WEBVTT - Xtras: Arcane Ep 106 and 107

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<v Speaker 1>Today's episode contains spoilers for episodes six and seven of

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

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to x ray Vision Extras and x ray

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<v Speaker 2>And we are back today with another episode of extras,

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<v Speaker 2>continuing our rewatch of Arcane season one with the lead

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

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<v Speaker 2>forward in time and we're going to be covering episodes

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<v Speaker 2>six and seven.

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

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<v Speaker 1>just hop right in, starting with episode six, which is

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<v Speaker 1>titled When These Walls Come Tumbling Down?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we start off tell him if you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>this before. We start off with a flashback. Oh, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>this time it's Victor's childhood and young Victor is playing

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<v Speaker 2>in the under City and he spends his time. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>there are these pools in the under City and you

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<v Speaker 2>see a bunch of kids playing, but Victor is off

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<v Speaker 2>by himself, building boats basically, and he sends one of

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<v Speaker 2>the boats off and he goes chasing it and he

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<v Speaker 2>stumbles into a cave where he finds Singed and his

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<v Speaker 2>pet Rio, and Rio is this astonishing looking creature that

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<v Speaker 2>sing says is a rare mutation that he's cultivated. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>Rio is dying. Victor, sensing this camaraderie with this other

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<v Speaker 2>loner scientist character, offers to help, and Singed accepts, and

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<v Speaker 2>he tells him we can be loners together. Cut to

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<v Speaker 2>present sense and Victor is hanging out in the same

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<v Speaker 2>pool in the under City and Heimerdinger is there. He

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<v Speaker 2>finds him and he's attempting to console him because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Heimerdinger knows about his prognosis, and he tells him that

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<v Speaker 2>he should be proud of all these achievements he's had.

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

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<v Speaker 2>you've lived hundreds of years, my contributions will be very

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<v Speaker 2>short lived.

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

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<v Speaker 1>As we've seen throughout the season, we also learn in

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<v Speaker 1>this scene that Heimerdinger is one of the founders of

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

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<v Speaker 1>in the episode, he is kicked off the council, and

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<v Speaker 1>that really makes that council scene even more emotionally impactful

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

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<v Speaker 1>He very likely started himself and was the founding member

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<v Speaker 1>of I.

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<v Speaker 2>Mean, up until this year, he's been the one given

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<v Speaker 2>the Piltover day speeches. Yeah, and you know he lets

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<v Speaker 2>Jase do it one time and then he's out of

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<v Speaker 2>a job. What is this gosh fall from grace my guy?

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<v Speaker 3>Totally.

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<v Speaker 1>I also wanted to just briefly comment on the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that there's something to be said here about this century's

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<v Speaker 1>old being Heimerdinger not understanding the urgency that Jason Victor

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<v Speaker 1>have felt all season. You and I have talked in

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<v Speaker 1>the past couple episodes about this theme of the older

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<v Speaker 1>generation saying wait, patience, take it slow, think this through,

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<v Speaker 1>versus the younger, more hot headed generation of scientists like

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Victor or VI being like, no, we got to go,

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<v Speaker 1>go go. This is how we make progress, progress at

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<v Speaker 1>all costs. We're going to crack a couple of eggs,

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<v Speaker 1>and some people are going to get killed along the way,

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<v Speaker 1>But this is the path forward. It's interesting to me

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<v Speaker 1>that there's also now this age difference contrast as well. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, somebody who has hundreds of years ahead of

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<v Speaker 1>them is going to be fine with taking ten years

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<v Speaker 1>to slowly work on their hex tech versus Victor, who

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<v Speaker 1>might not even have ten weeks. Yeah, all right, back

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<v Speaker 1>to our recap. Jace returns to Mel's chambers after he

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<v Speaker 1>uh dined in dash? Yeah, shall we say the previous night.

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<v Speaker 1>Mel is painting this absolutely gorgeous picture, but is understandably

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<v Speaker 1>perturbed annoyed by Jase's disappearance.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Here, aboo. Do you have any personal stories about when

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<v Speaker 2>you might have dined and dashed on a young woman

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<v Speaker 2>sometime in your life?

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<v Speaker 1>I would ever, and I certainly would never admit a

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<v Speaker 1>gentleman does not dine and dash and tell. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>Jase reveals that he has a lot on his mind,

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<v Speaker 1>namely that his best friend and partner, Victor, is dying,

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<v Speaker 1>and he speculates that Victor's dying because of the pollution

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<v Speaker 1>in the under City, which is exactly the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>problem that Victor and Jase have always wanted and hoped

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<v Speaker 1>to fix with hex tech. That's been their goal.

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<v Speaker 2>And just to be clear, the power gloves they designed

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<v Speaker 2>were meant to what strangle the pollution, right, okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and the lasers were meant to cut the pollution. Is

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<v Speaker 2>that that's what their goal.

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<v Speaker 1>Was, right into smaller pollutions, so it's more manageable.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, okay, right, smaller pollutions.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, absolutely hilarious. Now, the scene I did find

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<v Speaker 1>quite touching because Jas shows some real vulnerability here with Mel.

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<v Speaker 1>He lays in her lap at one point. It's very touching,

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<v Speaker 1>and he admits how he hates feeling useless. He hates

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<v Speaker 1>this powerlessness in his ability to help Victor. Right, He's

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<v Speaker 1>at the peak of his fame. He's got all the

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<v Speaker 1>wealth and power he could imagine, but he can't save

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<v Speaker 1>the life of his best friend, and that's weighing on him.

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<v Speaker 1>The camera zooms out and we actually see the picture

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<v Speaker 1>that Mel has been painting. And you did some great

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<v Speaker 1>research here. This is apparently a photo of the nation

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<v Speaker 1>of Naxis, where Mel is actually from, where her family

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<v Speaker 1>is from. Recalls she is an exile from her family.

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<v Speaker 3>She's been kicked out right.

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

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<v Speaker 2>again with the great audio in this show. We get

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<v Speaker 2>really precise audio of her cracking eggs to make the

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<v Speaker 2>paint and then her using the paint knife on the

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<v Speaker 2>canvas and like scraping it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that scene. And a very nice quiet moment.

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<v Speaker 2>And a pair of episodes that are going to have

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<v Speaker 2>some very loud and bombastic scenes, we get this really

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<v Speaker 2>nice little moment here.

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<v Speaker 1>And a really great bit of storytelling. It tells us,

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<v Speaker 1>without saying a word, the mental state of this character,

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<v Speaker 1>what headspace she's in. She's painting aggressively. We're getting cracks,

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<v Speaker 1>we're getting scrapes, she's annoyed. Really great storytelling there.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, speaking of Victor, he has gone back up to

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<v Speaker 2>Piltover and he's staring hopelessly into the X core and

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<v Speaker 2>he reaches out again to touch it and it reacts

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<v Speaker 2>and his eyes kind of glaze over.

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<v Speaker 3>Yikes.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we're still unclear what's happening with this. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>parasitic relationship, you know, I don't know how we want

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<v Speaker 2>to describe it. But we're getting more and more hints

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<v Speaker 2>about this sinister situation that's building up with Victor's desire

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out the hex tech.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and we'll see a little bit more of that

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<v Speaker 1>in this episode in the next as well. Next week,

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<v Speaker 1>cut to the last drop, we get some lazy Luau

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<v Speaker 1>music and Jinx sneaks up on the bartender Theorem, who

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<v Speaker 1>she not so affectionately calls Chuck. I will also be

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<v Speaker 1>calling him Chuck moving forward, and Jinx is here asking

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<v Speaker 1>for gossip. What's up, Chuck? What's going on? Why aren't

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<v Speaker 1>I being invited to the parties? Why Silko and everyone

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<v Speaker 1>being so active and no one's telling me what's happening?

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck lets slip that Silko has basically ordered the crew

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<v Speaker 1>to grab a couple of girls who roughed up Sevika.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't reveal who those girls are exactly, but Jinks

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<v Speaker 1>is suspicious. She leaves him with a little tip, shall

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<v Speaker 1>we say, yeah, in the form of a bomb on

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<v Speaker 1>his back. But luckily for Chucks, just a glitter bomb.

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<v Speaker 1>All it does is freak him out. Now, speaking of

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<v Speaker 1>said girls on the run, we returned to Caitlin and Vy,

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<v Speaker 1>who are attempting to escape from the standoff with Sevika.

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<v Speaker 1>Despite by being incredibly injured and needing to be assisted

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<v Speaker 1>by Caitlin, she is still able to parkore slash fall

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<v Speaker 1>her way down this abandoned water tower that they arrive at.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not graceful by any means, but considering she has

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<v Speaker 1>just been stabbed in the gut, it's impressive.

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<v Speaker 2>Nonetheless, I just imagine Caitlin being like, I just dragged

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<v Speaker 2>you the last mile through this cave and they help. Really, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>then you're just jumping down this water tower.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, thanks absolutely, And you know, I think by proving

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<v Speaker 1>a point here, I'm fine, I'm tough. I don't need

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<v Speaker 1>and enforcer's.

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<v Speaker 3>Help to do anything. Right, stop helping me.

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<v Speaker 1>Certainly on brand for v Of course, the camera pans out,

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<v Speaker 1>and we also are shown that there is a member

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<v Speaker 1>of the Firelights watching all of this take place from

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<v Speaker 1>far above, watching the girls de send it down into

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<v Speaker 1>the water tower. Specifically, it's the Firelight character with the

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<v Speaker 1>owl mask, who we will see come back yes later

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<v Speaker 1>in this episode.

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<v Speaker 2>In the next, Savika comes back to Soko's office to

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<v Speaker 2>let him know they lost the girls, but oops, turns

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<v Speaker 2>out the chair twirls around and it's not Soco in there,

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<v Speaker 2>it's Jinx and Savika lunges forward, activating a tripwire that

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<v Speaker 2>releases a bunch of knockout gas, and Jinks casually slips

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<v Speaker 2>on her gas mask and taunts her. Savika wakes up,

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<v Speaker 2>she's tied to the chair and Jinks continues to taunt her.

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<v Speaker 2>I love this line, and she's playing with her knife

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<v Speaker 2>and she says, I feel like you and I got

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<v Speaker 2>off on the wrong arm. Maybe we should try the other.

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<v Speaker 2>So Savika reveals She's like, no need, I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 2>what you want to know. It's your sister Violet, and

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<v Speaker 2>she's out there with an enforcer. That's who everyone's looking for.

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<v Speaker 2>And Savika's like, it's only a matter of time before

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<v Speaker 2>Silko sees you go overboard and is like, you are

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<v Speaker 2>not it. You are You're unhinged and we can't rely

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<v Speaker 2>on you, and Jinks starts to cry and then reveals

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<v Speaker 2>she he's making it. She's completely unphased, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we get a better view of her as this character

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<v Speaker 2>who I feel like we constantly teeter back and forth

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<v Speaker 2>on does she have anything under control or does she

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<v Speaker 2>have everything under control. She's like the joker. She's playing

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<v Speaker 2>chaos so well.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>We see her flip back and forth on a moment's notice,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what makes her terrifying, because you never know

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<v Speaker 1>what's gonna happen. Next with Jinx, next we see Marcus

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<v Speaker 1>returning home. He goes to check in on his daughter

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<v Speaker 1>and uh uh oh is that Silco making a tower.

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<v Speaker 3>Of cards with my daughter? Holy shit, what a.

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<v Speaker 1>Stomach drop moment. I certainly was terrified during this scene.

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<v Speaker 1>Silko is, of course, here to subtly and not so

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<v Speaker 1>subtly threatened Marcus. He is unhappy that Violet is still alive,

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<v Speaker 1>despite Marcus seemingly telling him all those years ago that

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<v Speaker 1>Violet had also died alongside Vander, and he is making

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<v Speaker 1>subtle threats to Ren to Marcus to get that point across.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, he says things like everyone makes mistakes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>What's important is that we.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't repeat them.

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<v Speaker 1>He then, after sufficiently scaring the pants off Marcus, Soko

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<v Speaker 1>knocks over the Junga tower that he was building with

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<v Speaker 1>Wren and walks out of the room with Marcus's promise

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<v Speaker 1>to fix this shit.

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<v Speaker 2>So just I don't know, kids are dumb sometimes, But

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<v Speaker 2>how dumb do you have to be as a small

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<v Speaker 2>child to be like, Oh, someone's at the door. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not my father or my mother. It's three people who

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<v Speaker 2>have like one of them's got an evil eye and

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<v Speaker 2>the other two don't look nice at all. Why don't

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<v Speaker 2>I invite them in? Gonna make them a pot of tea,

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna go up to the playroom. Not great on you, Ren,

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<v Speaker 2>No stranger danger. And I feel like this is one

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<v Speaker 2>of those spots where maybe it would have been nice

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<v Speaker 2>if you didn't let the people into the house. But hey, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>terrifying scene. He does such a good job with the

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you a story one time a daddy and

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<v Speaker 2>his daughter went on a trip but the daughter never

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<v Speaker 2>got there. Isn't that a sad thing? And like his

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<v Speaker 2>super villainry is on full power.

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<v Speaker 1>Here, definitely, And I think to your point about Ren

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<v Speaker 1>just letting them in. I have a feeling that this

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<v Speaker 1>is maybe Uncle Silko MM and Uncle Silko's friends like this,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe isn't the first time that they've interacted, and perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>Silko has come before, Ren has seen him before. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's sort of my head cannon for why this child

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<v Speaker 1>would let Silko in and not try to home alone him.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, no, I like that. I've seen enough mob

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<v Speaker 2>movies and mafia movies to know. Oh yeah, if dad

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<v Speaker 2>hangs out with you all the time you're here, you

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<v Speaker 2>conduct business like, of course, I'll let you in. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so much more sinister. All right, I forgive you Red.

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<v Speaker 2>We cut back to Victor in the lab and he's

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<v Speaker 2>showing Jace that the hex tech reacts to organic matter somehow.

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<v Speaker 2>In his last hex seconduced coma, he's made this discovery. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>he uses the hex tech. It causes this plant to

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<v Speaker 2>grow unnaturally large and like outlandishly strong looking, and then

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<v Speaker 2>it withers and dies, and he's like they've all died

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<v Speaker 2>like this, Yeah, every single one of them. Jase reassures

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<v Speaker 2>Victor will solve this, and you know, we can figure

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<v Speaker 2>this out. We always do. But Victor is like, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>running out of time. I can fuel my body deteriorating, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jay suggests bringing in Heimerdinger.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, And Jase also grabs a piece of chalk and

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<v Speaker 1>acts like he's about to do some calculations. But my guy,

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<v Speaker 1>have you done any work in this lab since becoming

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<v Speaker 1>a council member.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like he's putting on a front.

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<v Speaker 2>Jase is creeping around a lot. You know, we'll find

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<v Speaker 2>out more about it. But yeah, he's got a lot going.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, both of them, both of them, quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>are going all over.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Caitlin and VI takes shelter in a house at

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom of this water tower.

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<v Speaker 2>That they've fallen down. The water tower that they have

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<v Speaker 2>fallen to the very bottom, right, and now they're at

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<v Speaker 2>a house.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, and VI is sort of slipping in and

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<v Speaker 1>out of consciousness. She is seeing these hallucinations of powder

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<v Speaker 1>all throughout this house. Caitlyn is trying to tend to

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<v Speaker 1>her wounds, but VI sort of bats her away. She

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<v Speaker 1>does trust an enforcer, and a frustrated Caitlyn asks, I

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<v Speaker 1>suppose top signers are to blame for all of your

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<v Speaker 1>misfortunes then, to which VI replies, no.

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<v Speaker 3>Not all of them.

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<v Speaker 1>So there is some accountability here that I have put

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<v Speaker 1>myself in many rough positions. It's not all the enforcer's fault.

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<v Speaker 1>But we will get an answer to why she distrusts

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<v Speaker 1>Kaitlyn a little later.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of this discussion also includes VI sort of hallucinating

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<v Speaker 1>Powder and talking somewhat to Powder and not all the

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<v Speaker 1>time to Caitlin. Very in like a jinx way right,

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<v Speaker 1>how jas is always talking to Clagger and my low.

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<v Speaker 1>We see like an injured and on the brink of

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<v Speaker 1>death VI doing the same thing, speaking to someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>not there, saying things like I shouldn't have left you,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. We get a sense that she really regrets

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<v Speaker 1>her actions back at the cannery and has spent the

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<v Speaker 1>last X number of years trying to reconcile that. Caitlyn

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<v Speaker 1>tells VI that she has a good heart, which then

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<v Speaker 1>transitions to Vander's voice. We hear the echoes of van

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<v Speaker 1>voice repeating that same line to young VI from earlier

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<v Speaker 1>in the season.

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<v Speaker 3>As the camera fads to black.

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<v Speaker 2>And we get another visit from a father figure. Heimerdinger

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<v Speaker 2>has come to the lab and he's there with Jason

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<v Speaker 2>Victor and they're showing him the hex Core, and the

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<v Speaker 2>hex Core, as they describe it, is hextech that evolves.

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<v Speaker 2>Heimerdinger is terrified and he has this vision of magic

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<v Speaker 2>destroying things and he begs them to destroy it. He's like, please,

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<v Speaker 2>if you've ever valued my advice, please destroy this and

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<v Speaker 2>he's seen nations destroyed by a single seed and it

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<v Speaker 2>looked exactly like this. Heimerdinger notices a change in Victor,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, and as soon as he sees that, he's like, Okay,

0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm not begging anymore. This has to be destroyed. You

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<v Speaker 2>need to get rid of this. But Jase stands up

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<v Speaker 2>for Victor, and he basically threatens Himerdinger and is like,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll take this to the council. You can't tell us

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<v Speaker 2>what to do anymore. We're doing this in the name

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<v Speaker 2>of progress. Don't and in our way. Heimerdinger leaves, and

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<v Speaker 2>Victor hints that there might be someone else he knows

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<v Speaker 2>that could help.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm curious what you think of this scene and if

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<v Speaker 1>you had a take on it, Aaron, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think Heimerdinger notices about Victor what change has taken place,

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<v Speaker 1>because from the outside, just looking at his character doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem like anything is different.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm assume it has to do with the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that his hands have all these hex Tex shaped hickeys

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<v Speaker 2>all over them where he's been, you know, constantly touching

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<v Speaker 2>the hex tech. Yeah, yeah, and he's like trying to

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<v Speaker 2>explain it and he's going in and out of consciousness.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone is just going in and out of consciousness in

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<v Speaker 2>this TV show at all times, or speaking to someone

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<v Speaker 2>that's not really there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's a rough showing for consciousness in this episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, the whole cast is an unreliable narrator.

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<v Speaker 4>No.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Victor up until this point, I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't really shown a ton of rebellious nature. The most

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<v Speaker 2>rebellious thing. I mean, he started off rebellious in the show,

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<v Speaker 2>so maybe this is a wrong read, but he seemed

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<v Speaker 2>like he was a pretty good student, good citizen of Peltover.

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<v Speaker 2>His one thing was, oh, you know what, I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of am interested in what Jace is doing. I would

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<v Speaker 2>like to support him. But now we've reached a point

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<v Speaker 2>where if Jace is too busy, Jace is a member

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<v Speaker 2>of the council, Jace's you know, trying to be an

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<v Speaker 2>art critic with mel Victor is the one who's become

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<v Speaker 2>absorbed in this one part of research, and this has

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<v Speaker 2>consumed him to the point that he's dying. We know

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<v Speaker 2>he's dying, and he is so obsessed. Instead of what

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<v Speaker 2>am I going to do now? Is there some medical

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<v Speaker 2>thing that can help me? He's obsessed with trying to

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<v Speaker 2>solve his illness with hex Tech and it's consumed him entirely.

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<v Speaker 2>So whether or not that's like truly overt enough for

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<v Speaker 2>what Heymridinger sees, I think that's something that we as

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<v Speaker 2>the audience have seen this change in Victor where he's

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<v Speaker 2>obsessed in a way that we kind of only saw,

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<v Speaker 2>like Islet obsessed in the beginning, and now he is obsessed.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I want to pose an alternate take on it

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I think this has something more directly to

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<v Speaker 1>do with the hex Core itself, because it's clear that

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<v Speaker 1>Heimerdinger has some sort of past, a tragic past with magic,

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<v Speaker 1>with not exactly hex Tech technology, but the harnessing of

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<v Speaker 1>magic in this way in a similar way that hex

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<v Speaker 1>Tech is doing. And obviously he's frightened by the hex Core.

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<v Speaker 1>He has seen this before, this growth and death that

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<v Speaker 1>the magic can cause, and when he looks at Victor,

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<v Speaker 1>I think he sees something in Victor that's akin to

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<v Speaker 1>the influence that the One Ring from Lord of the

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<v Speaker 1>Rings has on the people who wear it on a

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<v Speaker 1>seal door on Frod.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you intentionally drop an Aragon reference earlier to set

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<v Speaker 2>up the Lord, like get us in the mind of

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<v Speaker 2>Lord of the Rings, and then you did the one

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<v Speaker 2>ring that was good.

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<v Speaker 1>No, but I think Lord of the Rings was on

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<v Speaker 1>the mind, you know, so I might be popping in

0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:53.920
<v Speaker 1>and out of that universal out in this.

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<v Speaker 2>Episode consciousness throughout this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I think, like that's my hypothesis here, is

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<v Speaker 1>that the hex Core is maybe exerting this like subtle

0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:08.159
<v Speaker 1>into Fairy's influence on anyone who gets too close. We

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<v Speaker 1>know Victor's blood has fused with it at this point

0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:12.879
<v Speaker 1>as well, he keeps touching it over and over again.

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<v Speaker 2>Sapsapsapp.

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<v Speaker 1>So perhaps Heimerdinger is recognizing this one ring Souron style

0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.919
<v Speaker 1>influence in Victor because again he hasn't passed with it.

0:19:21.960 --> 0:19:24.920
<v Speaker 1>He's seen it before and he has seen how destructive.

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<v Speaker 3>It can be.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, let's remember two episodes ago or whatever, this was

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<v Speaker 2>an entire city that hated magic, and now all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, we're like full in on magic. Yeah, Okay,

0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:39.639
<v Speaker 2>there was clearly some threat before, and we shouldn't just

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<v Speaker 2>ignore that sinister element at all.

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<v Speaker 3>Definitely.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, back to our recap, Caitlin walks out of the

0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:49.400
<v Speaker 1>house under this water tower and is surprised by one

0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:52.720
<v Speaker 1>of the vacrants that recognizes Violet and wants to check

0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.520
<v Speaker 1>in on her. Asks is she all right? Turns out

0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:58.000
<v Speaker 1>this is Hook, who we saw all the way back

0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.200
<v Speaker 1>in episode one. This is the merchant that Vander helped

0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:03.560
<v Speaker 1>out in the last drop. In that tiny little scene

0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:07.160
<v Speaker 1>back in episode one, Huck reveals that he's got these

0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:10.000
<v Speaker 1>like nasty purple veins and some sort of growth all

0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:14.400
<v Speaker 1>over his body because he has succumbed to shimmer addiction.

0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:18.240
<v Speaker 1>He also reveals to Caitlin that there's not going to

0:20:18.280 --> 0:20:21.920
<v Speaker 1>be much help down here for Violet. There's not exactly

0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:24.320
<v Speaker 1>doctors who can patch her up, but he does know

0:20:24.359 --> 0:20:26.280
<v Speaker 1>somebody that might be able to help, so he takes

0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:29.680
<v Speaker 1>Kitlin to a potion maker who helps the locals who

0:20:29.680 --> 0:20:33.240
<v Speaker 1>are addicted to shimmer. Caitlyn, in payment for a potion

0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:37.160
<v Speaker 1>that will help revive Violet, offers up her gun and

0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:39.879
<v Speaker 1>the potion maker adds a tiny drop of shimmer to

0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:42.960
<v Speaker 1>this bottle and hands it over to Kaitlyn to administer

0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:48.000
<v Speaker 1>to Violet. Huck doesn't want to go back to Violet.

0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:52.080
<v Speaker 1>He just wanted to help Caitlyn here because he's genuinely shaped.

0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:54.120
<v Speaker 1>He doesn't want Violet to see him in the state

0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:57.720
<v Speaker 1>he's in now, and he basically just wanted to check

0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.320
<v Speaker 1>in on her and help. He's too a shame to

0:21:00.359 --> 0:21:03.520
<v Speaker 1>actually face her. Caitlyn, as a form of thank you

0:21:03.720 --> 0:21:08.520
<v Speaker 1>and gratitude, embraces him, which we see affects Huck. Clearly

0:21:08.560 --> 0:21:10.400
<v Speaker 1>he hasn't been hugged in this way in a long

0:21:10.440 --> 0:21:10.840
<v Speaker 1>long time.

0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:13.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Huck is full on breaking my heart in here.

0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:15.000
<v Speaker 3>This is Yeah.

0:21:15.040 --> 0:21:18.959
<v Speaker 2>I felt so bad for him, being ashamed of his

0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:23.080
<v Speaker 2>current state and still wanting to help Violet but being

0:21:23.160 --> 0:21:26.199
<v Speaker 2>too embarrassed to be seen by her. That just it

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<v Speaker 2>killed me.

0:21:26.760 --> 0:21:27.080
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I love Huck.

0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:29.960
<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, such an endaring character and such a

0:21:30.000 --> 0:21:33.320
<v Speaker 1>tragic character. And actually he says something here. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to take a minute to dwell on together because I

0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:39.960
<v Speaker 1>think there's a lot of interesting thematic storytelling taking place

0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:43.560
<v Speaker 1>in this sequence, in particular in the Violet in Caitlin

0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:47.640
<v Speaker 1>at the water Tower, Huck tells Caitlyn that he started

0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:51.000
<v Speaker 1>using Shimmer because he wanted to feel what it was

0:21:51.119 --> 0:21:54.040
<v Speaker 1>like to be somebody, to feel what it was like

0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:56.400
<v Speaker 1>to not just be afraid all the time, to get

0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:58.040
<v Speaker 1>bullied all the time, like we saw back.

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<v Speaker 3>In episode one.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved that so much because I think this episode

0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:06.760
<v Speaker 1>in particular is really exploring the nuances of this downtrodden

0:22:06.800 --> 0:22:09.399
<v Speaker 1>community that we're seeing down here at the water Tower,

0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:14.160
<v Speaker 1>and it speaks to real world communities that are over

0:22:14.240 --> 0:22:18.920
<v Speaker 1>policed or marginalized and why they, for example, would distrust

0:22:19.000 --> 0:22:23.920
<v Speaker 1>law enforcement just like Violet distrust enforcers, or why violence

0:22:23.960 --> 0:22:27.280
<v Speaker 1>and drugs proliferate in a community like this, because again,

0:22:27.720 --> 0:22:29.800
<v Speaker 1>as we see throughout this story, you do what you

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<v Speaker 1>need to survive, or if you're like Huck, you have

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<v Speaker 1>been on the receiving end of so much violence and

0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:39.199
<v Speaker 1>bullying that you just want to feel what it's like

0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:42.679
<v Speaker 1>to give that back, And that, of course, is this

0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:45.720
<v Speaker 1>endless cycle. This cycle of conflict in war is another

0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.480
<v Speaker 1>big theme in this story, and this cycle of violence

0:22:49.520 --> 0:22:52.359
<v Speaker 1>begetting violence, Huck being bullied so wanting to take Shimmer

0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:55.040
<v Speaker 1>to bully back, and then feeling the repercussions of it.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved all of that so much because it's a

0:22:57.320 --> 0:23:00.520
<v Speaker 1>cycle that is not easy to break. In order to

0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:05.040
<v Speaker 1>break it, people in power have to understand where the

0:23:05.040 --> 0:23:07.080
<v Speaker 1>people who are trapped in the cycle are coming from,

0:23:07.359 --> 0:23:09.679
<v Speaker 1>and we're seeing some of that even here with Caitlin,

0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:12.919
<v Speaker 1>who is beginning to understand the under city in a

0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:16.000
<v Speaker 1>way that her rich, bougie lifestyle up to this point

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<v Speaker 1>has never revealed to her. And I thought all of

0:23:18.640 --> 0:23:21.359
<v Speaker 1>that really came together in a beautiful way to show

0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:25.679
<v Speaker 1>class divide and socioeconomic divide in a way that is

0:23:25.800 --> 0:23:28.600
<v Speaker 1>much more nuanced than these are the rich bad people,

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<v Speaker 1>and these are the sad poor people.

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<v Speaker 2>And now an ad sponsored ad from Elon Musk super pac.

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0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:03.719
<v Speaker 2>our recap, Marcus is attempting to frame the firelights with

0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:07.000
<v Speaker 2>one of Jenks's grenades. He brings it to Jace and

0:24:07.040 --> 0:24:09.320
<v Speaker 2>he's like, I found this on the firelights. This is

0:24:09.400 --> 0:24:13.200
<v Speaker 2>clearly what was used in the attacks. And in order

0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:16.360
<v Speaker 2>to keep the city safe, Jace, I think, with all

0:24:16.400 --> 0:24:20.359
<v Speaker 2>good intentions, wants the enforcers to start searching everyone that

0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:25.640
<v Speaker 2>crosses the bridges. Yeah, and oh, by the way, Marcus

0:24:25.680 --> 0:24:29.840
<v Speaker 2>wants to know about a particular some certain prisoner who

0:24:29.920 --> 0:24:33.080
<v Speaker 2>was released by Caitlin under Jas's orders. I don't know

0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:35.280
<v Speaker 2>if you happen to know anything about that, right, which,

0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:37.399
<v Speaker 2>of course Jase is like, we're handling it, don't worry.

0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:39.360
<v Speaker 2>But I don't know. Maybe if you could just give

0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:43.440
<v Speaker 2>me a little influence in this situation, because I'm a

0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:45.840
<v Speaker 2>little interested in this prisoner.

0:24:45.920 --> 0:24:47.000
<v Speaker 3>And Jase shuts it down.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, Jase, I think shows a level of trust and

0:24:50.440 --> 0:24:54.000
<v Speaker 1>camaraderie in Caitlin here, because seemingly those are the first

0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:56.639
<v Speaker 1>he's ever hearing of this, right, and then he doesn't.

0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:58.399
<v Speaker 2>Bat nye and he's got so much on his plate,

0:24:58.440 --> 0:25:01.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he doesn't even give a second thought. Yeah,

0:25:01.160 --> 0:25:02.280
<v Speaker 2>and he just trusts Scalen.

0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:02.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:25:02.600 --> 0:25:04.280
<v Speaker 1>You gotta love that. You gotta love friends who will

0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:08.119
<v Speaker 1>have your back no matter what. All right, Sorry for

0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:11.240
<v Speaker 1>a council meeting, folks. You know I love a council meeting,

0:25:11.400 --> 0:25:14.800
<v Speaker 1>and this one's juicy. Heimerdinger is telling the council that.

0:25:14.760 --> 0:25:16.359
<v Speaker 3>They have lost their way.

0:25:16.520 --> 0:25:19.960
<v Speaker 1>They're cannibalizing themselves with their greed and their pride and

0:25:20.000 --> 0:25:24.240
<v Speaker 1>their hunger for power, and it's about damn time that

0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:27.800
<v Speaker 1>we hold each other accountable, folks. Jace, he's got a

0:25:27.800 --> 0:25:32.320
<v Speaker 1>rebuttal red tea. He hits Heimerdinger with a classic who

0:25:32.359 --> 0:25:33.639
<v Speaker 1>watches the Watchman.

0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:35.520
<v Speaker 2>Though, got the reverse card all lined up?

0:25:35.600 --> 0:25:37.960
<v Speaker 1>Yes, the reverse you know card? Yeah, bam, you know

0:25:38.000 --> 0:25:39.320
<v Speaker 1>what draw for while you're at it.

0:25:40.840 --> 0:25:42.720
<v Speaker 2>You have plenty of time to use all those cards

0:25:42.760 --> 0:25:43.680
<v Speaker 2>when you're out of a job.

0:25:43.920 --> 0:25:48.119
<v Speaker 1>That's true, nothing to do in retirement. Bud Jace comes

0:25:48.160 --> 0:25:50.600
<v Speaker 1>at Heimerdinger here. He's got a plan of attack ready

0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:54.440
<v Speaker 1>to go. He blames Heimerdinger for the current state of affairs,

0:25:54.480 --> 0:25:56.679
<v Speaker 1>for the rampant use of Shimmer in the under City,

0:25:56.760 --> 0:25:59.879
<v Speaker 1>for the dangers that Hiltover is currently facing, and he

0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:02.960
<v Speaker 1>he asks Heimerdinger, what's your plan? What is your plan

0:26:03.040 --> 0:26:05.199
<v Speaker 1>for all of this? Because all I'm hearing from you

0:26:05.359 --> 0:26:08.439
<v Speaker 1>is what we shouldn't do? What should we do? He

0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:10.640
<v Speaker 1>has this really great line in this moment where Jay

0:26:10.720 --> 0:26:13.760
<v Speaker 1>says healing the city will take more than just speeches.

0:26:14.240 --> 0:26:18.840
<v Speaker 1>Humans don't live for centuries. We can't wait for progress.

0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:21.040
<v Speaker 1>Really great stuff and obviously speaks to what we've been

0:26:21.040 --> 0:26:24.840
<v Speaker 1>talking about earlier in our conversation. Heimerdinger, as we know,

0:26:25.359 --> 0:26:28.080
<v Speaker 1>is the father of Piltover, one of the founders. But

0:26:28.640 --> 0:26:32.520
<v Speaker 1>it's time for Daddy to go into retirement. Jase pushes

0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:37.359
<v Speaker 1>for a vote to basically ex communicado Heimerdinger from the council.

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<v Speaker 1>The vote has to be unanimous.

0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:42.560
<v Speaker 2>And has to be unanimous, and shockingly it is.

0:26:42.880 --> 0:26:43.240
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:46.440
<v Speaker 1>The whole council votes for Heimerdinger to get kicked.

0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:50.840
<v Speaker 2>Off, and no scene with Jase bringing a children's toy

0:26:51.080 --> 0:26:53.199
<v Speaker 2>or some a pack of nuts or anything to the

0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:56.320
<v Speaker 2>other council members. This was he didn't bribe anyone. No,

0:26:56.440 --> 0:26:59.600
<v Speaker 2>this was a full on everyone agreed. Yeah, like slowly,

0:26:59.680 --> 0:27:02.240
<v Speaker 2>I mean mel agrees first, and then slowly everyone else

0:27:02.280 --> 0:27:04.720
<v Speaker 2>falls in line. But everyone else fell in line.

0:27:04.920 --> 0:27:05.160
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:27:05.200 --> 0:27:08.480
<v Speaker 2>And in this moment, Heimerdinger's breaking my heart. I know.

0:27:08.560 --> 0:27:11.159
<v Speaker 2>I said Huck was breaking my heart. Well, now Heimerdinger is.

0:27:11.359 --> 0:27:11.639
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:27:11.760 --> 0:27:13.600
<v Speaker 1>As much as I feel for Heimerdinger, I do want

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:16.080
<v Speaker 1>to counterbalance that a little bit by just saying that

0:27:16.359 --> 0:27:21.000
<v Speaker 1>it's really telling that without any bribery, Jase is able

0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:24.760
<v Speaker 1>to put this vote forward and unanimously the council votes

0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:26.160
<v Speaker 1>to get rid of Heimerdinger.

0:27:26.280 --> 0:27:26.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:28.600
<v Speaker 1>I think it really reveals to us how out of

0:27:28.640 --> 0:27:32.800
<v Speaker 1>touch Heimerdinger, the father of Piltover, has become. It makes

0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:34.680
<v Speaker 1>me think of that opera scene that we saw a

0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:38.359
<v Speaker 1>few episodes ago where Heimerdinger is enjoying the play. You know,

0:27:38.400 --> 0:27:41.600
<v Speaker 1>he's chomping on his popcorn, he's clapping, he's scheering, while

0:27:41.680 --> 0:27:44.639
<v Speaker 1>every other council member is scheming behind his back, and

0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:47.520
<v Speaker 1>he's totally unaware of it. It shows us, I think

0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:52.200
<v Speaker 1>that his idealism, his optimism, while admirable, has made him

0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:55.959
<v Speaker 1>blind to the truth of the actual politics that's happening

0:27:56.000 --> 0:28:00.360
<v Speaker 1>around him. And it's kind of a tough reality check, right, Yeah,

0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:03.280
<v Speaker 1>because like Heimerdinger here is asking everyone to take the

0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:06.040
<v Speaker 1>high road. We have to go back to operating with

0:28:06.160 --> 0:28:10.000
<v Speaker 1>honor and integrity. But in a messy world like this

0:28:10.080 --> 0:28:12.600
<v Speaker 1>one between Piltover and Zon like, the high road is

0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:15.400
<v Speaker 1>not always the most effective road to get things done,

0:28:15.800 --> 0:28:18.399
<v Speaker 1>and sometimes you do just have to get down in

0:28:18.440 --> 0:28:20.480
<v Speaker 1>the trenches with everyone to make changes.

0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:23.560
<v Speaker 2>It's a nice little reversal because up until this point

0:28:23.560 --> 0:28:26.600
<v Speaker 2>we've seen the youth kind of as the idealists. Yeah,

0:28:26.640 --> 0:28:29.280
<v Speaker 2>they're the ones who are like, we need to fight back,

0:28:29.400 --> 0:28:33.879
<v Speaker 2>we need to you know, exert our independence from Piltover

0:28:34.480 --> 0:28:37.720
<v Speaker 2>and the adults, the father figures in this case, are

0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:40.400
<v Speaker 2>the ones saying, you don't understand how the world works.

0:28:40.440 --> 0:28:44.480
<v Speaker 2>There's a reason I have this agreement with the enforcers.

0:28:44.680 --> 0:28:48.000
<v Speaker 2>It's to keep things go paesetic between both sides. But

0:28:48.280 --> 0:28:52.000
<v Speaker 2>now we have this little switcheroo and it's kind of

0:28:52.080 --> 0:28:54.160
<v Speaker 2>a sad thing to see that happened to Himerdair.

0:28:54.520 --> 0:28:55.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, great point.

0:28:56.000 --> 0:28:59.040
<v Speaker 2>We're going to cut back to the water tower. Caitlin

0:28:59.200 --> 0:29:02.040
<v Speaker 2>heals Violet with the potion, and then she looks around

0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:03.920
<v Speaker 2>on the walls and she sees all these drawings and

0:29:03.960 --> 0:29:06.360
<v Speaker 2>realizes that this is not just any old building. This

0:29:06.400 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 2>is Violet's old house, and she sees Powder's name up

0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:13.960
<v Speaker 2>there as well. Violet reveals that her parents were killed

0:29:14.040 --> 0:29:18.320
<v Speaker 2>by you guessed it, enforcers, and that's what has led

0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:20.800
<v Speaker 2>to her distrust of Caitlin. Can't blame her. If you

0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:23.200
<v Speaker 2>watch your parents get killed by someone in an outfit

0:29:23.240 --> 0:29:25.360
<v Speaker 2>and then you see someone in that same outfit later, yeah,

0:29:25.400 --> 0:29:27.560
<v Speaker 2>probably not going to be a ton of trust. We

0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:29.720
<v Speaker 2>don't have any time to deal with them going through

0:29:29.720 --> 0:29:32.800
<v Speaker 2>these feelings because there's some noise outside and they open

0:29:32.840 --> 0:29:38.800
<v Speaker 2>the door. Boom, it's Soco and we see Huck cowering

0:29:38.840 --> 0:29:42.680
<v Speaker 2>behind him. Soco has paid Huck with some shimmer for

0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:46.280
<v Speaker 2>their location, and there are a couple other vagrants around there,

0:29:46.480 --> 0:29:50.160
<v Speaker 2>like zombies going for this shimmery, and he gives out

0:29:50.200 --> 0:29:53.520
<v Speaker 2>a couple of vials. They start hulking out and advancing

0:29:53.640 --> 0:29:57.480
<v Speaker 2>on Violet and Caitlin, and Violet and Silk are having

0:29:57.480 --> 0:30:00.760
<v Speaker 2>this tit a tit, and Violet asks about Powder and

0:30:00.800 --> 0:30:03.640
<v Speaker 2>Soko says, what are you talking about? I freed her,

0:30:04.240 --> 0:30:07.040
<v Speaker 2>and Soko says, you don't know your limits. This is

0:30:07.120 --> 0:30:10.280
<v Speaker 2>exactly what got Vander killed and it's what drove your

0:30:10.320 --> 0:30:13.440
<v Speaker 2>sister away, and it's why I'm here right now, and

0:30:13.520 --> 0:30:17.600
<v Speaker 2>you're in bad shape yea. And the shimmer zombies start

0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:21.160
<v Speaker 2>heading towards them, and then Violet's like, if it's the

0:30:21.240 --> 0:30:23.640
<v Speaker 2>last thing I do, I'm going to shut down your empire.

0:30:24.000 --> 0:30:26.560
<v Speaker 2>And then she and Caitlin knock the water tower over,

0:30:27.040 --> 0:30:31.640
<v Speaker 2>which conveniently separates them from the zombies the vagrants perfectly,

0:30:32.200 --> 0:30:36.680
<v Speaker 2>and we get this huge climactic montage. Yeah, we see

0:30:37.480 --> 0:30:40.160
<v Speaker 2>Jinks on top of the under city, lighting off the

0:30:40.200 --> 0:30:44.040
<v Speaker 2>flare that Violet gave her back in episode three using

0:30:44.120 --> 0:30:47.960
<v Speaker 2>the hex crystal. We get this beautiful animation of the smoke,

0:30:48.000 --> 0:30:50.440
<v Speaker 2>which also happens in the next episode. But we have

0:30:50.520 --> 0:30:54.480
<v Speaker 2>the memories of Milo and clagger around her as it's

0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:58.080
<v Speaker 2>like the camera circling her holding the torch. Soko is

0:30:58.360 --> 0:31:01.720
<v Speaker 2>furious that Violet has gotten way, sends his goons off,

0:31:01.760 --> 0:31:05.680
<v Speaker 2>and then he mercilessly beats huck huh.

0:31:05.920 --> 0:31:06.760
<v Speaker 3>Painful to watch.

0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:10.960
<v Speaker 2>And then we see Marcus setting up his enforcers with

0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:15.200
<v Speaker 2>floodlights on every bridge into Piltover, and we have just

0:31:15.520 --> 0:31:21.280
<v Speaker 2>a really moving, energetic, fast montage of all these things happening.

0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:22.920
<v Speaker 1>A really great montage. I think the only thing that

0:31:22.960 --> 0:31:24.920
<v Speaker 1>would have made it better would have been an imagine

0:31:25.000 --> 0:31:26.200
<v Speaker 1>Dragon's song in.

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:29.560
<v Speaker 2>The backdrop always but nah and the animal.

0:31:31.520 --> 0:31:31.840
<v Speaker 3>All right.

0:31:31.880 --> 0:31:34.760
<v Speaker 1>From the montage, we go back to our flashback from

0:31:34.800 --> 0:31:37.960
<v Speaker 1>earlier in the episode. We join young Victor as he's

0:31:38.000 --> 0:31:41.320
<v Speaker 1>bringing this box of shimmer flowers to feed Rio, but

0:31:41.680 --> 0:31:44.440
<v Speaker 1>he walks in and finds Rio in agony, hooked up

0:31:44.440 --> 0:31:48.600
<v Speaker 1>to all of these tubes and Cinch's lab. Victor is furious,

0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:52.240
<v Speaker 1>but Cinched is condescending in his response. He says, I

0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:56.479
<v Speaker 1>thought you understood the mutation must survive. I don't care

0:31:56.480 --> 0:31:59.400
<v Speaker 1>about the animal. I care about the scientific experiment that's

0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.680
<v Speaker 1>taking place here. The camera then transitions, I love to

0:32:02.720 --> 0:32:06.080
<v Speaker 1>this transition to kind of pans over, and we transition

0:32:06.200 --> 0:32:09.320
<v Speaker 1>over to the same lab now in present day as

0:32:09.400 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 1>Victor walks in and we see Rio, all these years later,

0:32:14.000 --> 0:32:18.240
<v Speaker 1>still being kept alive in a giant test two bakta

0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:22.880
<v Speaker 1>tank thing, and Victor says, too singed, I understand now.

0:32:23.600 --> 0:32:26.360
<v Speaker 1>We then cut to Silko, who returns to his office

0:32:26.960 --> 0:32:30.400
<v Speaker 1>only to find that Jinx has strung up Savika from

0:32:30.480 --> 0:32:35.160
<v Speaker 1>the rafters big rafters energy here from Jinks in this office,

0:32:35.600 --> 0:32:39.160
<v Speaker 1>and she has scribbled the word liar on Sevika's.

0:32:38.680 --> 0:32:41.560
<v Speaker 2>Arm all over. I mean it's on Sevika herself. Yeah,

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:44.920
<v Speaker 2>right in this scene with the music and everything, Like

0:32:45.360 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 2>Jinx is a true horror movie villain. Yeah, you and

0:32:48.120 --> 0:32:50.560
<v Speaker 2>I famously do not watch horror movies, So maybe we're

0:32:50.560 --> 0:32:52.640
<v Speaker 2>the wrong people to be making that connection.

0:32:52.400 --> 0:32:53.440
<v Speaker 3>Right, But do Spooky.

0:32:53.520 --> 0:32:56.640
<v Speaker 2>They really build her up in a way that every

0:32:56.720 --> 0:33:00.480
<v Speaker 2>time she's not on screen we sense an incredible amount

0:33:00.480 --> 0:33:02.880
<v Speaker 2>of dread from her, and every time she's introduced in

0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:05.920
<v Speaker 2>the scene, we get that same dread. But the longer

0:33:05.960 --> 0:33:08.240
<v Speaker 2>we sit with her in a scene, the more we

0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:11.600
<v Speaker 2>see the parts of her that are vulnerable and the

0:33:11.640 --> 0:33:15.320
<v Speaker 2>parts of her that we feel bad about but every

0:33:15.400 --> 0:33:18.160
<v Speaker 2>time she is introed in a scene, I just feel

0:33:18.160 --> 0:33:19.640
<v Speaker 2>like I'm terrified of her.

0:33:19.680 --> 0:33:20.280
<v Speaker 3>Oh totally.

0:33:20.440 --> 0:33:23.120
<v Speaker 1>I think we're seeing Jinks become more and more unhinged

0:33:23.120 --> 0:33:25.640
<v Speaker 1>as the story goes on, as the season goes on,

0:33:26.320 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 1>and it's becoming truly horrifying and heartbreaking to watch because

0:33:30.480 --> 0:33:33.720
<v Speaker 1>this is still Powder, the adorable little girl we saw

0:33:33.760 --> 0:33:37.080
<v Speaker 1>in episode one, and here is the path her life

0:33:37.160 --> 0:33:39.760
<v Speaker 1>is taken. It's scary and tough to watch. I also

0:33:39.840 --> 0:33:44.200
<v Speaker 1>wanted to quickly comment on Victor and this flashback scene

0:33:44.280 --> 0:33:45.920
<v Speaker 1>because he walks up to Stinged and he says, I

0:33:46.000 --> 0:33:49.520
<v Speaker 1>understand now, And the way I read this is I

0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:52.680
<v Speaker 1>think both Jason Victor have actually come to the same

0:33:52.720 --> 0:33:57.120
<v Speaker 1>realization that you sometimes have to sacrifice the people and

0:33:57.200 --> 0:34:00.400
<v Speaker 1>things you love in the name of progress. Times that

0:34:00.480 --> 0:34:03.480
<v Speaker 1>is the only way to make progress. Jace has sacrificed

0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:07.800
<v Speaker 1>a father figure, a mentor in Heimerdingger, he has played politics.

0:34:08.160 --> 0:34:11.719
<v Speaker 1>Victor here, of course, returning to Singed is foreshadowing some

0:34:12.560 --> 0:34:16.040
<v Speaker 1>painful sacrifices that he will make in the next couple episodes.

0:34:16.440 --> 0:34:19.440
<v Speaker 2>We cut back to Jinks, whose flare burns out again.

0:34:19.560 --> 0:34:22.000
<v Speaker 2>Beautiful animation on the smoke. I think earlier I said

0:34:22.040 --> 0:34:24.040
<v Speaker 2>we would talk about it in the next episode. I

0:34:24.160 --> 0:34:26.760
<v Speaker 2>was wrong. It's the same episode. This episode. That montage

0:34:26.880 --> 0:34:29.080
<v Speaker 2>just felt like the end of an episode. This is

0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:31.480
<v Speaker 2>like Lord of the Rings the third movie, where it's

0:34:31.480 --> 0:34:33.919
<v Speaker 2>just like we have fourteen different endings to it. Yeah,

0:34:34.080 --> 0:34:36.120
<v Speaker 2>this is the end of act two, and so they

0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:38.880
<v Speaker 2>really jammed a bunch in here. So that's I'm going

0:34:38.920 --> 0:34:41.000
<v Speaker 2>to blame that on why I mistakenly said it was

0:34:41.080 --> 0:34:44.080
<v Speaker 2>the next episode. But beautiful animation on the smoke, And

0:34:44.880 --> 0:34:48.520
<v Speaker 2>just as she's about to give up, Violet appears. Jinx

0:34:48.640 --> 0:34:51.000
<v Speaker 2>drops the hex crystal. We get a scene of the

0:34:51.000 --> 0:34:54.719
<v Speaker 2>hex crystal dropping definitely not a Chekhov's gun moment, and

0:34:55.040 --> 0:34:57.600
<v Speaker 2>Violet tries to explain to her why she was gone,

0:34:57.680 --> 0:35:00.360
<v Speaker 2>and Jinks is trying to explain why she's changed. She

0:35:00.440 --> 0:35:03.799
<v Speaker 2>had to change to survive, and Violet is like, it

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:07.880
<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter, we're together. Caitlyn shows up and suddenly Jinks.

0:35:07.920 --> 0:35:12.000
<v Speaker 2>That sets Jinks off. She turns cold and she's suspicious. Meanwhile,

0:35:12.120 --> 0:35:16.240
<v Speaker 2>Kaitlyn realizes Violet's sister is Jinx. That's a problem. Violet's

0:35:16.239 --> 0:35:18.600
<v Speaker 2>in the middle trying to calm them both down. Then

0:35:18.719 --> 0:35:21.120
<v Speaker 2>Jinks starts to hear voices. Milo is talking to her,

0:35:21.520 --> 0:35:25.600
<v Speaker 2>and Violet tells Powder She's like, Powder, it's okay, and

0:35:25.719 --> 0:35:28.880
<v Speaker 2>Jink says it's Jinks. Now, Powder fell down a well,

0:35:29.360 --> 0:35:32.880
<v Speaker 2>stop talking to me like I'm a child, And she

0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:35.719
<v Speaker 2>now thinks Violet is trying to trick her in order

0:35:35.760 --> 0:35:38.480
<v Speaker 2>to get the crystal, but Violet says she's only here

0:35:38.520 --> 0:35:41.960
<v Speaker 2>for Powder, She's not going to abandon her again. Jinks's

0:35:42.000 --> 0:35:44.520
<v Speaker 2>head is filling with more and more voices, but actually

0:35:44.600 --> 0:35:48.600
<v Speaker 2>she might be hearing some real things too, because all

0:35:48.640 --> 0:35:52.440
<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, the firelights arrive full force, and we

0:35:52.480 --> 0:35:57.600
<v Speaker 2>get this incredible, incredible action scene with the firelights circling

0:35:57.880 --> 0:36:01.719
<v Speaker 2>the sisters and Caitlin like a true army of green goblins.

0:36:02.080 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 2>Jinx is just unloading the gatling gun all over. Violet

0:36:05.280 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 2>is literally bare knuckle brawling against people on gliders like

0:36:11.200 --> 0:36:14.279
<v Speaker 2>they're flying in at her and she's punching them all

0:36:14.360 --> 0:36:17.800
<v Speaker 2>the while Caitlyn is trying to keep the Heck's crystal

0:36:17.800 --> 0:36:21.640
<v Speaker 2>from falling and being lost. One of the firelights eventually

0:36:21.680 --> 0:36:24.880
<v Speaker 2>gets to drop on Kaitlyn and steals the crystal and

0:36:24.920 --> 0:36:27.400
<v Speaker 2>then sets off a smoke flare to escape, and then

0:36:27.440 --> 0:36:30.799
<v Speaker 2>a different firelight knocks out Violet and is about to

0:36:30.880 --> 0:36:34.680
<v Speaker 2>kill her when the owl mask firelight stops him and

0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:38.000
<v Speaker 2>tells them to take Violet. Jinks charges at them, but

0:36:38.080 --> 0:36:40.839
<v Speaker 2>they set off another cloud of smoke. They escape and

0:36:40.880 --> 0:36:45.840
<v Speaker 2>the fog dissipates and Jinks realizes once again, unfortunately she

0:36:46.040 --> 0:36:48.720
<v Speaker 2>is all alone, and that's where.

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<v Speaker 3>We cut to credits.

0:36:50.000 --> 0:36:52.719
<v Speaker 1>What a great ending to this episode, and what a

0:36:52.719 --> 0:36:55.560
<v Speaker 1>great ending to this act is coming together of the

0:36:55.600 --> 0:36:58.840
<v Speaker 1>sisters but then them being torn apart again by forces

0:36:58.880 --> 0:37:02.360
<v Speaker 1>outside their control. Really powerful scene. There's so many layers

0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:04.520
<v Speaker 1>to it. The one thing that really stood out to

0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:08.719
<v Speaker 1>me was the miscommunication taking place right Jinks is suspicious

0:37:08.719 --> 0:37:11.640
<v Speaker 1>of Caitlin, not believing that Violet is actually there to

0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:14.799
<v Speaker 1>help her, but maybe there for the Gemstone thing. Why

0:37:14.880 --> 0:37:17.879
<v Speaker 1>is an enforcer being involved, because remember their sisters their

0:37:17.920 --> 0:37:20.400
<v Speaker 1>parents are the same. Powder's parents were also killed by

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:22.759
<v Speaker 1>an enforcer. She has every reason to not trust an

0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:24.520
<v Speaker 1>enforcer who just walks in on them.

0:37:25.200 --> 0:37:28.640
<v Speaker 3>And another layer to it is kind of the way.

0:37:28.520 --> 0:37:31.319
<v Speaker 1>That Violet is treating Powder here as well, because we

0:37:31.360 --> 0:37:35.319
<v Speaker 1>see throughout the fight Violet looking over and witnessing not

0:37:35.480 --> 0:37:39.400
<v Speaker 1>powder but Jinks, reveling in the destruction and firing her

0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:42.319
<v Speaker 1>gatling gun, not caring who gets shot, what gets shot,

0:37:42.360 --> 0:37:45.000
<v Speaker 1>who gets hurt, And that's horrifying. We can see in

0:37:45.080 --> 0:37:47.440
<v Speaker 1>Violet's reactions that she's like, thrown off? Is this my

0:37:47.480 --> 0:37:50.280
<v Speaker 1>little sister? Is this the kid's sister that I remember?

0:37:50.680 --> 0:37:53.439
<v Speaker 1>She's not recognizing how much they both have frankly grown

0:37:53.480 --> 0:37:56.759
<v Speaker 1>and changed in the years that they've been separated, and

0:37:56.800 --> 0:38:00.600
<v Speaker 1>their relationship has to evolve as well. It will not

0:38:00.719 --> 0:38:05.200
<v Speaker 1>be the same parentified, older sibling and innocent, little mumbling

0:38:05.280 --> 0:38:07.080
<v Speaker 1>young sibling relationship that it once was.

0:38:07.520 --> 0:38:10.720
<v Speaker 2>I mean, we got her talking to Silko and him saying,

0:38:11.080 --> 0:38:15.080
<v Speaker 2>your sister, I've freed her. Your sister's different now, and

0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:18.720
<v Speaker 2>Violet not believing it. Yeah, Like Violet still is thinking

0:38:18.760 --> 0:38:20.560
<v Speaker 2>of her as the young little girl that she was

0:38:20.960 --> 0:38:23.200
<v Speaker 2>having visions of in the house. Yeah, and that's not

0:38:23.239 --> 0:38:24.000
<v Speaker 2>the case anymore.

0:38:24.200 --> 0:38:25.520
<v Speaker 3>Uh. Super powerful stuff.

0:38:25.560 --> 0:38:27.600
<v Speaker 1>One of my favorite episodes in this season for sure.

0:38:27.680 --> 0:38:28.479
<v Speaker 2>This is a great one.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Aaron, Before we get into episode seven, I'm

0:38:31.800 --> 0:38:33.799
<v Speaker 1>hearing some voices in my head, or it might just

0:38:33.800 --> 0:38:36.240
<v Speaker 1>be the Firelight's attacking. We need to take a break,

0:38:36.360 --> 0:38:37.880
<v Speaker 1>but don't go anywhere, dear listener.

0:38:37.880 --> 0:38:51.040
<v Speaker 5>We will be right back in just a minute.

0:38:52.400 --> 0:38:53.400
<v Speaker 3>And we're back.

0:38:53.800 --> 0:38:57.160
<v Speaker 1>Let's get into Arcane season one, episode seven, which is

0:38:57.200 --> 0:38:59.000
<v Speaker 1>titled The Boy Savior.

0:38:59.200 --> 0:39:00.920
<v Speaker 2>I wonder who this one's going to be about.

0:39:03.000 --> 0:39:04.440
<v Speaker 3>This episode starts.

0:39:04.120 --> 0:39:08.960
<v Speaker 1>On a gorgeous grunge graffiti montage of the firelights, and

0:39:09.000 --> 0:39:13.160
<v Speaker 1>then we cut to a captured VI who quickly learns

0:39:13.280 --> 0:39:18.360
<v Speaker 1>that the leader of this pesky skateboarding group of punks

0:39:18.760 --> 0:39:22.480
<v Speaker 1>is none other than her old buddy Echo, Remember him,

0:39:22.560 --> 0:39:24.960
<v Speaker 1>m hmm. After a little bit of suspicious back and

0:39:25.000 --> 0:39:28.359
<v Speaker 1>forth between the two, they reconcile with a hug. They're

0:39:28.400 --> 0:39:31.960
<v Speaker 1>still old friends, and they clearly realize that they're on

0:39:32.000 --> 0:39:32.479
<v Speaker 1>the same side.

0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:36.440
<v Speaker 2>Here elsewhere in the under City, Victor is in the

0:39:36.520 --> 0:39:39.120
<v Speaker 2>lab with Singed, seeking his advice about what to do

0:39:39.160 --> 0:39:43.560
<v Speaker 2>with his hex Tech ruin conundrum, and Singed offers him

0:39:43.560 --> 0:39:48.200
<v Speaker 2>a solution. There's not a lot of turning back with

0:39:48.280 --> 0:39:51.320
<v Speaker 2>this one, but he says, I can give you something

0:39:51.320 --> 0:39:54.120
<v Speaker 2>that will help you survive the hex Tech confusion, and

0:39:54.200 --> 0:39:57.799
<v Speaker 2>of course it's a modified version of Shimmer. We can

0:39:57.840 --> 0:40:01.600
<v Speaker 2>tell how desperate Victor is, and and we know this

0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:04.440
<v Speaker 2>is not going to end well. We've seen it being

0:40:04.600 --> 0:40:08.640
<v Speaker 2>used on people throughout yeah, the first six episodes, and

0:40:09.000 --> 0:40:11.120
<v Speaker 2>we also know that Victor is going to do it.

0:40:11.200 --> 0:40:14.759
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we're witnessing this sad and tragic fall of Victor.

0:40:14.840 --> 0:40:18.120
<v Speaker 1>Here he takes the shimmer, seemingly with plants to use

0:40:18.160 --> 0:40:21.040
<v Speaker 1>it if things get dire enough. Cinched also says a

0:40:21.080 --> 0:40:23.919
<v Speaker 1>line here that struck a chord with me. He says

0:40:23.960 --> 0:40:26.200
<v Speaker 1>love and legacy are sacrifices.

0:40:25.640 --> 0:40:26.640
<v Speaker 3>We make for progress.

0:40:27.560 --> 0:40:30.720
<v Speaker 1>And I found that really interesting because that's a different

0:40:30.760 --> 0:40:35.600
<v Speaker 1>take on legacy, yeah, than we've gotten from people like Heimerdinger. Yeah,

0:40:35.640 --> 0:40:38.360
<v Speaker 1>and a different take on legacy than we've actually literally

0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:40.560
<v Speaker 1>witnessed over the course of this season, because we have

0:40:40.680 --> 0:40:44.279
<v Speaker 1>watched Jace rise to be the golden Boy, to be

0:40:44.360 --> 0:40:46.920
<v Speaker 1>the savior of this city. His star has risen, and

0:40:46.960 --> 0:40:50.080
<v Speaker 1>he has been showered with love and been given this

0:40:50.280 --> 0:40:53.920
<v Speaker 1>legacy for creating Hextech, for making progress in the field

0:40:53.960 --> 0:40:56.799
<v Speaker 1>of magic and science. And we see sort of the

0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.160
<v Speaker 1>flip side of it too. Here in the under City, Cinched,

0:40:59.160 --> 0:41:02.600
<v Speaker 1>with his experiments, has been ostracized from society. Clearly didn't

0:41:02.600 --> 0:41:06.880
<v Speaker 1>get into the university to work alongside Himerdinger, and we

0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:09.040
<v Speaker 1>see that he has a different take on it that

0:41:09.200 --> 0:41:15.520
<v Speaker 1>for him, making progress requires total sacrifice of any expectation

0:41:15.560 --> 0:41:17.759
<v Speaker 1>of love and connection with other people or to be

0:41:17.840 --> 0:41:18.759
<v Speaker 1>remembered in any way.

0:41:19.280 --> 0:41:23.120
<v Speaker 2>I actually think Singed worked with Himerdinger. Supposedly in the lore.

0:41:23.440 --> 0:41:26.200
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, there is a throwaway line. Yeah, they seemingly

0:41:26.239 --> 0:41:28.359
<v Speaker 1>like worked together, were partners, and then broke up.

0:41:28.520 --> 0:41:32.600
<v Speaker 2>So I think the better mirror to Jason's meteoric rise

0:41:32.880 --> 0:41:36.560
<v Speaker 2>promoting progress being, like you said, given this shower of

0:41:36.640 --> 0:41:40.120
<v Speaker 2>affection from the masses as well as from mel he

0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:44.080
<v Speaker 2>has like this legacy piece locked up. Victor is the opposite.

0:41:44.120 --> 0:41:47.839
<v Speaker 2>His partner is the one who doesn't get love. He's

0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:49.879
<v Speaker 2>the one who ignored the lab tech that was trying

0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:52.080
<v Speaker 2>to flirt with him or legacy. He's the one who's

0:41:52.120 --> 0:41:55.040
<v Speaker 2>gonna die, and he's worried that his accomplishments will be

0:41:55.080 --> 0:41:58.719
<v Speaker 2>short lived because someone else is going to surpass him,

0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:01.200
<v Speaker 2>and he doesn't live long enough for him to make

0:42:01.680 --> 0:42:04.960
<v Speaker 2>enough of an impact that he will live on.

0:42:05.360 --> 0:42:08.719
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we're seeing the two sides of progress and the

0:42:08.719 --> 0:42:12.000
<v Speaker 1>two pads that pushing progress forward can lead you down.

0:42:12.280 --> 0:42:12.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:42:13.120 --> 0:42:13.560
<v Speaker 3>Next week.

0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:16.200
<v Speaker 1>Cut to what is maybe the best montage in this

0:42:16.400 --> 0:42:21.600
<v Speaker 1>entire show. Jase is in the Forge working through some

0:42:21.680 --> 0:42:27.040
<v Speaker 1>stress and anxiety, shirtless, pex and six pack on full display.

0:42:27.560 --> 0:42:31.200
<v Speaker 1>When Mel arrives to admire the view and seemingly like

0:42:31.239 --> 0:42:34.600
<v Speaker 1>talk to him about stuff, They discuss what's bothering Jace,

0:42:34.800 --> 0:42:38.160
<v Speaker 1>and Mel promises to stall the council so that Jays

0:42:38.200 --> 0:42:40.080
<v Speaker 1>can figure things out. Right, He's got a line on

0:42:40.080 --> 0:42:42.400
<v Speaker 1>his plate. He's worried about Victor, He's worried about the

0:42:42.440 --> 0:42:44.719
<v Speaker 1>under City, He's worried about hex Tech. He's worried about

0:42:44.760 --> 0:42:46.000
<v Speaker 1>where the fuck Caitlin is.

0:42:46.640 --> 0:42:47.520
<v Speaker 3>He's got a lot to do.

0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:50.160
<v Speaker 2>Right, He's like, did I do twelve reps? Or am

0:42:50.160 --> 0:42:53.040
<v Speaker 2>I on fourteen reps of the trice at pulled down here?

0:42:53.600 --> 0:42:55.920
<v Speaker 2>And then when I'm doing all this, like have I

0:42:56.000 --> 0:42:58.640
<v Speaker 2>hit back today yet? Which, clearly if you see him,

0:42:58.680 --> 0:43:03.520
<v Speaker 2>he's hit back today. Jason, Jace, drop the piltover forge

0:43:03.560 --> 0:43:06.919
<v Speaker 2>workout plan. Let us see what you're working with there. Yeah,

0:43:07.120 --> 0:43:08.640
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. You know, we don't know much about

0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:11.400
<v Speaker 2>Jason's protein intake, but I assume it's pretty high based

0:43:11.440 --> 0:43:15.520
<v Speaker 2>off of how jacked he's become since episode six, when

0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:17.640
<v Speaker 2>I felt like he was just a normal dude, and

0:43:17.680 --> 0:43:21.799
<v Speaker 2>now he looks like Deve Batista, you know. So good

0:43:21.800 --> 0:43:23.359
<v Speaker 2>for you, Jason, Good for you, Bud.

0:43:23.440 --> 0:43:23.720
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:43:24.160 --> 0:43:27.839
<v Speaker 2>Savika and Soco meet to discuss the situation with their

0:43:27.880 --> 0:43:31.479
<v Speaker 2>crime lord syndicate in the face of these lockdowns. They're

0:43:31.480 --> 0:43:35.920
<v Speaker 2>losing money and Soco is losing his grip and the

0:43:36.040 --> 0:43:40.600
<v Speaker 2>Kem Barons are breathing down his neck. Meanwhile, Jinks is

0:43:40.640 --> 0:43:42.920
<v Speaker 2>having a full on breakdown after her run in with

0:43:43.040 --> 0:43:46.160
<v Speaker 2>Viola and Caitlin, and she's sitting in her again. We

0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:49.239
<v Speaker 2>go back to her little home, her fort, whatever we

0:43:49.320 --> 0:43:52.360
<v Speaker 2>want to call it, and she is talking to herself.

0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:55.000
<v Speaker 2>Milo is talking to her. She's looking in the mirror.

0:43:55.080 --> 0:43:57.560
<v Speaker 2>She's like, oh, she's with a and Forrester. How could

0:43:57.600 --> 0:44:00.319
<v Speaker 2>she be doing that all in front of this beautifully

0:44:00.360 --> 0:44:01.040
<v Speaker 2>cracks mirror?

0:44:01.400 --> 0:44:03.800
<v Speaker 3>Do you get it? Aaron cracked mirror, cracked psyche.

0:44:04.239 --> 0:44:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh, like you see the multiple I just wanted to

0:44:06.239 --> 0:44:08.680
<v Speaker 2>make sure you got that, the multiple persons in Oh

0:44:08.760 --> 0:44:10.200
<v Speaker 2>my god, She's okay.

0:44:10.280 --> 0:44:11.040
<v Speaker 3>Just wanted to make sure.

0:44:11.160 --> 0:44:11.399
<v Speaker 2>Wow.

0:44:11.560 --> 0:44:14.239
<v Speaker 1>It's a very subtle bit of storytelling that has been

0:44:14.280 --> 0:44:14.879
<v Speaker 1>featured in.

0:44:14.920 --> 0:44:18.240
<v Speaker 2>Every Sorry I was thinking. I was trying to imagine,

0:44:18.280 --> 0:44:20.880
<v Speaker 2>like if Jay stood in front of that doing his

0:44:20.960 --> 0:44:23.880
<v Speaker 2>tricep pull downs. Yeah, how many different views of the

0:44:23.960 --> 0:44:26.000
<v Speaker 2>muscle would he get there? That would actually would be

0:44:26.040 --> 0:44:27.680
<v Speaker 2>a good way to isolate different groups.

0:44:27.719 --> 0:44:30.960
<v Speaker 1>But right, I too, am still thinking about Jason Speck's.

0:44:30.640 --> 0:44:34.040
<v Speaker 2>Oh all right.

0:44:34.080 --> 0:44:37.399
<v Speaker 1>We cut next to Echo, who takes Violet to this

0:44:37.800 --> 0:44:42.520
<v Speaker 1>absolutely gorgeous sanctuary that he has built for Shimmer addicts

0:44:42.719 --> 0:44:46.080
<v Speaker 1>and Shimmer victims to start fresh, to start a new life.

0:44:46.480 --> 0:44:50.520
<v Speaker 1>He shows Violet this stunning mural of all of his

0:44:50.640 --> 0:44:53.800
<v Speaker 1>lost friends, and he tries to convince her that Powder

0:44:54.239 --> 0:44:58.640
<v Speaker 1>is gone, only Jinx remains, and she's working for Silko

0:44:58.800 --> 0:45:02.040
<v Speaker 1>because she wants to. She's not trapped by anything. Jinks

0:45:02.160 --> 0:45:05.080
<v Speaker 1>wants to work with Silko. Your sister's not the sister

0:45:05.160 --> 0:45:08.719
<v Speaker 1>you remember anymore, But Violet is convinced that she can

0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:12.680
<v Speaker 1>still reach the heart of her little sister buried somewhere

0:45:12.680 --> 0:45:13.520
<v Speaker 1>deep inside.

0:45:13.280 --> 0:45:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Jinks and further emphasizing his point, We're looking at this

0:45:16.760 --> 0:45:21.320
<v Speaker 2>mirror that is the friends they've lost, and it features Violet,

0:45:21.360 --> 0:45:23.759
<v Speaker 2>who they thought was dead. I mean, when she wakes up,

0:45:24.000 --> 0:45:25.839
<v Speaker 2>the first thing he says to her is you look

0:45:25.880 --> 0:45:29.000
<v Speaker 2>pretty good for a dead girl. But it features Violet.

0:45:29.280 --> 0:45:32.040
<v Speaker 2>It features Powder right there in the middle, even though

0:45:32.080 --> 0:45:35.760
<v Speaker 2>they know she's alive. She's just Jinks now. It features

0:45:35.840 --> 0:45:40.760
<v Speaker 2>vander Benzo, Milo Clagger, and someone is up there adding

0:45:40.760 --> 0:45:43.479
<v Speaker 2>an addition of the pink haired girl from episode four

0:45:43.960 --> 0:45:47.200
<v Speaker 2>that Jinks saw thinking it was Violet and was not,

0:45:47.360 --> 0:45:50.280
<v Speaker 2>but we lost her. We head back to the bridges

0:45:50.640 --> 0:45:55.239
<v Speaker 2>heading it's Piltover and Jace is there reprimanding Victor for

0:45:55.320 --> 0:45:59.520
<v Speaker 2>breaking the containment. He's like, how can I have this

0:45:59.600 --> 0:46:03.480
<v Speaker 2>lockdown if my partner isn't following the rules. My partner

0:46:03.560 --> 0:46:04.600
<v Speaker 2>is breaking lockdown?

0:46:04.840 --> 0:46:05.160
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:46:05.280 --> 0:46:10.440
<v Speaker 2>Victor is clearly offended by Jason's elitism, and Jase attempts

0:46:10.480 --> 0:46:13.719
<v Speaker 2>to apologize, but in the midst of trying to have

0:46:13.800 --> 0:46:16.480
<v Speaker 2>this nice moment with his partner, someone chucks them all

0:46:16.480 --> 0:46:19.480
<v Speaker 2>atov cocktail over the barrier and we get into like

0:46:19.600 --> 0:46:20.960
<v Speaker 2>full on chaos.

0:46:21.239 --> 0:46:23.640
<v Speaker 1>You know, it is a little unclear to me how

0:46:23.680 --> 0:46:27.000
<v Speaker 1>exactly things have escalated so much at the border. We've

0:46:27.040 --> 0:46:30.000
<v Speaker 1>been so focused on the characters and their journey, Violet

0:46:30.120 --> 0:46:33.319
<v Speaker 1>and Jinks and Silko, that we haven't spent a ton

0:46:33.320 --> 0:46:36.640
<v Speaker 1>of time on the circumstances of the under City, right,

0:46:36.840 --> 0:46:39.359
<v Speaker 1>and it feels like we got here really fast. Yeah,

0:46:39.360 --> 0:46:42.719
<v Speaker 1>it feels like people are throwing Molotov cocktails at enforcers.

0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:47.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm left wondering why. Yeah, you know, what exactly is happening?

0:46:47.400 --> 0:46:51.359
<v Speaker 1>Like are the lockdowns squeezing the Undercity economically? And like,

0:46:51.480 --> 0:46:53.960
<v Speaker 1>I don't know, red prices, egg prices are skyrocketing and

0:46:53.960 --> 0:46:56.360
<v Speaker 1>people are pissed. Or is this something else that's been

0:46:56.400 --> 0:46:58.760
<v Speaker 1>brewing for a long time that's now finally been pushed

0:46:58.760 --> 0:46:59.920
<v Speaker 1>over the edge by the lockdown.

0:47:00.200 --> 0:47:00.399
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:47:00.400 --> 0:47:02.399
<v Speaker 2>I do feel like we got a better sense of

0:47:03.000 --> 0:47:06.080
<v Speaker 2>the under City and their relationship to Piltover in the

0:47:06.160 --> 0:47:09.160
<v Speaker 2>first act in episodes one through three. Since then, it's

0:47:09.200 --> 0:47:12.799
<v Speaker 2>been so story focused on the individual characters. Our main

0:47:13.040 --> 0:47:17.480
<v Speaker 2>look into the world of Piltover since episode four has

0:47:17.520 --> 0:47:21.640
<v Speaker 2>been council meetings, which is not the best way to

0:47:21.680 --> 0:47:24.040
<v Speaker 2>see what the heart of the people are like. If

0:47:24.239 --> 0:47:27.319
<v Speaker 2>our view is of a government organization, that looks like

0:47:27.400 --> 0:47:29.840
<v Speaker 2>we're missing out on a lot. We know that the

0:47:29.920 --> 0:47:34.279
<v Speaker 2>crime families are losing money because of their smuggling operations

0:47:34.600 --> 0:47:37.759
<v Speaker 2>have lost some steam, but I would hope that the

0:47:37.840 --> 0:47:42.759
<v Speaker 2>under City's base economy does not rely entirely on smugglers.

0:47:43.560 --> 0:47:46.759
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's entirely possible, But it does seem like

0:47:47.400 --> 0:47:50.720
<v Speaker 2>we got to this place pretty quickly out of nowhere,

0:47:50.920 --> 0:47:53.000
<v Speaker 2>I agree, all right.

0:47:53.080 --> 0:47:56.640
<v Speaker 1>Moving on back to our recap, Silko barges in on

0:47:57.000 --> 0:48:02.040
<v Speaker 1>the assembly of frustrated Kenberans. They want to compromise with

0:48:02.080 --> 0:48:05.759
<v Speaker 1>the topsiders. They're losing money and they just want to

0:48:05.800 --> 0:48:08.200
<v Speaker 1>do whatever it takes to get back to their life

0:48:08.239 --> 0:48:10.799
<v Speaker 1>of comfort and luxury and money still coming in.

0:48:10.960 --> 0:48:13.799
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Silko, you fucked up. You lost the handle on.

0:48:13.800 --> 0:48:16.759
<v Speaker 1>It exactly, And of course they're blaming Silko for losing

0:48:16.800 --> 0:48:21.160
<v Speaker 1>control of the situation. Silko very quickly reasserts why he's

0:48:21.200 --> 0:48:21.799
<v Speaker 1>the top dog.

0:48:22.160 --> 0:48:23.880
<v Speaker 3>He reminds everyone.

0:48:23.640 --> 0:48:28.520
<v Speaker 1>Assembled with some deadly fumes from the minds who exactly

0:48:28.560 --> 0:48:31.560
<v Speaker 1>it was that saved them from the depths of their

0:48:31.640 --> 0:48:35.440
<v Speaker 1>pitiful lives. They were nothing before Silico came in and

0:48:35.520 --> 0:48:38.080
<v Speaker 1>helped them rise to the stations they're at now. Let's

0:48:38.120 --> 0:48:40.520
<v Speaker 1>not forget that, folks. It's a really great scene.

0:48:40.760 --> 0:48:43.440
<v Speaker 2>I do want to talk about Finn, who is the

0:48:43.880 --> 0:48:47.680
<v Speaker 2>main member of the ken Baron Council who's standing up

0:48:47.680 --> 0:48:51.160
<v Speaker 2>to Selco. I think he has the absolute best outfit,

0:48:51.680 --> 0:48:54.319
<v Speaker 2>hands down, of anyone in this show. He has the

0:48:54.360 --> 0:48:57.200
<v Speaker 2>coat slung over the shoulders, he's the half shaved head,

0:48:57.480 --> 0:49:01.319
<v Speaker 2>he has the pinstripe skinny pants, gold trim vest with

0:49:01.400 --> 0:49:05.040
<v Speaker 2>the bare chest. He's all tatted up, and I obviously

0:49:05.239 --> 0:49:07.440
<v Speaker 2>want to see more of this character because his outfit

0:49:07.560 --> 0:49:10.840
<v Speaker 2>is so good, his style is incredible. But also I

0:49:10.840 --> 0:49:12.879
<v Speaker 2>don't know this character. I don't know any of these

0:49:13.000 --> 0:49:15.840
<v Speaker 2>Kem Barons, and I wish we had a little more context.

0:49:15.880 --> 0:49:17.520
<v Speaker 2>I know that this is the beginning of the act,

0:49:17.560 --> 0:49:20.400
<v Speaker 2>and so there's things we missed, but we've spent a

0:49:20.480 --> 0:49:24.680
<v Speaker 2>ton of time with Soko lounging in his chair, being frustrated,

0:49:25.360 --> 0:49:30.200
<v Speaker 2>being annoyed, and we haven't had much Soco crime Lord totally.

0:49:30.400 --> 0:49:33.400
<v Speaker 2>I want more scenes of him with this group. And

0:49:33.480 --> 0:49:35.759
<v Speaker 2>Finn does come back, but the rest of the Kem

0:49:35.840 --> 0:49:41.760
<v Speaker 2>Barons who are listed as Finn, Smeech, Cross, Rennie and Margo,

0:49:42.120 --> 0:49:45.000
<v Speaker 2>and Smeech is the Ordol like chimer Dinger, but like

0:49:45.000 --> 0:49:49.800
<v Speaker 2>a skin a hairless one, and Rennie is supposedly most

0:49:49.960 --> 0:49:54.920
<v Speaker 2>likely Renata glask who's a Legal Legends character, which very funny.

0:49:55.160 --> 0:49:58.920
<v Speaker 2>All of Renata's moves are named after financial terms like

0:49:59.040 --> 0:50:01.719
<v Speaker 2>bailout style, take over. So I like that for a

0:50:01.760 --> 0:50:04.600
<v Speaker 2>crime syndicate character, but I really wish we had seen

0:50:04.920 --> 0:50:08.640
<v Speaker 2>more crime syndicate scenes. Yeah, give me more of Silko

0:50:09.000 --> 0:50:12.319
<v Speaker 2>actually bringing these people up and empowering them and we

0:50:12.360 --> 0:50:15.399
<v Speaker 2>suddenly see, oh yeah, this person is in charge of

0:50:15.760 --> 0:50:19.560
<v Speaker 2>imports and exports, this person is in charge of extortion.

0:50:19.760 --> 0:50:21.600
<v Speaker 2>You know, give me more of that. I want to

0:50:21.600 --> 0:50:23.880
<v Speaker 2>see him being a crime lord more and not just

0:50:23.960 --> 0:50:26.560
<v Speaker 2>like a dude worried about Sevika and Jinx.

0:50:26.719 --> 0:50:27.280
<v Speaker 3>I agree.

0:50:27.480 --> 0:50:29.600
<v Speaker 1>I think this scene was just so good. It's one

0:50:29.640 --> 0:50:32.200
<v Speaker 1>of the best scenes in this episode that you can't

0:50:32.200 --> 0:50:34.239
<v Speaker 1>help but want more of it. And it's such a

0:50:34.280 --> 0:50:36.600
<v Speaker 1>short lived scene, but it's so powerful it really stays

0:50:36.640 --> 0:50:36.960
<v Speaker 1>with you.

0:50:37.400 --> 0:50:37.719
<v Speaker 3>I think.

0:50:37.760 --> 0:50:40.680
<v Speaker 1>Also one thing that makes this scene so powerful is

0:50:40.719 --> 0:50:44.640
<v Speaker 1>this very subtle, understated bit of storytelling where we see

0:50:44.640 --> 0:50:48.480
<v Speaker 1>the gas released by Sevika, and then Soka walks around

0:50:48.640 --> 0:50:52.040
<v Speaker 1>the table still talking to everyone as people are like choking,

0:50:52.600 --> 0:50:55.239
<v Speaker 1>and at the very end he like, I almost get

0:50:55.239 --> 0:50:56.960
<v Speaker 1>the sense that he didn't even need to take that

0:50:57.080 --> 0:50:59.480
<v Speaker 1>like final swig from the mask. He just did it

0:50:59.520 --> 0:51:00.160
<v Speaker 1>to taunt.

0:51:00.640 --> 0:51:03.239
<v Speaker 2>I feel like it was very much here take my

0:51:03.280 --> 0:51:04.120
<v Speaker 2>sloppy seconds.

0:51:04.239 --> 0:51:06.759
<v Speaker 1>That's exactly the vibe I got too. And I think

0:51:06.760 --> 0:51:09.880
<v Speaker 1>that's such great storytelling because it shows us the viewer

0:51:10.320 --> 0:51:13.520
<v Speaker 1>that these Ken Barons have gone soft in their more

0:51:13.640 --> 0:51:14.879
<v Speaker 1>luxurious lifestyle, so that.

0:51:14.840 --> 0:51:16.240
<v Speaker 3>Silko has now given them.

0:51:16.520 --> 0:51:20.080
<v Speaker 1>Silko, on the other hand, clearly hasn't. The guess isn't

0:51:20.080 --> 0:51:22.480
<v Speaker 1>affecting him as much, and he's still quite resistant to

0:51:22.520 --> 0:51:24.840
<v Speaker 1>it or more used to it. I think it's just

0:51:24.880 --> 0:51:27.719
<v Speaker 1>like a really lovely little touch here that tells us

0:51:27.719 --> 0:51:29.080
<v Speaker 1>so much about the relationship.

0:51:29.200 --> 0:51:32.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would say Silko put on an effective scene

0:51:32.520 --> 0:51:34.240
<v Speaker 2>to show them he's still in power.

0:51:34.440 --> 0:51:36.400
<v Speaker 3>He's a good showman. Yeah, gotta give him that.

0:51:37.080 --> 0:51:40.160
<v Speaker 2>We head back to Piltover and Mel is standing overlooking

0:51:40.160 --> 0:51:43.560
<v Speaker 2>the city and she receives a mysterious letter which has

0:51:43.760 --> 0:51:46.960
<v Speaker 2>her family crest on it. Oh, so this is a

0:51:47.040 --> 0:51:50.719
<v Speaker 2>new twist. Someone who's been excommunicated from Naxis and from

0:51:50.719 --> 0:51:55.400
<v Speaker 2>her family, they're reaching out. We cut back to the firelights,

0:51:55.480 --> 0:51:59.360
<v Speaker 2>Caitlin is released by Echo, and then Jinx confront Soko

0:51:59.680 --> 0:52:02.799
<v Speaker 2>about why he lied about her sister, and he's like,

0:52:03.280 --> 0:52:06.359
<v Speaker 2>I was doing this to protect you. Violet is here

0:52:06.400 --> 0:52:08.920
<v Speaker 2>with an enforcer and they're only here because they want

0:52:08.960 --> 0:52:12.359
<v Speaker 2>the Gemstone. They're not here for you. And we can

0:52:12.400 --> 0:52:15.480
<v Speaker 2>see Jinks struggling with this. At first, it's this brutal

0:52:15.520 --> 0:52:19.040
<v Speaker 2>scene with her. Soko's trying to administer the eye poke

0:52:19.320 --> 0:52:21.640
<v Speaker 2>thing on his own. He can't do it, so Jink's

0:52:22.080 --> 0:52:24.680
<v Speaker 2>in a rare moment of not hiding in the rafters,

0:52:24.719 --> 0:52:27.480
<v Speaker 2>is hiding behind the chair and comes out and she

0:52:28.239 --> 0:52:31.520
<v Speaker 2>is poking him in the cheek with it, and it's brutal.

0:52:31.680 --> 0:52:36.920
<v Speaker 2>She's again, this is full on horror movie Jinx, and

0:52:37.280 --> 0:52:39.399
<v Speaker 2>you see her start to unravel as he's like, your

0:52:39.440 --> 0:52:41.799
<v Speaker 2>sister is not here for you. I was trying to

0:52:41.880 --> 0:52:44.640
<v Speaker 2>protect you from that. She's the one that left you.

0:52:45.120 --> 0:52:47.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm the one that brought you in. I'm the one

0:52:47.640 --> 0:52:50.759
<v Speaker 2>that took care of you. And he's like, I need you,

0:52:51.400 --> 0:52:55.840
<v Speaker 2>I need you to complete my weapon and she's still torn.

0:52:56.440 --> 0:52:59.040
<v Speaker 2>She administers the eye drop to him and she bolts

0:52:59.040 --> 0:53:02.680
<v Speaker 2>it and oh, I just feel like every time I

0:53:02.719 --> 0:53:05.160
<v Speaker 2>see Jinx, I am terrified of her. Yeah, and I

0:53:05.200 --> 0:53:06.240
<v Speaker 2>feel bad for her.

0:53:06.120 --> 0:53:06.960
<v Speaker 3>And sad stuff.

0:53:07.239 --> 0:53:09.120
<v Speaker 6>We need to take a break, but we will be

0:53:09.200 --> 0:53:24.200
<v Speaker 6>right back in just a minute, and.

0:53:24.160 --> 0:53:28.760
<v Speaker 1>We're back back at the sanctuary. Kate, who's been released

0:53:28.760 --> 0:53:32.640
<v Speaker 1>by the firelights, convinces Echo to work together and to

0:53:32.800 --> 0:53:35.799
<v Speaker 1>return the Gemstone to Jace. This is how we're gonna

0:53:35.800 --> 0:53:37.719
<v Speaker 1>break this cycle of violence. This is how we're gonna

0:53:37.719 --> 0:53:41.920
<v Speaker 1>bring peace to the Upper and Lower Cities. Meanwhile, Victor, Jace,

0:53:42.120 --> 0:53:44.839
<v Speaker 1>and mel are in the lab trying to figure out

0:53:45.000 --> 0:53:48.520
<v Speaker 1>the true danger posed by the lost Gemstone in the

0:53:48.600 --> 0:53:52.680
<v Speaker 1>under City. They're trying to unpack the grenade that Marcus

0:53:52.680 --> 0:53:55.799
<v Speaker 1>had given to j one grenade, one grenade from Look

0:53:55.800 --> 0:53:56.600
<v Speaker 1>at this grenade.

0:53:56.640 --> 0:53:59.120
<v Speaker 2>Do you think that they could harness XSEC based off

0:53:59.120 --> 0:54:00.120
<v Speaker 2>this one grenade?

0:54:00.360 --> 0:54:03.439
<v Speaker 1>They're making a lot of leaps of logic here. Yes, yes,

0:54:03.560 --> 0:54:09.000
<v Speaker 1>mel in fact wants to preemptively prepare for war against

0:54:09.040 --> 0:54:12.600
<v Speaker 1>the under City by creating hex tech weaponry. The one

0:54:12.600 --> 0:54:15.280
<v Speaker 1>thing that Heimerdinger has been warning us about this whole

0:54:15.480 --> 0:54:18.279
<v Speaker 1>damn season, and the energy in this room, for me

0:54:18.320 --> 0:54:21.360
<v Speaker 1>at least very much was giving like there's WMDs in

0:54:21.560 --> 0:54:23.600
<v Speaker 1>the under City that aren't actually there, and we need

0:54:23.640 --> 0:54:27.440
<v Speaker 1>to over retaliate to a danger that we aren't actually

0:54:27.520 --> 0:54:28.399
<v Speaker 1>sure is even there.

0:54:28.520 --> 0:54:28.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:54:28.800 --> 0:54:29.880
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there's a lot.

0:54:29.680 --> 0:54:32.400
<v Speaker 2>Of it's not there are WMD's in the under City.

0:54:32.480 --> 0:54:36.320
<v Speaker 2>It's there might be. Maybe it's impossible they have the

0:54:37.239 --> 0:54:39.920
<v Speaker 2>tech right that they could potentially make it. So we

0:54:40.000 --> 0:54:41.799
<v Speaker 2>got to put a stop to it. Now, we have

0:54:41.880 --> 0:54:42.359
<v Speaker 2>to end it.

0:54:42.400 --> 0:54:45.279
<v Speaker 1>Right, Lockdown's weapons, crush the under city. You know, it's

0:54:45.320 --> 0:54:48.760
<v Speaker 1>obviously in an inappropriate scale of response to the danger

0:54:48.800 --> 0:54:51.920
<v Speaker 1>that's actually posed. But it shows us what people in

0:54:52.000 --> 0:54:54.239
<v Speaker 1>Piltover think of the under city, right right, It shows

0:54:54.280 --> 0:54:55.160
<v Speaker 1>us that class device.

0:54:55.160 --> 0:54:58.840
<v Speaker 2>And both Victor and jas are like, no, we didn't

0:54:58.840 --> 0:55:01.960
<v Speaker 2>come here do all this research. We didn't harness hextech

0:55:02.040 --> 0:55:08.399
<v Speaker 2>to make weapons. What Yeah, I kind of remember you

0:55:08.400 --> 0:55:13.040
<v Speaker 2>guys making Hulk hans ulcans. Yeah right, you like showed

0:55:13.040 --> 0:55:15.239
<v Speaker 2>it off as one of the first things, and Heybridingo

0:55:15.400 --> 0:55:17.960
<v Speaker 2>was like, nah, no, this is a weapon, right, guys,

0:55:18.200 --> 0:55:18.640
<v Speaker 2>come on.

0:55:18.719 --> 0:55:20.000
<v Speaker 3>A doc doc laser beam.

0:55:20.239 --> 0:55:23.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, what No, it's not a weapon. It's just

0:55:23.640 --> 0:55:25.960
<v Speaker 2>so that I can mow the lawn really easily.

0:55:26.160 --> 0:55:29.400
<v Speaker 1>Calm down, start start with a hexstack alarm clock.

0:55:29.440 --> 0:55:30.920
<v Speaker 3>Guys, what are we doing?

0:55:31.760 --> 0:55:33.719
<v Speaker 1>Make an Apple watch that runs off hexstach so I

0:55:33.760 --> 0:55:35.640
<v Speaker 1>don't have to charge it every fucking night.

0:55:35.640 --> 0:55:38.800
<v Speaker 2>Or some lamps for the council building.

0:55:38.880 --> 0:55:42.120
<v Speaker 1>Yes, oh my gosh, anything except hulk hands and a

0:55:42.160 --> 0:55:43.239
<v Speaker 1>doc doc laser beam.

0:55:43.520 --> 0:55:44.640
<v Speaker 3>This is wild to me.

0:55:45.320 --> 0:55:48.400
<v Speaker 1>This really stood out because I'm maybe now here in

0:55:48.440 --> 0:55:51.680
<v Speaker 1>episode seven, kind of realizing like, maybe these dudes are

0:55:51.719 --> 0:55:54.920
<v Speaker 1>dumber than I thought. Maybe they actually don't know how

0:55:55.000 --> 0:55:58.279
<v Speaker 1>the real world operates, and they might just be young

0:55:58.360 --> 0:56:01.640
<v Speaker 1>and idealistic enough to be kind of ignorant to the

0:56:01.680 --> 0:56:06.440
<v Speaker 1>realities of how societies and cultures and people actually work.

0:56:06.760 --> 0:56:08.280
<v Speaker 2>Justice for Heimerdinger exactly.

0:56:08.280 --> 0:56:10.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm starting to think I'm on Heimerdinger's side here, honestly,

0:56:11.080 --> 0:56:14.160
<v Speaker 1>But I do love that this scene shows us in

0:56:14.440 --> 0:56:19.239
<v Speaker 1>Jase and Victor, this young, hot headed idealism being confronted

0:56:19.360 --> 0:56:22.640
<v Speaker 1>by what is often a very messy and complicated reality.

0:56:23.040 --> 0:56:25.120
<v Speaker 1>We saw that with Vander and Vai, we saw that

0:56:25.160 --> 0:56:28.040
<v Speaker 1>with Jas and Heimerdinger, and for me, it kind of

0:56:28.040 --> 0:56:31.200
<v Speaker 1>makes me think, Okay, maybe our elders aren't all just

0:56:31.360 --> 0:56:33.840
<v Speaker 1>the cowards and hypocrites that we accuse them of being.

0:56:34.200 --> 0:56:35.960
<v Speaker 1>Perhaps they do know a little bit of what they're

0:56:35.960 --> 0:56:38.719
<v Speaker 1>talking about. Maybe they do know that real life is

0:56:38.920 --> 0:56:42.720
<v Speaker 1>very complicated and very messy, regardless of how idealistic you might.

0:56:42.560 --> 0:56:45.600
<v Speaker 2>Be or maybe there's just jealous that we have Hulkhans.

0:56:45.680 --> 0:56:47.080
<v Speaker 2>That's right in the laser guns.

0:56:47.080 --> 0:56:48.280
<v Speaker 3>So smash smash baby.

0:56:48.400 --> 0:56:52.879
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. We cut to Victor who is preparing himself. He's

0:56:52.880 --> 0:56:54.799
<v Speaker 2>put his brace on. He's going to inject himself with

0:56:54.840 --> 0:56:58.520
<v Speaker 2>the shimmer. He does and he activates the Heck's tech runs.

0:56:58.880 --> 0:57:03.200
<v Speaker 2>We see Heimerdinger now in this you know Cloak sneaking

0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:07.120
<v Speaker 2>across the blockade by boat on the river. Violet and

0:57:07.200 --> 0:57:10.960
<v Speaker 2>Caitlin and Echo are heading into Piltover, trying to sneak

0:57:11.000 --> 0:57:14.359
<v Speaker 2>through the blockade themselves, and Violet stops and is like,

0:57:14.600 --> 0:57:16.919
<v Speaker 2>I have to go back for Powder. I can't leave

0:57:16.920 --> 0:57:20.880
<v Speaker 2>her again, and jinks lo and Behold is like up

0:57:21.000 --> 0:57:23.400
<v Speaker 2>perched on the top of the bridge like Batman and

0:57:23.480 --> 0:57:28.800
<v Speaker 2>has a telescope and like looking down and sees Violet

0:57:29.000 --> 0:57:34.320
<v Speaker 2>embracing Caitlin and hug her goodbye. She's overcome with jealousy.

0:57:34.480 --> 0:57:38.400
<v Speaker 2>And then we cut to Marcus who catches Caitlin at

0:57:38.440 --> 0:57:42.840
<v Speaker 2>an Echo as they're trying to come across. He opens

0:57:42.880 --> 0:57:46.680
<v Speaker 2>the floodlights and he has the gun to Caitlin. He's

0:57:46.680 --> 0:57:49.200
<v Speaker 2>getting ready to shoot her. He's torn a little himself,

0:57:49.240 --> 0:57:53.520
<v Speaker 2>but he has already shot Echo and then oh, this

0:57:53.760 --> 0:57:57.920
<v Speaker 2>huge swarm of firelights shows up right the animal and

0:57:58.400 --> 0:58:02.520
<v Speaker 2>they start landing on the n They land on Marcus's gun,

0:58:03.080 --> 0:58:08.280
<v Speaker 2>click into place, and they explode. Wow wow, and Marcus,

0:58:08.320 --> 0:58:11.560
<v Speaker 2>of course, you know, the explosions go off. Marcus has

0:58:11.600 --> 0:58:14.280
<v Speaker 2>the gall to be like, hey, Caitlyn, oh my god,

0:58:14.280 --> 0:58:16.080
<v Speaker 2>I know I just had you had gunpoint. I know

0:58:16.160 --> 0:58:18.760
<v Speaker 2>I just shot your buddy you were traveling with, but

0:58:18.800 --> 0:58:20.360
<v Speaker 2>would you please tell my daughter?

0:58:21.320 --> 0:58:23.320
<v Speaker 3>And he dies. Huh.

0:58:23.360 --> 0:58:24.920
<v Speaker 1>I mean I feel for him, but I also I

0:58:24.960 --> 0:58:27.840
<v Speaker 1>don't view for him. This was inevitably going to be

0:58:27.880 --> 0:58:30.440
<v Speaker 1>the end for Marcus. Yeah, the choices he made in

0:58:30.480 --> 0:58:32.919
<v Speaker 1>life were going to end in this way, in one

0:58:33.040 --> 0:58:33.760
<v Speaker 1>shape or another.

0:58:33.800 --> 0:58:34.520
<v Speaker 2>He was in two deep.

0:58:34.760 --> 0:58:38.600
<v Speaker 1>He was Okay, let's finish off this episode, because my goodness.

0:58:39.440 --> 0:58:42.920
<v Speaker 1>Jinx arrives on the bridge after the explosions and she

0:58:43.080 --> 0:58:44.120
<v Speaker 1>takes the gempstone.

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<v Speaker 3>She looks up.

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<v Speaker 1>She sees Vi helping Caitlyn get up after that explosion. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>that feeling of jealousy. She's overcome with it, and she

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<v Speaker 1>begins firing on them with her gatling gun and anger

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<v Speaker 1>at that very moment, Echo on his cool ass hoverboard,

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<v Speaker 1>jumps in to the fray. He's fine, he survived the

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<v Speaker 1>bullet earlier from Marcus and begins to battle Jinks as

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<v Speaker 1>Uy and Caitlin make a run for it. This is simply,

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion, simply one of the most iconic fight

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<v Speaker 1>sequences ever animated.

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<v Speaker 3>Like it's just so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>The esthetic, the music, the pacing, the emotional thrust of

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<v Speaker 1>it all is just so so good. Echo and Jinks

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<v Speaker 1>face off. Echo is actually able to overcome Jinks, but

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<v Speaker 1>she then sets off one of her grenades, seemingly blowing

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<v Speaker 1>both of them up, and that's where.

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<v Speaker 3>The episode ends. Yeah, really brilliant stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this final sequence has so many layers to it,

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<v Speaker 1>Like we see these flashbacks to their childhoods in that

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<v Speaker 1>grunge spray paint style that we saw at the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the episode, and we see how this confrontation these

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<v Speaker 1>two kids have played out time and time again when

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<v Speaker 1>they were kids, when they were just playing with paintball

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<v Speaker 1>guns and fa armor, and we see how Echo knows

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<v Speaker 1>how Jinx is going to react and knows how to

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<v Speaker 1>overcome her in this moment because of those childhood memories

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<v Speaker 1>and the playing that they did. Now becoming a life

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<v Speaker 1>and death situation. The layers of like emotional storytelling at

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<v Speaker 1>play here, just pointing us back towards their childhood and

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<v Speaker 1>then making it clear what the stakes are. These two

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<v Speaker 1>people are no longer playing and the emotional and physical stakes.

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<v Speaker 3>Going to be higher.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved it. I could watch this scene over and

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<v Speaker 1>over again. Sometimes I do like just YouTube this scene

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<v Speaker 1>just to watch it again.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a great scene. I disagree a little

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't think we got any scenes with these

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<v Speaker 2>to his kids in the first three episodes.

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<v Speaker 3>No, we did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, why did we spend time? I mean, I know

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<v Speaker 2>it was important for Powder to stand up to Milo

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<v Speaker 2>and do the shooting gallery scene against him, But what

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<v Speaker 2>if we had a scene of her playing with Echo,

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<v Speaker 2>recreating this that we then revisit here I in that

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<v Speaker 2>moment when Echo has defeated her and he looks down

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<v Speaker 2>at her and she seems a little vulnerable. We got

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<v Speaker 2>scenes with Echo and Violet. We got scenes with Echo

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<v Speaker 2>and Clagger and like them showing their friendship. We did

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<v Speaker 2>not get Echo interacting with Powder, and so it was.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved what it was trying to do, and it

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<v Speaker 2>is a beautifully animated thing, and I really like this

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous switching between them as a young adults and them

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<v Speaker 2>as children, and like, you see her as an adult

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<v Speaker 2>shooting a real gun at this kid, which switches into

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<v Speaker 2>Echo as the adult, and it's a really beautifully done.

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<v Speaker 2>But I wanted them to have had this scene in

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<v Speaker 2>the first three episodes, or at worst give me a

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<v Speaker 2>flashback of them playing at the beginning of the episode

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<v Speaker 2>and then get into it, because I really felt like

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<v Speaker 2>you told me that they had a relationship, yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't show it to me at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's an absolutely fair point. We get very

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<v Speaker 1>little of Echo in those early episodes when they're all kids,

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<v Speaker 1>so to have them come back here there is less

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<v Speaker 1>emotional resonance with Echo because we don't have history with

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<v Speaker 1>him like we do with all the other characters.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, to Violet real quick, yeah, at first, she's like, hey, Echo, Caitlin,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to stay in the under city because I

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<v Speaker 2>can't leave my sister behind again. And then suddenly she's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>here is my sister. Hey, Echo, you go handle her.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to take Caitlin. I'm going to leave my

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<v Speaker 2>sister behind. Actually, after all, it felt like she had

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<v Speaker 2>a quick turn around there she saw Kaitlyn was in

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<v Speaker 2>danger and was like, all right, yeah, you carried me,

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<v Speaker 2>now I'll carry you.

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<v Speaker 3>That's another great point.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you would imagine that Violet would be the one

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<v Speaker 1>telling Echo, go help you get out here exactly. I

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<v Speaker 1>need to face my sister here on this bridge right now,

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<v Speaker 1>rather than rushing to Caitlin and running off with her.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think that is something that is going to

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<v Speaker 1>uh not help Jinx's feelings about Caitlin and Violet, that

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<v Speaker 1>Violet has chosen Caitlin over her in this situation. All right, Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>a long one today, Yes, two really great episodes though, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and bridging the end of Act two and the start

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<v Speaker 1>of Act three.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Stick around next week we're going to get to the

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<v Speaker 2>finale of season one and on tomorrow's episode, Jason Rosie

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<v Speaker 2>will be back to celebrate Halloween with you, and then

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday we will be having our Agatha season one

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<v Speaker 2>reactions with the final two episodes releasing. Right, that's our episode.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you everyone for listening.

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<v Speaker 3>To see you next week, Justice rhimerdgger.

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<v Speaker 4>X. Ray Vision is hosted by Jason Kisumsion and Rosie

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<v Speaker 4>Knight and is a production of iHeart Podcasts. Our executive

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<v Speaker 4>producers are Joelle Smith and Aaron Kaufman.

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<v Speaker 2>Our supervising producer is.

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<v Speaker 4>A Boo Zafar. Our producers are Carmen Laurent and Mia Taylor.

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<v Speaker 4>Our theme song is by Brian Basquez. Special thanks to

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<v Speaker 4>Soul Rubin and Chris Lord, Kenny Goodman and Heidi A

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<v Speaker 4>disco moderata