New episode of Crash just dropped and I am FERAL OVER IT
OH MY GOD
Okay, okay, okay. Calm down. Everyone calm down. (Spoilers below)
My thoughts are gonna be all over the place but HOLY SHIT.
First of all, is that opening scene Crash? Did he get his squad killed in a crash? Was it an accident? Were they shot down? He seems to still feel guilty over it, traumatized most definitely. The little bits of lore about Crash’s past are making me so fucking curious about what happened.
Also, apparently, Team Fixer are a bunch of badasses and NO ONE THOUGHT TO TELL ME??
Like, holy shit, when they are on a mission they are on a mission. And they all?? Work so well together?? And they listen to Pops exactly. No questions, no hesitation, just listens.
And I mean, they listen to Pops outside of combat scenarios. They so obviously trust and adore this guy. He’s clearly earned their trust and he continually cares about each and every one of his soldiers.
But seeing them all go dead quiet as they listen to Pops on the field, seeing the focus they have, the tried and true experience ringing clear as they execute their plan on the spot. God damn.
And seeing Duke and Peanut, the two goofballs of team fixer, ruthlessly execute all those enemy soldiers, man. You forget these guys have been fighting for so long. They’ve very clearly killed a lot of people before. They’re soldiers. It makes me wonder if the time the spend cracking jokes and trying to have fun is their way of coping with taking so many lives.
Which makes Target’s hesitation all the more powerful because he doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He’s never taken a life like this before and he’s freezing up. This is his first real mission, one with consequences, one where lives are being taken.
That’s gonna be a point of contention later for sure. I can see Target not wanting to kill anyone and it gets someone hurt. He’s a bleeding heart and that’s a dangerous thing on the battle field. But he also clearly cares for his friends, so whether he ends up killing someone to save them or watching one of them get hurt because if him, Target is gonna have a crisis over his place in the military.
And then fucking Pops being the man on the scene. The way he gets everyone in order, gets everything organized, so easily places everyone where they need to be. No wonder he’s a feared war vet. (Also, the shot of Pops shooting the enemy soldier and blood splatters on the camera? Peak. Oh my god. I’m watching this episode over and over again I swear)
Like, all the tidbits we get of them interacting on base are so…mundane? Domestic? Normal? That you think they’d all be incompetent in the field but they’re all amazing.
And that’s only half of it!!! There’s the ai and Lilly and Wes and Lilly and Target and Peanut being a good guy while also being ridiculous!!! This episode is so fucking good I can’t even get all of my thoughts out about it!!! It’s just.
Great job. Seriously. Everyone worked so hard on this episode and it shows. This show makes me so happy and it’s so clearly loved and AUGH MORE PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH IT.