MORE RVB15.7 thoughts!
This isn’t a critique, just something I thought of.
Spoilers below cut!
So the episode is an overall silly one, with everyone’s “worst nightmares” being framed as silly. Caboose gets scared by a stranger in scary armour who turned out to not be all that bad. Sarge isn’t sleeping because of fear of Dylan. Simmons has to face snakes. Tucker has to pay child support (however that joke landed with you). They’re all pretty vocal about these fears.
But they all also face very serious fears that they aren’t so keen on talking about, and it’s really really subtle.
Simmons insists that he’s not thinking about Grif.
Simmons is faced with the idea that he didn’t mean anything to Grif, and that he’s lost someone he considered his best friend.
Sarge insists that he doesn’t care at all for Red Team, especially Grif.
Sarge is actually terrified of losing a member of his team, especially after what happened with Grif, mumbling about Lopez being deported.
Caboose insists that Church is of course going to come back, no need to worry.
Caboose is terrified of Church not coming back.
Tucker insists that Red team is a weak link, and treats Caboose like a babysitting job.
Tucker is driven into a panic when he hears Caboose “dying”, and is terrified of his friends (which include Simmons and Sarge!) dying.
I didn’t quite realize it at first, cause it is so subtle. Good job Joe!
