Some of the reviews of this episode did not recognize the theme of the subplot that framed the main story. Victor, the drone pilot, is very good at his job. But it is a bad job: killing people remotely. Every time he makes a successful killshot his partner gives him a dollar. He's been saving them and numbering them but one night, seeing all 108 dollars or kills, he decides to get rid of them. He tries to lose them at the roulette table but is uncommonly lucky and leaves with more money and an odd couple, calling themselves Stanley Kowalski and Blanche Du Bois. Obviously Victor has never heard of "A Streetcar Named Desire." They go to his apartment where again he gets lucky with Blanche while Stanley hate-watches them. Then Stanley beats Victor, which appears to be part of his and Blanche's kinky relationship. Victor begs him to take his winnings but Stanley refuses. "You earned it." The next time we see Victor he is spying on and brooding about the kid whose grandfather Victor killed at the beginning of the episode. He sees the situation unfolding with Suleiman's wife and daughters. He disobeys orders and takes out a man he sees is a murderer and rapist. It looks like he will lose his job but his superior officer does not reprimand him and tells him that he is lucky. Victor feels good about what he did...till his partner gives him a buck as is their ritual. Victor's mood sours. More blood money. He has killed another human being. He is still very good at a very bad job. The framing story has the feel of a very dark O'Henry story.
Review of Black 22
