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by Grethiwha
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(Arrgh Mantiseye I wrote this fucking long post and lost it because of the "Flagged potential spammer" message I keep encountering for no apparent reason. Rewriting from memory now...)

Okay. I love this episode. It took me a few views, but finally, I love it. First of all, the music is excellent and stands out from previous seasons for me. The scene where Sgt. Hatred makes Hank shoot him is fantastic, and in large part due to the music. And the ending when Hank meets Brock is beautiful.

I wasn't sure at first about the direction this season was going in. From some of the scenes in the Season 4 preview, out of context, to me it seemed like they were just going completely crazy with the plot, and watching this episode for the first time backed that up, because, the way it's set up, the whole episode is still out of context until the end.

But after a second viewing, the plot makes sense to me, and I really really like where they're going with it.

Also, for, I think, the first time ever, I actually connected emotionally with Hank. Crazy! Now that they don't have the clones safety net, and they're actually growing up and maturing a bit, the Venture brothers are actually starting to become an interesting part of the Venture Bros. again.

Anyway. Beautiful episode. It's easily the craziest, most convoluted episode ever I'd say, and it took a couple views for me to really get it, but still, great episode. Can not wait for next week.

Oct. 23, 2009, 2:46am

by Doctor X
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If you have Firefox, get Lazarus add-on. It will preserve posts so you can recover them even after a crash.

From the commentary in Season III, Doc and J imply they try to leave a lot of things open to allow room writing. They also write out of order which allows them to foreshadow things. That given, this episode really brought a lot of things together. The boys are aging as they should. Okay . . . Dean is still kind of repressed, but give him time.

Sgt Hatred leaving OSI then coming back makes sense. I never understood Hunter leaving OSI for the reason given to Brock. Granted, much of Hunter is in Brock's memory, so maybe he embellished him, but . . . still . . . run away from the job? Then returns as a "Blackheart?" The idea of him doing this undercover makes more sense.

Also, Brock's "real" mission was the ORB--keep Rusty from [CENSORED--Ed.] the world with it. Once it was clear Rusty would not activate it . . . Brock's mission was over in a sense. So Hunter could use him as part of his plot. The "termination" did not make as much sense to me--though I think it was a fun joke on Doc and J's part--sort of like hitting the wrong key sequence--that they then expanded.

Anyways, the fact they do not answer too much gives fans the ability to speculate!

--J.D.

Oct. 23, 2009, 4:32am

by Greg
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What is that background music when Hank shoots Sgt. Hatred? It seems really familiar.

Oct. 24, 2009, 9:40pm

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