Brothers being good bros
One thing I noticed which had me pleasantly surprised, was how positive the dynamic was within the Dad Bad Batch.
[spoilers for episode 1 ahead]
Cross spends most of the runtime being a confrontational pain, pointing out Hunter's failing to follow orders. Though they do some mean staring at times...
Hunter never directly tells off or criticizes Cross. His leadership is never really in question, and when Cross goes and actually challenges it, Tech, Echo and Wrecker silently siding with Hunter diffuses everything. It's a sort of silent democracy, if you will.
In the food fight scene, it also turns into a chain of support. Omega takes an action, Wrecker backs her up, and the moment he's committed...
Hunter is immediately in the game. Echo facepalms and jumps at the nearest reg. Cross tries to stay out of it, to no avail.
And it's beautiful, wordless "us vs them". The first clone Cross downs is the one who just scored a punch on Tech.
Even after Cross has openly confronted Hunter in the brig, no one attacks him or shows any sign of open violence towards him. No one jabs fingers in his chest or scuffs him or shoves him. They just ask him wtf is going on with him.
Even as they acknowledge he's changes, even after an hour long episode of internal strife, Hunter still wants to go rescue him from wherever he's been taken, and no one blinks.
Of course they should rescue Cross, no matter how weirdly prickly he's been lately.
The look of dismay on Hunter's face when Cross comes out dressed in fresh armour tells it all.
And honestly this refreshing, non-toxic dynamic in a group of hardass men, is something I knew I wanted but had never dreamt of getting in a show like TBB. I hope it keeps up, and more:
I hope they rescue Crosshair. I hope we're spared the nonsense of "comes back to his senses just long enough to sacrifice himself" trope. I hope Cross gets his brothers' love to the bitter end, that they'll snatch him and dechip him, hug him and forgive everything without question.
I hope we get to see these two get closer.










