Hats way way off to Dominic Purcell and Evans Jones, they nailed the father-son similarities/dynamics which provided the comedy AND the drama. The unspoken trauma of Rory's past is made palpable by Purcell's nuanced acting, telling so much yet still maintaining the character's trademark don't-give-a-crap toughness. By the end of the ep, you want nothing more than a better history for both men. Also, love the parallel between Mick, Dick and Grodd: circumstances beyond their control made them into monsters. But if Mick can turn himself around, then so can Dick. Remains to be seen if stopping Dick from killing the villagers will change Mick's history.
Somehow, the writers did the impossible: de-power everyone so there's money for all the Grodd scenes but still make everyone interesting and all their story lines coherently meshing together. That's a lot of balls they were juggling what with Amaya dealing with the Kuasa dilemma/Grodd-inspired lightbulb (I like this reminder of Grodd's origin and that he's not just an angry super gorilla), comatose Sara most of the ep until Grodd took control which was settled by Newton (yeah, that Newton) who was there along with Galileo and Curie so Martin can confab with them for a Firestorm solution, Jax re-learning to stand on his own sans Firestorm/saving the prez, Nate babysitting the situation with Mick/Dick/Grodd's followers, and Zari and the villager who just wanted peace for her people.
Eye candy of the ep: the juxtaposition from Grodd claiming he wants to help humanity followed by that diabolical expression. VFX team did an amazing job there.
Will be interesting to see if the team-up of Darkh and Grodd will be as compelling as last year's Legion of Doom.
This was a really different ep for LoT but it worked. Score: 8.9
Somehow, the writers did the impossible: de-power everyone so there's money for all the Grodd scenes but still make everyone interesting and all their story lines coherently meshing together. That's a lot of balls they were juggling what with Amaya dealing with the Kuasa dilemma/Grodd-inspired lightbulb (I like this reminder of Grodd's origin and that he's not just an angry super gorilla), comatose Sara most of the ep until Grodd took control which was settled by Newton (yeah, that Newton) who was there along with Galileo and Curie so Martin can confab with them for a Firestorm solution, Jax re-learning to stand on his own sans Firestorm/saving the prez, Nate babysitting the situation with Mick/Dick/Grodd's followers, and Zari and the villager who just wanted peace for her people.
Eye candy of the ep: the juxtaposition from Grodd claiming he wants to help humanity followed by that diabolical expression. VFX team did an amazing job there.
Will be interesting to see if the team-up of Darkh and Grodd will be as compelling as last year's Legion of Doom.
This was a really different ep for LoT but it worked. Score: 8.9