hunger for power, and it's about damn time that

493
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: we hold each other accountable, folks. Jace, he's got a

494
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: rebuttal red tea. He hits Heimerdinger with a classic who

495
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:33,639
Speaker 1: watches the Watchman.

496
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 2: Though, got the reverse card all lined up?

497
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 1: Yes, the reverse you know card? Yeah, bam, you know

498
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 1: what draw for while you're at it.

499
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 2: You have plenty of time to use all those cards

500
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:43,680
Speaker 2: when you're out of a job.

501
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,119
Speaker 1: That's true, nothing to do in retirement. Bud Jace comes

502
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 1: at Heimerdinger here. He's got a plan of attack ready

503
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 1: to go. He blames Heimerdinger for the current state of affairs,

504
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,679
Speaker 1: for the rampant use of Shimmer in the under City,

505
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 1: for the dangers that Hiltover is currently facing, and he

506
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,960
Speaker 1: he asks Heimerdinger, what's your plan? What is your plan

507
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 1: for all of this? Because all I'm hearing from you

508
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,439
Speaker 1: is what we shouldn't do? What should we do? He

509
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,640
Speaker 1: has this really great line in this moment where Jay

510
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 1: says healing the city will take more than just speeches.

511
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: Humans don't live for centuries. We can't wait for progress.

512
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: Really great stuff and obviously speaks to what we've been

513
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: talking about earlier in our conversation. Heimerdinger, as we know,

514
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,080
Speaker 1: is the father of Piltover, one of the founders. But

515
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: it's time for Daddy to go into retirement. Jase pushes

516
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:37,359
Speaker 1: for a vote to basically ex communicado Heimerdinger from the council.

517
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: The vote has to be unanimous.

518
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 2: And has to be unanimous, and shockingly it is.

519
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:43,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

520
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 1: The whole council votes for Heimerdinger to get kicked.

521
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,840
Speaker 2: Off, and no scene with Jase bringing a children's toy

522
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,199
Speaker 2: or some a pack of nuts or anything to the

523
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 2: other council members. This was he didn't bribe anyone. No,

524
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 2: this was a full on everyone agreed. Yeah, like slowly,

525
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 2: I mean mel agrees first, and then slowly everyone else

526
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 2: falls in line. But everyone else fell in line.

527
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 1: Yeah.

528
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 2: And in this moment, Heimerdinger's breaking my heart. I know.

529
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 2: I said Huck was breaking my heart. Well, now Heimerdinger is.

530
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 3: Yeah.

531
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 1: As much as I feel for Heimerdinger, I do want

532
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: to counterbalance that a little bit by just saying that

533
00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: it's really telling that without any bribery, Jase is able

534
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: to put this vote forward and unanimously the council votes

535
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,160
Speaker 1: to get rid of Heimerdinger.

536
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 3: Yeah.

537
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 1: I think it really reveals to us how out of

538
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 1: touch Heimerdinger, the father of Piltover, has become. It makes

539
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:34,680
Speaker 1: me think of that opera scene that we saw a

540
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 1: few episodes ago where Heimerdinger is enjoying the play. You know,

541
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: he's chomping on his popcorn, he's clapping, he's scheering, while

542
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,639
Speaker 1: every other council member is scheming behind his back, and

543
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: he's totally unaware of it. It shows us, I think

544
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:52,200
Speaker 1: that his idealism, his optimism, while admirable, has made him

545
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,959
Speaker 1: blind to the truth of the actual politics that's happening

546
00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,360
Speaker 1: around him. And it's kind of a tough reality check, right, Yeah,

547
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: because like Heimerdinger here is asking everyone to take the

548
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: high road. We have to go back to operating with

549
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: honor and integrity. But in a messy world like this

550
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: one between Piltover and Zon like, the high road is

551
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: not always the most effective road to get things done,

552
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,399
Speaker 1: and sometimes you do just have to get down in

553
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: the trenches with everyone to make changes.

554
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 2: It's a nice little reversal because up until this point

555
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 2: we've seen the youth kind of as the idealists. Yeah,

556
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 2: they're the ones who are like, we need to fight back,

557
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 2: we need to you know, exert our independence from Piltover

558
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,720
Speaker 2: and the adults, the father figures in this case, are

559
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 2: the ones saying, you don't understand how the world works.

560
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 2: There's a reason I have this agreement with the enforcers.

561
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 2: It's to keep things go paesetic between both sides. But

562
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 2: now we have this little switcheroo and it's kind of

563
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 2: a sad thing to see that happened to Himerdair.

564
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, great point.

565
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 2: We're going to cut back to the water tower. Caitlin

566
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: heals Violet with the potion, and then she looks around

567
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 2: on the walls and she sees all these drawings and

568
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 2: realizes that this is not just any old building. This

569
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 2: is Violet's old house, and she sees Powder's name up

570
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 2: there as well. Violet reveals that her parents were killed

571
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 2: by you guessed it, enforcers, and that's what has led

572
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 2: to her distrust of Caitlin. Can't blame her. If you

573
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 2: watch your parents get killed by someone in an outfit

574
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 2: and then you see someone in that same outfit later, yeah,

575
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: probably not going to be a ton of trust. We

576
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 2: don't have any time to deal with them going through

577
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 2: these feelings because there's some noise outside and they open

578
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:38,800
Speaker 2: the door. Boom, it's Soco and we see Huck cowering

579
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 2: behind him. Soco has paid Huck with some shimmer for

580
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 2: their location, and there are a couple other vagrants around there,

581
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 2: like zombies going for this shimmery, and he gives out

582
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 2: a couple of vials. They start hulking out and advancing

583
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 2: on Violet and Caitlin, and Violet and Silk are having

584
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 2: this tit a tit, and Violet asks about Powder and

585
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 2: Soko says, what are you talking about? I freed her,

586
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 2: and Soko says, you don't know your limits. This is

587
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 2: exactly what got Vander killed and it's what drove your

588
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 2: sister away, and it's why I'm here right now, and

589
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 2: you're in bad shape yea. And the shimmer zombies start

590
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 2: heading towards them, and then Violet's like, if it's the

591
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 2: last thing I do, I'm going to shut down your empire.

592
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 2: And then she and Caitlin knock the water tower over,

593
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 2: which conveniently separates them from the zombies the vagrants perfectly,

594
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 2: and we get this huge climactic montage. Yeah, we see

595
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 2: Jinks on top of the under city, lighting off the

596
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 2: flare that Violet gave her back in episode three using

597
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 2: the hex crystal. We get this beautiful animation of the smoke,

598
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 2: which also happens in the next episode. But we have

599
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 2: the memories of Milo and clagger around her as it's

600
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: like the camera circling her holding the torch. Soko is

601
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 2: furious that Violet has gotten way, sends his goons off,

602
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 2: and then he mercilessly beats huck huh.

603
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 3: Painful to watch.

604
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 2: And then we see Marcus setting up his enforcers with

605
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 2: floodlights on every bridge into Piltover, and we have just

606
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 2: a really moving, energetic, fast montage of all these things happening.

607
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: A really great montage. I think the only thing that

608
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: would have made it better would have been an imagine

609
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: Dragon's song in.

610
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 2: The backdrop always but nah and the animal.

611
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 3: All right.

612
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: From the montage, we go back to our flashback from

613
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: earlier in the episode. We join young Victor as he's

614
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: bringing this box of shimmer flowers to feed Rio, but

615
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: he walks in and finds Rio in agony, hooked up

616
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: to all of these tubes and Cinch's lab. Victor is furious,

617
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: but Cinched is condescending in his response. He says, I

618
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:56,479
Speaker 1: thought you understood the mutation must survive. I don't care

619
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: about the animal. I care about the scientific experiment that's

620
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: taking place here. The camera then transitions, I love to

621
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: this transition to kind of pans over, and we transition

622
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: over to the same lab now in present day as

623
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,760
Speaker 1: Victor walks in and we see Rio, all these years later,

624
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: still being kept alive in a giant test two bakta

625
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 1: tank thing, and Victor says, too singed, I understand now.

626
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: We then cut to Silko, who returns to his office

627
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: only to find that Jinx has strung up Savika from

628
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: the rafters big rafters energy here from Jinks in this office,

629
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: and she has scribbled the word liar on Sevika's.

630
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 2: Arm all over. I mean it's on Sevika herself. Yeah,

631
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 2: right in this scene with the music and everything, Like

632
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 2: Jinx is a true horror movie villain. Yeah, you and

633
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 2: I famously do not watch horror movies, So maybe we're

634
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 2: the wrong people to be making that connection.

635
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 3: Right, But do Spooky.

636
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 2: They really build her up in a way that every

637
00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 2: time she's not on screen we sense an incredible amount

638
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 2: of dread from her, and every time she's introduced in

639
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 2: the scene, we get that same dread. But the longer

640
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 2: we sit with her in a scene, the more we

641
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 2: see the parts of her that are vulnerable and the

642
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 2: parts of her that we feel bad about but every

643
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 2: time she is introed in a scene, I just feel

644
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 2: like I'm terrified of her.

645
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 3: Oh totally.

646
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: I think we're seeing Jinks become more and more unhinged

647
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 1: as the story goes on, as the season goes on,

648
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: and it's becoming truly horrifying and heartbreaking to watch because

649
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: this is still Powder, the adorable little girl we saw

650
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: in episode one, and here is the path her life

651
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: is taken. It's scary and tough to watch. I also

652
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: wanted to quickly comment on Victor and this flashback scene

653
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: because he walks up to Stinged and he says, I

654
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: understand now, And the way I read this is I

655
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: think both Jason Victor have actually come to the same

656
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: realization that you sometimes have to sacrifice the people and

657
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: things you love in the name of progress. Times that

658
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: is the only way to make progress. Jace has sacrificed

659
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: a father figure, a mentor in Heimerdingger, he has played politics.

660
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 1: Victor here, of course, returning to Singed is foreshadowing some

661
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: painful sacrifices that he will make in the next couple episodes.

662
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 2: We cut back to Jinks, whose flare burns out again.

663
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 2: Beautiful animation on the smoke. I think earlier I said

664
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: we would talk about it in the next episode. I

665
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,760
Speaker 2: was wrong. It's the same episode. This episode. That montage

666
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 2: just felt like the end of an episode. This is

667
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 2: like Lord of the Rings the third movie, where it's

668
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,919
Speaker 2: just like we have fourteen different endings to it. Yeah,

669
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 2: this is the end of act two, and so they

670
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 2: really jammed a bunch in here. So that's I'm going

671
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 2: to blame that on why I mistakenly said it was

672
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 2: the next episode. But beautiful animation on the smoke, And

673
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 2: just as she's about to give up, Violet appears. Jinx

674
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 2: drops the hex crystal. We get a scene of the

675
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 2: hex crystal dropping definitely not a Chekhov's gun moment, and

676
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 2: Violet tries to explain to her why she was gone,

677
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 2: and Jinks is trying to explain why she's changed. She

678
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 2: had to change to survive, and Violet is like, it

679
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 2: doesn't matter, we're together. Caitlyn shows up and suddenly Jinks.

680
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 2: That sets Jinks off. She turns cold and she's suspicious. Meanwhile,

681
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:16,240
Speaker 2: Kaitlyn realizes Violet's sister is Jinx. That's a problem. Violet's

682
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 2: in the middle trying to calm them both down. Then

683
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 2: Jinks starts to hear voices. Milo is talking to her,

684
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 2: and Violet tells Powder She's like, Powder, it's okay, and

685
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 2: Jink says it's Jinks. Now, Powder fell down a well,

686
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 2: stop talking to me like I'm a child, And she

687
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 2: now thinks Violet is trying to trick her in order

688
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 2: to get the crystal, but Violet says she's only here

689
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 2: for Powder, She's not going to abandon her again. Jinks's

690
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 2: head is filling with more and more voices, but actually

691
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 2: she might be hearing some real things too, because all

692
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 2: of a sudden, the firelights arrive full force, and we

693
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 2: get this incredible, incredible action scene with the firelights circling

694
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 2: the sisters and Caitlin like a true army of green goblins.

695
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 2: Jinx is just unloading the gatling gun all over. Violet

696
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: is literally bare knuckle brawling against people on gliders like

697
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 2: they're flying in at her and she's punching them all

698
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,800
Speaker 2: the while Caitlyn is trying to keep the Heck's crystal

699
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 2: from falling and being lost. One of the firelights eventually

700
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 2: gets to drop on Kaitlyn and steals the crystal and

701
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,400
Speaker 2: then sets off a smoke flare to escape, and then

702
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 2: a different firelight knocks out Violet and is about to

703
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 2: kill her when the owl mask firelight stops him and

704
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 2: tells them to take Violet. Jinks charges at them, but

705
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 2: they set off another cloud of smoke. They escape and

706
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 2: the fog dissipates and Jinks realizes once again, unfortunately she

707
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,720
Speaker 2: is all alone, and that's where.

708
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 3: We cut to credits.

709
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: What a great ending to this episode, and what a

710
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: great ending to this act is coming together of the

711
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 1: sisters but then them being torn apart again by forces

712
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 1: outside their control. Really powerful scene. There's so many layers

713
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: to it. The one thing that really stood out to

714
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: me was the miscommunication taking place right Jinks is suspicious

715
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 1: of Caitlin, not believing that Violet is actually there to

716
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: help her, but maybe there for the Gemstone thing. Why

717
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 1: is an enforcer being involved, because remember their sisters their

718
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: parents are the same. Powder's parents were also killed by

719
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: an enforcer. She has every reason to not trust an

720
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: enforcer who just walks in on them.

721
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 3: And another layer to it is kind of the way.

722
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: That Violet is treating Powder here as well, because we

723
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: see throughout the fight Violet looking over and witnessing not

724
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 1: powder but Jinks, reveling in the destruction and firing her

725
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 1: gatling gun, not caring who gets shot, what gets shot,

726
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: who gets hurt, And that's horrifying. We can see in

727
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: Violet's reactions that she's like, thrown off? Is this my

728
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: little sister? Is this the kid's sister that I remember?

729
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,439
Speaker 1: She's not recognizing how much they both have frankly grown

730
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: and changed in the years that they've been separated, and

731
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: their relationship has to evolve as well. It will not

732
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: be the same parentified, older sibling and innocent, little mumbling

733
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: young sibling relationship that it once was.

734
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,720
Speaker 2: I mean, we got her talking to Silko and him saying,

735
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 2: your sister, I've freed her. Your sister's different now, and

736
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 2: Violet not believing it. Yeah, Like Violet still is thinking

737
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 2: of her as the young little girl that she was

738
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 2: having visions of in the house. Yeah, and that's not

739
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 2: the case anymore.

740
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 3: Uh. Super powerful stuff.

741
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 1: One of my favorite episodes in this season for sure.

742
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:28,479
Speaker 2: This is a great one.

743
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: All right, Aaron, Before we get into episode seven, I'm

744
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 1: hearing some voices in my head, or it might just

745
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,240
Speaker 1: be the Firelight's attacking. We need to take a break,

746
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: but don't go anywhere, dear listener.

747
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 5: We will be right back in just a minute.

748
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 3: And we're back.

749
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: Let's get into Arcane season one, episode seven, which is

750
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 1: titled The Boy Savior.

751
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 2: I wonder who this one's going to be about.

752
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 3: This episode starts.

753
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: On a gorgeous grunge graffiti montage of the firelights, and

754
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: then we cut to a captured VI who quickly learns

755
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:18,360
Speaker 1: that the leader of this pesky skateboarding group of punks

756
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: is none other than her old buddy Echo, Remember him,

757
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: m hmm. After a little bit of suspicious back and

758
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 1: forth between the two, they reconcile with a hug. They're

759
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 1: still old friends, and they clearly realize that they're on

760
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:32,479
Speaker 1: the same side.

761
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 2: Here elsewhere in the under City, Victor is in the

762
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: lab with Singed, seeking his advice about what to do

763
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 2: with his hex Tech ruin conundrum, and Singed offers him

764
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 2: a solution. There's not a lot of turning back with

765
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,320
Speaker 2: this one, but he says, I can give you something

766
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 2: that will help you survive the hex Tech confusion, and

767
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 2: of course it's a modified version of Shimmer. We can

768
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 2: tell how desperate Victor is, and and we know this

769
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,440
Speaker 2: is not going to end well. We've seen it being

770
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 2: used on people throughout yeah, the first six episodes, and

771
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 2: we also know that Victor is going to do it.

772
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're witnessing this sad and tragic fall of Victor.

773
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: Here he takes the shimmer, seemingly with plants to use

774
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: it if things get dire enough. Cinched also says a

775
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,919
Speaker 1: line here that struck a chord with me. He says

776
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 1: love and legacy are sacrifices.

777
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 3: We make for progress.

778
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:30,720
Speaker 1: And I found that really interesting because that's a different

779
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: take on legacy, yeah, than we've gotten from people like Heimerdinger. Yeah,

780
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,360
Speaker 1: and a different take on legacy than we've actually literally

781
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: witnessed over the course of this season, because we have

782
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 1: watched Jace rise to be the golden Boy, to be

783
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: the savior of this city. His star has risen, and

784
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: he has been showered with love and been given this

785
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: legacy for creating Hextech, for making progress in the field

786
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: of magic and science. And we see sort of the

787
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: flip side of it too. Here in the under City, Cinched,

788
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: with his experiments, has been ostracized from society. Clearly didn't

789
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: get into the university to work alongside Himerdinger, and we

790
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 1: see that he has a different take on it that

791
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: for him, making progress requires total sacrifice of any expectation

792
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 1: of love and connection with other people or to be

793
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: remembered in any way.

794
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 2: I actually think Singed worked with Himerdinger. Supposedly in the lore.

795
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, there is a throwaway line. Yeah, they seemingly

796
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,359
Speaker 1: like worked together, were partners, and then broke up.

797
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 2: So I think the better mirror to Jason's meteoric rise

798
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 2: promoting progress being, like you said, given this shower of

799
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 2: affection from the masses as well as from mel he

800
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 2: has like this legacy piece locked up. Victor is the opposite.

801
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,839
Speaker 2: His partner is the one who doesn't get love. He's

802
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 2: the one who ignored the lab tech that was trying

803
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 2: to flirt with him or legacy. He's the one who's

804
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 2: gonna die, and he's worried that his accomplishments will be

805
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 2: short lived because someone else is going to surpass him,

806
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 2: and he doesn't live long enough for him to make

807
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 2: enough of an impact that he will live on.

808
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're seeing the two sides of progress and the

809
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: two pads that pushing progress forward can lead you down.

810
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 2: Yeah.

811
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 3: Next week.

812
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: Cut to what is maybe the best montage in this

813
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: entire show. Jase is in the Forge working through some

814
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: stress and anxiety, shirtless, pex and six pack on full display.

815
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: When Mel arrives to admire the view and seemingly like

816
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: talk to him about stuff, They discuss what's bothering Jace,

817
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: and Mel promises to stall the council so that Jays

818
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 1: can figure things out. Right, He's got a line on

819
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 1: his plate. He's worried about Victor, He's worried about the

820
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: under City, He's worried about hex Tech. He's worried about

821
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: where the fuck Caitlin is.

822
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 3: He's got a lot to do.

823
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 2: Right, He's like, did I do twelve reps? Or am

824
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 2: I on fourteen reps of the trice at pulled down here?

825
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 2: And then when I'm doing all this, like have I

826
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 2: hit back today yet? Which, clearly if you see him,

827
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 2: he's hit back today. Jason, Jace, drop the piltover forge

828
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,919
Speaker 2: workout plan. Let us see what you're working with there. Yeah,

829
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 2: I don't know. You know, we don't know much about

830
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 2: Jason's protein intake, but I assume it's pretty high based

831
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 2: off of how jacked he's become since episode six, when

832
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 2: I felt like he was just a normal dude, and

833
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 2: now he looks like Deve Batista, you know. So good

834
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 2: for you, Jason, Good for you, Bud.

835
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:23,720
Speaker 3: Yeah.

836
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,839
Speaker 2: Savika and Soco meet to discuss the situation with their

837
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:31,479
Speaker 2: crime lord syndicate in the face of these lockdowns. They're

838
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 2: losing money and Soco is losing his grip and the

839
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 2: Kem Barons are breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Jinks is

840
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 2: having a full on breakdown after her run in with

841
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 2: Viola and Caitlin, and she's sitting in her again. We

842
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 2: go back to her little home, her fort, whatever we

843
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,360
Speaker 2: want to call it, and she is talking to herself.

844
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 2: Milo is talking to her. She's looking in the mirror.

845
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 2: She's like, oh, she's with a and Forrester. How could

846
00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 2: she be doing that all in front of this beautifully

847
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 2: cracks mirror?

848
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,800
Speaker 3: Do you get it? Aaron cracked mirror, cracked psyche.

849
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 2: Oh, like you see the multiple I just wanted to

850
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 2: make sure you got that, the multiple persons in Oh

851
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 2: my god, She's okay.

852
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 3: Just wanted to make sure.

853
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:11,399
Speaker 2: Wow.

854
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: It's a very subtle bit of storytelling that has been

855
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:14,879
Speaker 1: featured in.

856
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:18,240
Speaker 2: Every Sorry I was thinking. I was trying to imagine,

857
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 2: like if Jay stood in front of that doing his

858
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,880
Speaker 2: tricep pull downs. Yeah, how many different views of the

859
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 2: muscle would he get there? That would actually would be

860
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 2: a good way to isolate different groups.

861
00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 1: But right, I too, am still thinking about Jason Speck's.

862
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 2: Oh all right.

863
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:37,399
Speaker 1: We cut next to Echo, who takes Violet to this

864
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: absolutely gorgeous sanctuary that he has built for Shimmer addicts

865
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: and Shimmer victims to start fresh, to start a new life.

866
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: He shows Violet this stunning mural of all of his

867
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,800
Speaker 1: lost friends, and he tries to convince her that Powder

868
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: is gone, only Jinx remains, and she's working for Silko

869
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 1: because she wants to. She's not trapped by anything. Jinks

870
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,080
Speaker 1: wants to work with Silko. Your sister's not the sister

871
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 1: you remember anymore, But Violet is convinced that she can

872
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: still reach the heart of her little sister buried somewhere

873
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: deep inside.

874
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 2: Jinks and further emphasizing his point, We're looking at this

875
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 2: mirror that is the friends they've lost, and it features Violet,

876
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,759
Speaker 2: who they thought was dead. I mean, when she wakes up,

877
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,839
Speaker 2: the first thing he says to her is you look

878
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 2: pretty good for a dead girl. But it features Violet.

879
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 2: It features Powder right there in the middle, even though

880
00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,760
Speaker 2: they know she's alive. She's just Jinks now. It features

881
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:40,760
Speaker 2: vander Benzo, Milo Clagger, and someone is up there adding

882
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,479
Speaker 2: an addition of the pink haired girl from episode four

883
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 2: that Jinks saw thinking it was Violet and was not,

884
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,280
Speaker 2: but we lost her. We head back to the bridges

885
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 2: heading it's Piltover and Jace is there reprimanding Victor for

886
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 2: breaking the containment. He's like, how can I have this

887
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 2: lockdown if my partner isn't following the rules. My partner

888
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 2: is breaking lockdown?

889
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

890
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 2: Victor is clearly offended by Jason's elitism, and Jase attempts

891
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,719
Speaker 2: to apologize, but in the midst of trying to have

892
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 2: this nice moment with his partner, someone chucks them all

893
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 2: atov cocktail over the barrier and we get into like

894
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 2: full on chaos.

895
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: You know, it is a little unclear to me how

896
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: exactly things have escalated so much at the border. We've

897
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: been so focused on the characters and their journey, Violet

898
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,319
Speaker 1: and Jinks and Silko, that we haven't spent a ton

899
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 1: of time on the circumstances of the under City, right,

900
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 1: and it feels like we got here really fast. Yeah,

901
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 1: it feels like people are throwing Molotov cocktails at enforcers.

902
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 1: I'm left wondering why. Yeah, you know, what exactly is happening?

903
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:51,359
Speaker 1: Like are the lockdowns squeezing the Undercity economically? And like,

904
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 1: I don't know, red prices, egg prices are skyrocketing and

905
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,360
Speaker 1: people are pissed. Or is this something else that's been

906
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:58,760
Speaker 1: brewing for a long time that's now finally been pushed

907
00:46:58,760 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: over the edge by the lockdown.

908
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:00,399
Speaker 3: Yeah.

909
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,399
Speaker 2: I do feel like we got a better sense of

910
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 2: the under City and their relationship to Piltover in the

911
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 2: first act in episodes one through three. Since then, it's

912
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 2: been so story focused on the individual characters. Our main

913
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 2: look into the world of Piltover since episode four has

914
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 2: been council meetings, which is not the best way to

915
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 2: see what the heart of the people are like. If

916
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 2: our view is of a government organization, that looks like

917
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,840
Speaker 2: we're missing out on a lot. We know that the

918
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:34,279
Speaker 2: crime families are losing money because of their smuggling operations

919
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,759
Speaker 2: have lost some steam, but I would hope that the

920
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,759
Speaker 2: under City's base economy does not rely entirely on smugglers.

921
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 2: I mean, that's entirely possible, But it does seem like

922
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:50,720
Speaker 2: we got to this place pretty quickly out of nowhere,

923
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 2: I agree, all right.

924
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,640
Speaker 1: Moving on back to our recap, Silko barges in on

925
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 1: the assembly of frustrated Kenberans. They want to compromise with

926
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:05,759
Speaker 1: the topsiders. They're losing money and they just want to

927
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: do whatever it takes to get back to their life

928
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 1: of comfort and luxury and money still coming in.

929
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, Silko, you fucked up. You lost the handle on.

930
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 1: It exactly, And of course they're blaming Silko for losing

931
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: control of the situation. Silko very quickly reasserts why he's

932
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 1: the top dog.

933
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 3: He reminds everyone.

934
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: Assembled with some deadly fumes from the minds who exactly

935
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: it was that saved them from the depths of their

936
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:35,440
Speaker 1: pitiful lives. They were nothing before Silico came in and

937
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,080
Speaker 1: helped them rise to the stations they're at now. Let's

938
00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: not forget that, folks. It's a really great scene.

939
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 2: I do want to talk about Finn, who is the

940
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 2: main member of the ken Baron Council who's standing up

941
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 2: to Selco. I think he has the absolute best outfit,

942
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 2: hands down, of anyone in this show. He has the

943
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 2: coat slung over the shoulders, he's the half shaved head,

944
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,319
Speaker 2: he has the pinstripe skinny pants, gold trim vest with

945
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 2: the bare chest. He's all tatted up, and I obviously

946
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,440
Speaker 2: want to see more of this character because his outfit

947
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,840
Speaker 2: is so good, his style is incredible. But also I

948
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:12,879
Speaker 2: don't know this character. I don't know any of these

949
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,840
Speaker 2: Kem Barons, and I wish we had a little more context.

950
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 2: I know that this is the beginning of the act,

951
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 2: and so there's things we missed, but we've spent a

952
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:24,680
Speaker 2: ton of time with Soko lounging in his chair, being frustrated,

953
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:30,200
Speaker 2: being annoyed, and we haven't had much Soco crime Lord totally.

954
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 2: I want more scenes of him with this group. And

955
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,759
Speaker 2: Finn does come back, but the rest of the Kem

956
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:41,760
Speaker 2: Barons who are listed as Finn, Smeech, Cross, Rennie and Margo,

957
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 2: and Smeech is the Ordol like chimer Dinger, but like

958
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:49,800
Speaker 2: a skin a hairless one, and Rennie is supposedly most

959
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:54,920
Speaker 2: likely Renata glask who's a Legal Legends character, which very funny.

960
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 2: All of Renata's moves are named after financial terms like

961
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 2: bailout style, take over. So I like that for a

962
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 2: crime syndicate character, but I really wish we had seen

963
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:08,640
Speaker 2: more crime syndicate scenes. Yeah, give me more of Silko

964
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 2: actually bringing these people up and empowering them and we

965
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:15,399
Speaker 2: suddenly see, oh yeah, this person is in charge of

966
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,560
Speaker 2: imports and exports, this person is in charge of extortion.

967
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 2: You know, give me more of that. I want to

968
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,880
Speaker 2: see him being a crime lord more and not just

969
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 2: like a dude worried about Sevika and Jinx.

970
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:27,280
Speaker 3: I agree.

971
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 1: I think this scene was just so good. It's one

972
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: of the best scenes in this episode that you can't

973
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,239
Speaker 1: help but want more of it. And it's such a

974
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,600
Speaker 1: short lived scene, but it's so powerful it really stays

975
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: with you.

976
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 3: I think.

977
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 1: Also one thing that makes this scene so powerful is

978
00:50:40,719 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 1: this very subtle, understated bit of storytelling where we see

979
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: the gas released by Sevika, and then Soka walks around

980
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 1: the table still talking to everyone as people are like choking,

981
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,239
Speaker 1: and at the very end he like, I almost get

982
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:56,960
Speaker 1: the sense that he didn't even need to take that

983
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: like final swig from the mask. He just did it

984
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:00,160
Speaker 1: to taunt.

985
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 2: I feel like it was very much here take my

986
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 2: sloppy seconds.

987
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:06,759
Speaker 1: That's exactly the vibe I got too. And I think

988
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: that's such great storytelling because it shows us the viewer

989
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: that these Ken Barons have gone soft in their more

990
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:14,879
Speaker 1: luxurious lifestyle, so that.

991
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:16,240
Speaker 3: Silko has now given them.

992
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:20,080
Speaker 1: Silko, on the other hand, clearly hasn't. The guess isn't

993
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: affecting him as much, and he's still quite resistant to

994
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:24,840
Speaker 1: it or more used to it. I think it's just

995
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:27,719
Speaker 1: like a really lovely little touch here that tells us

996
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:29,080
Speaker 1: so much about the relationship.

997
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:32,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say Silko put on an effective scene

998
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 2: to show them he's still in power.

999
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 3: He's a good showman. Yeah, gotta give him that.

1000
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 2: We head back to Piltover and Mel is standing overlooking

1001
00:51:40,160 --> 00:51:43,560
Speaker 2: the city and she receives a mysterious letter which has

1002
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,960
Speaker 2: her family crest on it. Oh, so this is a

1003
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:50,719
Speaker 2: new twist. Someone who's been excommunicated from Naxis and from

1004
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:55,400
Speaker 2: her family, they're reaching out. We cut back to the firelights,

1005
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:59,360
Speaker 2: Caitlin is released by Echo, and then Jinx confront Soko

1006
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 2: about why he lied about her sister, and he's like,

1007
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:06,359
Speaker 2: I was doing this to protect you. Violet is here

1008
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,920
Speaker 2: with an enforcer and they're only here because they want

1009
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:12,359
Speaker 2: the Gemstone. They're not here for you. And we can

1010
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,480
Speaker 2: see Jinks struggling with this. At first, it's this brutal

1011
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 2: scene with her. Soko's trying to administer the eye poke

1012
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 2: thing on his own. He can't do it, so Jink's

1013
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 2: in a rare moment of not hiding in the rafters,

1014
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 2: is hiding behind the chair and comes out and she

1015
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 2: is poking him in the cheek with it, and it's brutal.

1016
00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:36,920
Speaker 2: She's again, this is full on horror movie Jinx, and

1017
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,399
Speaker 2: you see her start to unravel as he's like, your

1018
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,799
Speaker 2: sister is not here for you. I was trying to

1019
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,640
Speaker 2: protect you from that. She's the one that left you.

1020
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 2: I'm the one that brought you in. I'm the one

1021
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 2: that took care of you. And he's like, I need you,

1022
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:55,840
Speaker 2: I need you to complete my weapon and she's still torn.

1023
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,040
Speaker 2: She administers the eye drop to him and she bolts

1024
00:52:59,040 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 2: it and oh, I just feel like every time I

1025
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:05,160
Speaker 2: see Jinx, I am terrified of her. Yeah, and I

1026
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:06,240
Speaker 2: feel bad for her.

1027
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 3: And sad stuff.

1028
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 6: We need to take a break, but we will be

1029
00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:24,200
Speaker 6: right back in just a minute, and.

1030
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:28,760
Speaker 1: We're back back at the sanctuary. Kate, who's been released

1031
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:32,640
Speaker 1: by the firelights, convinces Echo to work together and to

1032
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,799
Speaker 1: return the Gemstone to Jace. This is how we're gonna

1033
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: break this cycle of violence. This is how we're gonna

1034
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:41,920
Speaker 1: bring peace to the Upper and Lower Cities. Meanwhile, Victor, Jace,

1035
00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:44,839
Speaker 1: and mel are in the lab trying to figure out

1036
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,520
Speaker 1: the true danger posed by the lost Gemstone in the

1037
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:52,680
Speaker 1: under City. They're trying to unpack the grenade that Marcus

1038
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:55,799
Speaker 1: had given to j one grenade, one grenade from Look

1039
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:56,600
Speaker 1: at this grenade.

1040
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:59,120
Speaker 2: Do you think that they could harness XSEC based off

1041
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:00,120
Speaker 2: this one grenade?

1042
00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:03,439
Speaker 1: They're making a lot of leaps of logic here. Yes, yes,

1043
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: mel in fact wants to preemptively prepare for war against

1044
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 1: the under City by creating hex tech weaponry. The one

1045
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,280
Speaker 1: thing that Heimerdinger has been warning us about this whole

1046
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,279
Speaker 1: damn season, and the energy in this room, for me

1047
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 1: at least very much was giving like there's WMDs in

1048
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,600
Speaker 1: the under City that aren't actually there, and we need

1049
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: to over retaliate to a danger that we aren't actually

1050
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:28,399
Speaker 1: sure is even there.

1051
00:54:28,520 --> 00:54:28,719
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1052
00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:29,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot.

1053
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 2: Of it's not there are WMD's in the under City.

1054
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:36,320
Speaker 2: It's there might be. Maybe it's impossible they have the

1055
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 2: tech right that they could potentially make it. So we

1056
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:41,799
Speaker 2: got to put a stop to it. Now, we have

1057
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:42,359
Speaker 2: to end it.

1058
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:45,279
Speaker 1: Right, Lockdown's weapons, crush the under city. You know, it's

1059
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:48,760
Speaker 1: obviously in an inappropriate scale of response to the danger

1060
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,920
Speaker 1: that's actually posed. But it shows us what people in

1061
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,239
Speaker 1: Piltover think of the under city, right right, It shows

1062
00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 1: us that class device.

1063
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:58,840
Speaker 2: And both Victor and jas are like, no, we didn't

1064
00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,960
Speaker 2: come here do all this research. We didn't harness hextech

1065
00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:08,399
Speaker 2: to make weapons. What Yeah, I kind of remember you

1066
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 2: guys making Hulk hans ulcans. Yeah right, you like showed

1067
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:15,239
Speaker 2: it off as one of the first things, and Heybridingo

1068
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 2: was like, nah, no, this is a weapon, right, guys,

1069
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 2: come on.

1070
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:20,000
Speaker 3: A doc doc laser beam.

1071
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:23,279
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, what No, it's not a weapon. It's just

1072
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 2: so that I can mow the lawn really easily.

1073
00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:29,400
Speaker 1: Calm down, start start with a hexstack alarm clock.

1074
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 3: Guys, what are we doing?

1075
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,719
Speaker 1: Make an Apple watch that runs off hexstach so I

1076
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 1: don't have to charge it every fucking night.

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Speaker 2: Or some lamps for the council building.

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00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:42,120
Speaker 1: Yes, oh my gosh, anything except hulk hands and a

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Speaker 1: doc doc laser beam.

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Speaker 3: This is wild to me.

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00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 1: This really stood out because I'm maybe now here in

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00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 1: episode seven, kind of realizing like, maybe these dudes are

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00:55:51,719 --> 00:55:54,920
Speaker 1: dumber than I thought. Maybe they actually don't know how

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00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:58,279
Speaker 1: the real world operates, and they might just be young

1085
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: and idealistic enough to be kind of ignorant to the

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00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:06,440
Speaker 1: realities of how societies and cultures and people actually work.

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Speaker 2: Justice for Heimerdinger exactly.

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00:56:08,280 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 1: I'm starting to think I'm on Heimerdinger's side here, honestly,

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00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:14,160
Speaker 1: But I do love that this scene shows us in

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00:56:14,440 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 1: Jase and Victor, this young, hot headed idealism being confronted

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00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 1: by what is often a very messy and complicated reality.

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00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 1: We saw that with Vander and Vai, we saw that

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00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 1: with Jas and Heimerdinger, and for me, it kind of

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00:56:28,040 --> 00:56:31,200
Speaker 1: makes me think, Okay, maybe our elders aren't all just

1095
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:33,840
Speaker 1: the cowards and hypocrites that we accuse them of being.

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00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: Perhaps they do know a little bit of what they're

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00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: talking about. Maybe they do know that real life is

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00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:42,720
Speaker 1: very complicated and very messy, regardless of how idealistic you might.

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Speaker 2: Be or maybe there's just jealous that we have Hulkhans.

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00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:47,080
Speaker 2: That's right in the laser guns.

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00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:48,280
Speaker 3: So smash smash baby.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. We cut to Victor who is preparing himself. He's

1103
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:54,799
Speaker 2: put his brace on. He's going to inject himself with

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00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:58,520
Speaker 2: the shimmer. He does and he activates the Heck's tech runs.

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00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 2: We see Heimerdinger now in this you know Cloak sneaking

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00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:07,120
Speaker 2: across the blockade by boat on the river. Violet and

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00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 2: Caitlin and Echo are heading into Piltover, trying to sneak

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00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,359
Speaker 2: through the blockade themselves, and Violet stops and is like,

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00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:16,919
Speaker 2: I have to go back for Powder. I can't leave

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00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 2: her again, and jinks lo and Behold is like up

1111
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:23,400
Speaker 2: perched on the top of the bridge like Batman and

1112
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 2: has a telescope and like looking down and sees Violet

1113
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 2: embracing Caitlin and hug her goodbye. She's overcome with jealousy.

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00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:38,400
Speaker 2: And then we cut to Marcus who catches Caitlin at

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00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:42,840
Speaker 2: an Echo as they're trying to come across. He opens

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00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 2: the floodlights and he has the gun to Caitlin. He's

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00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:49,200
Speaker 2: getting ready to shoot her. He's torn a little himself,

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00:57:49,240 --> 00:57:53,520
Speaker 2: but he has already shot Echo and then oh, this

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00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 2: huge swarm of firelights shows up right the animal and

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Speaker 2: they start landing on the n They land on Marcus's gun,

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Speaker 2: click into place, and they explode. Wow wow, and Marcus,

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00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:11,560
Speaker 2: of course, you know, the explosions go off. Marcus has

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Speaker 2: the gall to be like, hey, Caitlyn, oh my god,

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00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,080
Speaker 2: I know I just had you had gunpoint. I know

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00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:18,760
Speaker 2: I just shot your buddy you were traveling with, but

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00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 2: would you please tell my daughter?

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00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:23,320
Speaker 3: And he dies. Huh.

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Speaker 1: I mean I feel for him, but I also I

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Speaker 1: don't view for him. This was inevitably going to be

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00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:30,440
Speaker 1: the end for Marcus. Yeah, the choices he made in

1131
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:32,919
Speaker 1: life were going to end in this way, in one

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00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:33,760
Speaker 1: shape or another.

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00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 2: He was in two deep.

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00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:38,600
Speaker 1: He was Okay, let's finish off this episode, because my goodness.

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00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,920
Speaker 1: Jinx arrives on the bridge after the explosions and she

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00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 1: takes the gempstone.

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00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 3: She looks up.

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00:58:45,200 --> 00:58:48,920
Speaker 1: She sees Vi helping Caitlyn get up after that explosion. Again,

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00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 1: that feeling of jealousy. She's overcome with it, and she

1140
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:55,000
Speaker 1: begins firing on them with her gatling gun and anger

1141
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:59,040
Speaker 1: at that very moment, Echo on his cool ass hoverboard,

1142
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,160
Speaker 1: jumps in to the fray. He's fine, he survived the

1143
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:06,640
Speaker 1: bullet earlier from Marcus and begins to battle Jinks as

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00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: Uy and Caitlin make a run for it. This is simply,

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00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:12,919
Speaker 1: in my opinion, simply one of the most iconic fight

1146
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:14,280
Speaker 1: sequences ever animated.

1147
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 3: Like it's just so beautiful.

1148
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:21,280
Speaker 1: The esthetic, the music, the pacing, the emotional thrust of

1149
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 1: it all is just so so good. Echo and Jinks

1150
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:30,960
Speaker 1: face off. Echo is actually able to overcome Jinks, but

1151
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:35,160
Speaker 1: she then sets off one of her grenades, seemingly blowing

1152
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,000
Speaker 1: both of them up, and that's where.

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00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 3: The episode ends. Yeah, really brilliant stuff.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this final sequence has so many layers to it,

1155
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,720
Speaker 1: Like we see these flashbacks to their childhoods in that

1156
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,440
Speaker 1: grunge spray paint style that we saw at the top

1157
00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 1: of the episode, and we see how this confrontation these

1158
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:56,000
Speaker 1: two kids have played out time and time again when

1159
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: they were kids, when they were just playing with paintball

1160
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:03,200
Speaker 1: guns and fa armor, and we see how Echo knows

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01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:06,360
Speaker 1: how Jinx is going to react and knows how to

1162
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:09,480
Speaker 1: overcome her in this moment because of those childhood memories

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01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:12,880
Speaker 1: and the playing that they did. Now becoming a life

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01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: and death situation. The layers of like emotional storytelling at

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01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:20,120
Speaker 1: play here, just pointing us back towards their childhood and

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01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:22,400
Speaker 1: then making it clear what the stakes are. These two

1167
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,920
Speaker 1: people are no longer playing and the emotional and physical stakes.

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Speaker 3: Going to be higher.

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Speaker 1: I loved it. I could watch this scene over and

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01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 1: over again. Sometimes I do like just YouTube this scene

1171
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:31,040
Speaker 1: just to watch it again.

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Speaker 2: I think it's a great scene. I disagree a little

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01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:37,920
Speaker 2: because I don't think we got any scenes with these

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01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 2: to his kids in the first three episodes.

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01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:40,880
Speaker 3: No, we did it.

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01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:43,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, why did we spend time? I mean, I know

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Speaker 2: it was important for Powder to stand up to Milo

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01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 2: and do the shooting gallery scene against him, But what

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01:00:49,200 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 2: if we had a scene of her playing with Echo,

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01:00:52,560 --> 01:00:56,360
Speaker 2: recreating this that we then revisit here I in that

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01:00:56,520 --> 01:00:59,480
Speaker 2: moment when Echo has defeated her and he looks down

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01:00:59,520 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 2: at her and she seems a little vulnerable. We got

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01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:05,880
Speaker 2: scenes with Echo and Violet. We got scenes with Echo

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01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,520
Speaker 2: and Clagger and like them showing their friendship. We did

1185
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:13,480
Speaker 2: not get Echo interacting with Powder, and so it was.

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01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 2: I loved what it was trying to do, and it

1187
01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:20,120
Speaker 2: is a beautifully animated thing, and I really like this

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01:01:20,640 --> 01:01:23,800
Speaker 2: dangerous switching between them as a young adults and them

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01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 2: as children, and like, you see her as an adult

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01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 2: shooting a real gun at this kid, which switches into

1191
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:34,480
Speaker 2: Echo as the adult, and it's a really beautifully done.

1192
01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:37,560
Speaker 2: But I wanted them to have had this scene in

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01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 2: the first three episodes, or at worst give me a

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01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:43,680
Speaker 2: flashback of them playing at the beginning of the episode

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01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 2: and then get into it, because I really felt like

1196
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:49,280
Speaker 2: you told me that they had a relationship, yeah, but

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01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 2: you didn't show it to me at all.

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Speaker 1: I think that's an absolutely fair point. We get very

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Speaker 1: little of Echo in those early episodes when they're all kids,

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01:01:57,160 --> 01:01:59,800
Speaker 1: so to have them come back here there is less

1201
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,520
Speaker 1: emotional resonance with Echo because we don't have history with

1202
01:02:03,600 --> 01:02:05,320
Speaker 1: him like we do with all the other characters.

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Speaker 2: Also, to Violet real quick, yeah, at first, she's like, hey, Echo, Caitlin,

1204
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 2: I'm going to stay in the under city because I

1205
01:02:12,800 --> 01:02:17,600
Speaker 2: can't leave my sister behind again. And then suddenly she's like, oh,

1206
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:20,160
Speaker 2: here is my sister. Hey, Echo, you go handle her.

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01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:22,000
Speaker 2: I'm going to take Caitlin. I'm going to leave my

1208
01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:25,440
Speaker 2: sister behind. Actually, after all, it felt like she had

1209
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,320
Speaker 2: a quick turn around there she saw Kaitlyn was in

1210
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:30,960
Speaker 2: danger and was like, all right, yeah, you carried me,

1211
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 2: now I'll carry you.

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Speaker 3: That's another great point.

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01:02:35,640 --> 01:02:38,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, you would imagine that Violet would be the one

1214
01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:40,720
Speaker 1: telling Echo, go help you get out here exactly. I

1215
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:43,240
Speaker 1: need to face my sister here on this bridge right now,

1216
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:46,320
Speaker 1: rather than rushing to Caitlin and running off with her.

1217
01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:48,520
Speaker 1: But I think that is something that is going to

1218
01:02:48,760 --> 01:02:52,880
Speaker 1: uh not help Jinx's feelings about Caitlin and Violet, that

1219
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:58,439
Speaker 1: Violet has chosen Caitlin over her in this situation. All right, Wow,

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01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:01,520
Speaker 1: a long one today, Yes, two really great episodes though, Yes,

1221
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:04,120
Speaker 1: and bridging the end of Act two and the start

1222
01:03:04,120 --> 01:03:04,680
Speaker 1: of Act three.

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01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:05,360
Speaker 3: That's right.

1224
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:07,840
Speaker 2: Stick around next week we're going to get to the

1225
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:12,040
Speaker 2: finale of season one and on tomorrow's episode, Jason Rosie

1226
01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 2: will be back to celebrate Halloween with you, and then

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01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 2: on Friday we will be having our Agatha season one

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Speaker 2: reactions with the final two episodes releasing. Right, that's our episode.

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Speaker 2: Thank you everyone for listening.

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01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,920
Speaker 3: To see you next week, Justice rhimerdgger.

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01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:34,520
Speaker 4: X. Ray Vision is hosted by Jason Kisumsion and Rosie

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01:03:34,560 --> 01:03:38,840
Speaker 4: Knight and is a production of iHeart Podcasts. Our executive

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01:03:38,840 --> 01:03:41,400
Speaker 4: producers are Joelle Smith and Aaron Kaufman.

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Speaker 2: Our supervising producer is.

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Speaker 4: A Boo Zafar. Our producers are Carmen Laurent and Mia Taylor.

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01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 4: Our theme song is by Brian Basquez. Special thanks to

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01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:57,800
Speaker 4: Soul Rubin and Chris Lord, Kenny Goodman and Heidi A

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Speaker 4: disco moderata