Roswell 2.8: "Meet the Dupes"
Written by Toni Graphia
Directed by James A. Contner
In which a second set of hybrids, identical to those in Roswell, arrive in town to inform Max that he is needed for a summit between the ruling families of their old star system…
Status Report
By this point in the season, in terms of the production schedule, the writers had every reason to think that the season was ending with episode 13. As a result, the issue of closure was on the table; the science fiction elements needed to be pulled together and brought to a relative conclusion. This episode, the first of a two-part effort to clear the table of several lingering plot threads, actually confuses things even more. While this is an effective way to generate interest in the second half, it doesn’t do much to clarify the series mythology.
In “Summer of ‘47”, Michael learned that there were 8 hybrids, stored in groups of four in two separate pod clusters. This episode introduces the other set of hybrids, and as it turns out, they are effectively identical to the familiar Royal Four from Roswell. Unlike the Roswell hybrids, however, these four act like pretentious grunge posers and live in New York.
Twisted “alternate” versions of main characters are a staple of science fiction entertainment. The success or failure of that concept is entirely based on the realistic portrayal of those alternates. In this case, it’s hard to take the NY Four very seriously. They don’t talk like anyone on the planet (only Lonnie manages something close to a NYC accent) and if they were brought to this summit meeting, it’s very hard to imagine that they would be taken seriously. It’s more likely that the other alien leaders would think the deposed king has developed a mental condition.
There are hints along the way that this is intentional. If one set of Four turned out a bit wrong, perhaps too inhuman or unstable to hide within normal society, then it would explain why the NY Four seem to be uniquely flawed. It also creates a major plot hole. If the NY Four have been running around in such a brazen manner, why weren’t they located by Pierce and the Special Unit long before the Roswell Four came under suspicion? One can understand from the second half why the Skins left the NY Four alone, but there’s no reason for Pierce to have done the same.
It’s probably for the best that Zan was taken out of the episode early. He sounded like he was seriously stoned to begin with, which might explain how Rath and Lonnie managed to get the drop on him. Katherine does a fine job with Lonnie, giving the character the requisite dangerous, sexually-charged vibe necessary to pull off the concept. Brendan, unfortunately, can’t seem to get the accent down consistently, and his mannerisms are so frenetic as to be laughable. Where Lonnie exudes menace, Rath is about as frightening as a Flintstones villain. Ava, sad to say, is so meek as to have no discernable character traits at all; it would have been fun to see her vamp it up a bit, since she’s at least as hot as Lonnie.
Some also question why both sets of Four would be the same age. From the perspective of the series as a whole, it actually makes sense. After all, the first season made it clear that there was a pre-selected time when the hybrids would be contacted. Perhaps that had more to do with pre-programming than Nasedo’s plans. If the hybrids were supposed to start feeling a desire to mate at an exact time, then the pods would be programmed to release them so they would be sexually mature when that exact time came.
The depiction of the NY Four isn’t the only problematic plot element in the episode. The writers resurrect the concept of the dying red giant star from Liz’s vision in “Sexual Healing”. Apparently the supernova created by the unusually quick destruction of that star is just now reaching Earth. The implication is that Kivar’s revolution was connected to the collapse of the star, and that it took 50 years for that supernova to appear in Earth’s sky.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of astrophysics could explain why that is impossible. For one thing, the red giant in Liz’s vision was supposed to have come from the Whirlwind Galaxy. Such a galaxy would be hundreds of thousands of light-years away. Two things would be immediately clear from this basic piece of information: astronomers on Earth cannot distinguish individual stars in distant galaxies, certainly not well enough to know that the star collapsed too early, and Kivar’s revolution would have subsequently taken place hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The alternate explanation is that the red giant in question was in local space, but in the same line of sight as the Whirlwind Galaxy. That would, unfortunately, place the source of the supernova about 50 light-years from Earth. Any supernova that close to the Solar System would wipe out all life on the planet! So obviously, the whole concept of the collapsing red giant is ill-advised from the onset.
It works far better from a character perspective, since it is clearly meant as a metaphor for Max and Liz. Liz is beginning to realize the cost of Future Max’s plan, and she is not at all happy about it. As a result, Liz is trying to find some middle road, and it’s just not working for her. Her expectations, of course, are completely unrealistic. There’s no reason for Max to act like they can be friends, and Liz ought to know that.
Brody finally shows up again, and just in time for things to get interesting. He helps to lay down the exposition regarding the NYC summit meeting, setting up the connection between the alien abduction phenomenon and mental communication from the races of the Antar Kingdom. More importantly, he takes over the obstructionist role previously filled by Courtney. Courtney drew Michael out of his relationship with Maria, and now that she’s gone, Brody is there to catch Maria’s eye. In turn, Brody gets some much needed screen time and character development.
One apparently plot hole is actually easy to explain. The NY Three seem to know more about the situation in Roswell than they should. While this is never fully explained, it’s clear from the second half that Lonnie and Rath are in league with Nicholas. In fact, it’s quite possible that they have been in contact for a very long time. Nicholas knows that the NY Four were the rejects, after all, and he could have held them in reserve until a moment such as this. Nicholas knows a great deal about the situation in Roswell from the mind invasion he conducted on both Courtney and Max in the previous episode. So in this case, there’s a somewhat reasonable explanation.
Max continues to have issues of trust with just about everyone on the planet. He doesn’t trust Liz, Isabel, or Michael, and that isolation is pushing him further and further into his single-minded authoritative blindness, the same attitude that apparently led to his downfall as Xan on Antar. Isabel certainly isn’t helping by keeping the truth to herself.
Valenti’s reaction is damned funny (because it’s so understandable!), and the writers drop in more hints about the extent of Rath and Lonnie’s intel on the situation in Roswell. They knew enough to recognize that Valenti knew about the aliens (or managed to figure it out in conversation), and they knew enough to mention alien hunters. It’s hard to see how they would know one and not the other, but it’s possible that Nicholas told them only part of the story.
For all that Max can’t deal with being friendly with Liz, his heart is saying something very different. After all, if he wanted to avoid Liz completely, why keep coming to the Crashdown on his own? It makes sense to go if he’s with other people, but going there alone is just an invitation for Liz to come talk to him. And maybe, to some extent, that’s what he wants; he could unconsciously be pushing Liz into telling him the truth.
If Rath and Lonnie had enough advance information from Nicholas to know where Max’s bedroom was, then it’s hard to imagine that they wouldn’t know about Liz. This is just an example of how their knowledge of the Royal Four is inconsistently depicted. That said, it’s amusing to watch them tear apart Max’s little world, and the conversation between Lonnie and Philip is disturbing in all the right ways. Lonnie is very good with the lying and the sultry, something that fits the information about Vilandra perfectly. (And hearing Katherine refer to Liz as Max’s “bitch” is just hysterical!)
It’s also very interesting to note that Max is still in therapy, something that was used as something of a prologue in “Skin and Bones” and then never revisited. Now it seems that Isabel has also been in therapy, possibly just as long. If the Evans are so worried about Max and Isabel that they have been sending their children to therapy for months, why are Max and Isabel able to run off on their own without warning or notification? It doesn’t say much for the Evans, who seem to wise up only when the writers find it necessary.
While it’s hard to think of Maria with anyone other than Michael, there’s a fair amount of chemistry between Maria and Brody. Brody is the same kind of off-kilter personality that Maria used to be, before the alien drama forced her to take things a little more seriously. Maria really needs to find the fun again (seeing her sing more often would have helped balance out the character), and Brody comes along at just the right time.
Equally hilarious in the most disturbing possible way is Rath’s attempt to hit on Liz. Granted, there’s another example of Rath knowing more about Liz and Max than he should, but that’s not the best part of the scene. How Shiri managed to keep in character is a mystery! It’s easy to believe that her reaction to the kiss was genuine, especially with Brendan in the Rath get-up!
The writers tie the dying star into the overall mythology by having Max recognize it as significant, but it’s not clear why Max would think that the activity recorded by Brody is connected. Equally important is the observation that Max is just like Zan, only worse. That confirms what the writers have been building up for several episodes this season: Max is beginning to fall into the patterns that led to Xan’s downfall on Antar.
Endless twitching aside, Rath shows all the same contentious characteristics that Michael has since day one, only worse. He clearly wants to run the show, and he hates the fact that Max is the one really in charge. It makes one wonder if Xan and Rath were always at odds, even as allies. That could have been their strength; Rath could have balanced out Xan’s worst excesses, at least until the end. In this incarnation, of course, Rath betrays Xan, whereas Michael typically remains loyal to Max, even when he doesn’t have to be.
Rath mentions that the summit is between the ruling families of the five planets of their home star system (Antar). Once again, this concept doesn’t work at all with the idea that their home star collapsed. For one thing, it’s hard to believe that five planets capable of harboring life would exist around a red giant; those stars are huge and planetary models don’t favor the rocky planets that would presumably be necessary for the species of the Antar Kingdom. More to the point, if such a star were to harbor five viable planets, those planets would be vaporized by the supernova of the star’s collapse.
The writers are clearly trying to set the stage for a possible end to the war that began with Kivar’s hostile takeover of Xan’s throne. Apparently there are five worlds within the kingdom, and each world has a ruling family. The five families represent the nobility, and among the ruling families, the monarchy must fall to the most powerful of the five. Xan’s family was wiped out by the Skins under Kivar; this gives the writers three other possible alien species to use in the future.
For practical reasons, much of the attention is placed on Rath and Lonnie. This is very unfortunate, because it leaves Emilie de Ravin looking very attractive in her punk outfit, staring at the walls until she has something to do. The logic is apparently to keep her from saying too much too soon, to keep up the element of surprise, but it’s actually annoying in retrospect, because there’s no reason for Ava to be sidelined like Tess has been.
It’s also strange for everyone to be hanging out in the UFO Museum overnight, when very little seems to have happened in the intervening hours. The point, it seems, is to create the tension when Brody walks in and finds the place being used as Max’s little hangout. This in turn leads to Maria having breakfast with Brody, and Brody’s exposition about a possible abduction coming up. It’s all very necessary, but it could have been handled a little more carefully.
Lonnie does such a good job with her plan to manipulate Max that it makes one wonder what Isabel could be capable of, if she let that part of her former incarnation take hold. For that matter, Rath and Lonnie seem to be more than happy to follow their destined role as lovers, even if it’s in an open relationship. Perhaps Rath was aware that Vilandra took on many lovers, and didn’t care because he wasn’t always faithful himself.
In an episode riddled with plot problems and inconsistencies, there’s also the small matter of bad continuity. Before leaving with Tess to go to the summit, Max stops by to drop off an engraved pocket knife that Liz supposedly gave him for Christmas the year before. There’s one small problem with that: Max broke off his budding relationship with Liz before Christmas that season and they didn’t get back together until after mid-February. Considering the fact that this scene doesn’t require him to give back a gift like that, it’s an unnecessary mistake.
It’s also quite hard to believe that Max would ignore the fact that Liz knows about the granilith, even though he never told her about it. At the very least, it should have made him even more wary of Liz and her recent decisions. As paranoid as Max is at his point, it’s hard to understand his relatively calm reaction.
By the time the truth about Xan is finally revealed, it’s a bit of a letdown. Xan had more than enough time to defend himself, since Rath had to speed up the truck, and one would think that the NY Four had a better understanding of their own powers than the Royal Four. It also seems odd that Rath and Lonnie would ignore the fact that Max was bringing Tess along; it was obviously just a convenient way to give Ana an out, so she could stay in Roswell and provide exposition in the second half.
It’s difficult to judge the first half of a two-part episode, but in this case, there’s more than enough to weigh the good against the bad. As usual, the character exploration provides most of the highlights, and the frantic pacing of the plot arc results in most of the blunders. This episode, like many in the second season, seems to work despite itself. As long as one focuses on the characters, then it’s quite enjoyable. Any attempt to understand the series mythology past the end of the first season is often rewarded with disappointment.
Memorable Quotes
BRODY: “But it’s a very small thing.”
MARIA: “Yes, it is a very small thing, and that’s why a person who can’t even get the cheese right does not deserve to live!”
BRODY: “Wow…you take your job very seriously…”
LIZ: “Oh my God…Ew!”
RATH: “Epic…”
ALEX: “Ladies…frosty beverage?”
LONNIE: “No three-ways tonight, Opie. Maybe later!”
LIZ: “OK, this thing kind of happened with Kyle, but it didn’t really happen, and I can’t tell Max what I didn’t do. But I can’t tell you what I didn’t do either, so don’t ask me to explain it, OK? But…the point is, I just feel really stupid being here.”
MARIA: “Do you realize that what you just said made absolutely no sense?”
RATH: “You want me to kill him for you?”
MICHAEL: “I’ll get back to you on that…”
Final Analysis
Overall, this episode did a nice enough job of setting things up for the second half of the story, but there were several logical and plotting errors along the way. As usual, the strength of the episode is the character development, which continues to explore the central theme of the season. The alternate versions of the hybrids were quite amusing; it’s too bad that they were only used in a couple of episodes.
Writing: 1/2
Acting: 2/2
Direction: 2/2
Style: 2/4
Final Rating: 7/10
Directed by James A. Contner
In which a second set of hybrids, identical to those in Roswell, arrive in town to inform Max that he is needed for a summit between the ruling families of their old star system…
Status Report
By this point in the season, in terms of the production schedule, the writers had every reason to think that the season was ending with episode 13. As a result, the issue of closure was on the table; the science fiction elements needed to be pulled together and brought to a relative conclusion. This episode, the first of a two-part effort to clear the table of several lingering plot threads, actually confuses things even more. While this is an effective way to generate interest in the second half, it doesn’t do much to clarify the series mythology.
In “Summer of ‘47”, Michael learned that there were 8 hybrids, stored in groups of four in two separate pod clusters. This episode introduces the other set of hybrids, and as it turns out, they are effectively identical to the familiar Royal Four from Roswell. Unlike the Roswell hybrids, however, these four act like pretentious grunge posers and live in New York.
Twisted “alternate” versions of main characters are a staple of science fiction entertainment. The success or failure of that concept is entirely based on the realistic portrayal of those alternates. In this case, it’s hard to take the NY Four very seriously. They don’t talk like anyone on the planet (only Lonnie manages something close to a NYC accent) and if they were brought to this summit meeting, it’s very hard to imagine that they would be taken seriously. It’s more likely that the other alien leaders would think the deposed king has developed a mental condition.
There are hints along the way that this is intentional. If one set of Four turned out a bit wrong, perhaps too inhuman or unstable to hide within normal society, then it would explain why the NY Four seem to be uniquely flawed. It also creates a major plot hole. If the NY Four have been running around in such a brazen manner, why weren’t they located by Pierce and the Special Unit long before the Roswell Four came under suspicion? One can understand from the second half why the Skins left the NY Four alone, but there’s no reason for Pierce to have done the same.
It’s probably for the best that Zan was taken out of the episode early. He sounded like he was seriously stoned to begin with, which might explain how Rath and Lonnie managed to get the drop on him. Katherine does a fine job with Lonnie, giving the character the requisite dangerous, sexually-charged vibe necessary to pull off the concept. Brendan, unfortunately, can’t seem to get the accent down consistently, and his mannerisms are so frenetic as to be laughable. Where Lonnie exudes menace, Rath is about as frightening as a Flintstones villain. Ava, sad to say, is so meek as to have no discernable character traits at all; it would have been fun to see her vamp it up a bit, since she’s at least as hot as Lonnie.
Some also question why both sets of Four would be the same age. From the perspective of the series as a whole, it actually makes sense. After all, the first season made it clear that there was a pre-selected time when the hybrids would be contacted. Perhaps that had more to do with pre-programming than Nasedo’s plans. If the hybrids were supposed to start feeling a desire to mate at an exact time, then the pods would be programmed to release them so they would be sexually mature when that exact time came.
The depiction of the NY Four isn’t the only problematic plot element in the episode. The writers resurrect the concept of the dying red giant star from Liz’s vision in “Sexual Healing”. Apparently the supernova created by the unusually quick destruction of that star is just now reaching Earth. The implication is that Kivar’s revolution was connected to the collapse of the star, and that it took 50 years for that supernova to appear in Earth’s sky.
Anyone with a basic knowledge of astrophysics could explain why that is impossible. For one thing, the red giant in Liz’s vision was supposed to have come from the Whirlwind Galaxy. Such a galaxy would be hundreds of thousands of light-years away. Two things would be immediately clear from this basic piece of information: astronomers on Earth cannot distinguish individual stars in distant galaxies, certainly not well enough to know that the star collapsed too early, and Kivar’s revolution would have subsequently taken place hundreds of thousands of years ago.
The alternate explanation is that the red giant in question was in local space, but in the same line of sight as the Whirlwind Galaxy. That would, unfortunately, place the source of the supernova about 50 light-years from Earth. Any supernova that close to the Solar System would wipe out all life on the planet! So obviously, the whole concept of the collapsing red giant is ill-advised from the onset.
It works far better from a character perspective, since it is clearly meant as a metaphor for Max and Liz. Liz is beginning to realize the cost of Future Max’s plan, and she is not at all happy about it. As a result, Liz is trying to find some middle road, and it’s just not working for her. Her expectations, of course, are completely unrealistic. There’s no reason for Max to act like they can be friends, and Liz ought to know that.
Brody finally shows up again, and just in time for things to get interesting. He helps to lay down the exposition regarding the NYC summit meeting, setting up the connection between the alien abduction phenomenon and mental communication from the races of the Antar Kingdom. More importantly, he takes over the obstructionist role previously filled by Courtney. Courtney drew Michael out of his relationship with Maria, and now that she’s gone, Brody is there to catch Maria’s eye. In turn, Brody gets some much needed screen time and character development.
One apparently plot hole is actually easy to explain. The NY Three seem to know more about the situation in Roswell than they should. While this is never fully explained, it’s clear from the second half that Lonnie and Rath are in league with Nicholas. In fact, it’s quite possible that they have been in contact for a very long time. Nicholas knows that the NY Four were the rejects, after all, and he could have held them in reserve until a moment such as this. Nicholas knows a great deal about the situation in Roswell from the mind invasion he conducted on both Courtney and Max in the previous episode. So in this case, there’s a somewhat reasonable explanation.
Max continues to have issues of trust with just about everyone on the planet. He doesn’t trust Liz, Isabel, or Michael, and that isolation is pushing him further and further into his single-minded authoritative blindness, the same attitude that apparently led to his downfall as Xan on Antar. Isabel certainly isn’t helping by keeping the truth to herself.
Valenti’s reaction is damned funny (because it’s so understandable!), and the writers drop in more hints about the extent of Rath and Lonnie’s intel on the situation in Roswell. They knew enough to recognize that Valenti knew about the aliens (or managed to figure it out in conversation), and they knew enough to mention alien hunters. It’s hard to see how they would know one and not the other, but it’s possible that Nicholas told them only part of the story.
For all that Max can’t deal with being friendly with Liz, his heart is saying something very different. After all, if he wanted to avoid Liz completely, why keep coming to the Crashdown on his own? It makes sense to go if he’s with other people, but going there alone is just an invitation for Liz to come talk to him. And maybe, to some extent, that’s what he wants; he could unconsciously be pushing Liz into telling him the truth.
If Rath and Lonnie had enough advance information from Nicholas to know where Max’s bedroom was, then it’s hard to imagine that they wouldn’t know about Liz. This is just an example of how their knowledge of the Royal Four is inconsistently depicted. That said, it’s amusing to watch them tear apart Max’s little world, and the conversation between Lonnie and Philip is disturbing in all the right ways. Lonnie is very good with the lying and the sultry, something that fits the information about Vilandra perfectly. (And hearing Katherine refer to Liz as Max’s “bitch” is just hysterical!)
It’s also very interesting to note that Max is still in therapy, something that was used as something of a prologue in “Skin and Bones” and then never revisited. Now it seems that Isabel has also been in therapy, possibly just as long. If the Evans are so worried about Max and Isabel that they have been sending their children to therapy for months, why are Max and Isabel able to run off on their own without warning or notification? It doesn’t say much for the Evans, who seem to wise up only when the writers find it necessary.
While it’s hard to think of Maria with anyone other than Michael, there’s a fair amount of chemistry between Maria and Brody. Brody is the same kind of off-kilter personality that Maria used to be, before the alien drama forced her to take things a little more seriously. Maria really needs to find the fun again (seeing her sing more often would have helped balance out the character), and Brody comes along at just the right time.
Equally hilarious in the most disturbing possible way is Rath’s attempt to hit on Liz. Granted, there’s another example of Rath knowing more about Liz and Max than he should, but that’s not the best part of the scene. How Shiri managed to keep in character is a mystery! It’s easy to believe that her reaction to the kiss was genuine, especially with Brendan in the Rath get-up!
The writers tie the dying star into the overall mythology by having Max recognize it as significant, but it’s not clear why Max would think that the activity recorded by Brody is connected. Equally important is the observation that Max is just like Zan, only worse. That confirms what the writers have been building up for several episodes this season: Max is beginning to fall into the patterns that led to Xan’s downfall on Antar.
Endless twitching aside, Rath shows all the same contentious characteristics that Michael has since day one, only worse. He clearly wants to run the show, and he hates the fact that Max is the one really in charge. It makes one wonder if Xan and Rath were always at odds, even as allies. That could have been their strength; Rath could have balanced out Xan’s worst excesses, at least until the end. In this incarnation, of course, Rath betrays Xan, whereas Michael typically remains loyal to Max, even when he doesn’t have to be.
Rath mentions that the summit is between the ruling families of the five planets of their home star system (Antar). Once again, this concept doesn’t work at all with the idea that their home star collapsed. For one thing, it’s hard to believe that five planets capable of harboring life would exist around a red giant; those stars are huge and planetary models don’t favor the rocky planets that would presumably be necessary for the species of the Antar Kingdom. More to the point, if such a star were to harbor five viable planets, those planets would be vaporized by the supernova of the star’s collapse.
The writers are clearly trying to set the stage for a possible end to the war that began with Kivar’s hostile takeover of Xan’s throne. Apparently there are five worlds within the kingdom, and each world has a ruling family. The five families represent the nobility, and among the ruling families, the monarchy must fall to the most powerful of the five. Xan’s family was wiped out by the Skins under Kivar; this gives the writers three other possible alien species to use in the future.
For practical reasons, much of the attention is placed on Rath and Lonnie. This is very unfortunate, because it leaves Emilie de Ravin looking very attractive in her punk outfit, staring at the walls until she has something to do. The logic is apparently to keep her from saying too much too soon, to keep up the element of surprise, but it’s actually annoying in retrospect, because there’s no reason for Ava to be sidelined like Tess has been.
It’s also strange for everyone to be hanging out in the UFO Museum overnight, when very little seems to have happened in the intervening hours. The point, it seems, is to create the tension when Brody walks in and finds the place being used as Max’s little hangout. This in turn leads to Maria having breakfast with Brody, and Brody’s exposition about a possible abduction coming up. It’s all very necessary, but it could have been handled a little more carefully.
Lonnie does such a good job with her plan to manipulate Max that it makes one wonder what Isabel could be capable of, if she let that part of her former incarnation take hold. For that matter, Rath and Lonnie seem to be more than happy to follow their destined role as lovers, even if it’s in an open relationship. Perhaps Rath was aware that Vilandra took on many lovers, and didn’t care because he wasn’t always faithful himself.
In an episode riddled with plot problems and inconsistencies, there’s also the small matter of bad continuity. Before leaving with Tess to go to the summit, Max stops by to drop off an engraved pocket knife that Liz supposedly gave him for Christmas the year before. There’s one small problem with that: Max broke off his budding relationship with Liz before Christmas that season and they didn’t get back together until after mid-February. Considering the fact that this scene doesn’t require him to give back a gift like that, it’s an unnecessary mistake.
It’s also quite hard to believe that Max would ignore the fact that Liz knows about the granilith, even though he never told her about it. At the very least, it should have made him even more wary of Liz and her recent decisions. As paranoid as Max is at his point, it’s hard to understand his relatively calm reaction.
By the time the truth about Xan is finally revealed, it’s a bit of a letdown. Xan had more than enough time to defend himself, since Rath had to speed up the truck, and one would think that the NY Four had a better understanding of their own powers than the Royal Four. It also seems odd that Rath and Lonnie would ignore the fact that Max was bringing Tess along; it was obviously just a convenient way to give Ana an out, so she could stay in Roswell and provide exposition in the second half.
It’s difficult to judge the first half of a two-part episode, but in this case, there’s more than enough to weigh the good against the bad. As usual, the character exploration provides most of the highlights, and the frantic pacing of the plot arc results in most of the blunders. This episode, like many in the second season, seems to work despite itself. As long as one focuses on the characters, then it’s quite enjoyable. Any attempt to understand the series mythology past the end of the first season is often rewarded with disappointment.
Memorable Quotes
BRODY: “But it’s a very small thing.”
MARIA: “Yes, it is a very small thing, and that’s why a person who can’t even get the cheese right does not deserve to live!”
BRODY: “Wow…you take your job very seriously…”
LIZ: “Oh my God…Ew!”
RATH: “Epic…”
ALEX: “Ladies…frosty beverage?”
LONNIE: “No three-ways tonight, Opie. Maybe later!”
LIZ: “OK, this thing kind of happened with Kyle, but it didn’t really happen, and I can’t tell Max what I didn’t do. But I can’t tell you what I didn’t do either, so don’t ask me to explain it, OK? But…the point is, I just feel really stupid being here.”
MARIA: “Do you realize that what you just said made absolutely no sense?”
RATH: “You want me to kill him for you?”
MICHAEL: “I’ll get back to you on that…”
Final Analysis
Overall, this episode did a nice enough job of setting things up for the second half of the story, but there were several logical and plotting errors along the way. As usual, the strength of the episode is the character development, which continues to explore the central theme of the season. The alternate versions of the hybrids were quite amusing; it’s too bad that they were only used in a couple of episodes.
Writing: 1/2
Acting: 2/2
Direction: 2/2
Style: 2/4
Final Rating: 7/10
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