Predictions and Observations:
Surely, You Jest II
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Episode Aired:
This Post Posted:
Once again, this post is kinda on the half-baked side, since I’ve been working overtime on the six lost episodes as well. I’ve had the whole week to think over this episode, but I’m writing most of this post in one sitting, I’m afraid. I really do look forward to my laptop getting out of the shop.
Sunsets seem to be a good time for subtext. In the opening scene here, Akiza seems to be trying to catch Yusei’s attention; this could be the last sunset they ever see. Yusei is quite oblivious to that right now, of course, too worried about the battle ahead. And we also rehash again the Jack-Mina-Carly triangle, when Mina notices Jack brooding over Carly’s glasses again.
Jester Con Fee? That’s probably a French comedic term I’m not familiar with, and I spelled it phonetically which means I probably spelled it wrong. Unfortunately, it’s kinda hard to look something up if you can’t spell it.
Like Crow and his birds of a feather, Lezar’s deck has a proverb or saying that characterizes it: “Haven't you ever heard the saying that he who laughs last, *always* laughs best?”
Someone else has used this particular saying, so I thought I should mention it, even though it’s probably unrelated: “Funny, Hunter, but he who laughs last, laughs best!” Jack, Fire It Up!
The Big D seems to be slang for Defense, as in defense mode.
Funny to see Crow being the serious one here; he’s such a kid, but Lezar’s the clown, not he.
Lezar relied on Crow’s record, not unlike Commander Koda did to Akiza. Lezar, however, didn’t trust his profile, and if he had, he would have had Crow there. Instead he gave Crow an opening by acting on his own prejudices and opinions of Crow, which were that Crow wasn’t clever enough to place his facedown where it wouldn’t be suspected. Lezar deals with such ground-level things as actually dueling Satellite’s most infamous criminals that he doesn’t realize that his Security officers aren’t bad at their jobs, guys like Crow are just tougher than they look.
“All you satellites are the same. Your little underground duels, illegal decks? No wonder Security has a file on you a thousand gigs deep. The more they know, the more *I* know.” I think what Lezar’s saying is that the more that Crow does illegally, the more he makes himself known to Security, the more difficult it is for him against someone like Lezar who can call on that knowledge. This reminds me of my initial impression of Crow, which was that he seems to like to just barely get away, and he makes sure all the pursuing officers know who beat them, and I thought he might get himself into trouble from such little caution.
Crow feigned weakness to make Lezar overconfident; what Lezar saw as weakness, actually made Crow strong.
Lezar ran out on us? Don’t know why I’m surprised, the little weasel.
I thought this duel might indicate which power—City or Satellite—had what it takes to stand beside the Signers in this battle; in a way, it did. Lezar ran like a rabbit when the bad magic showed up, but to his credit, actually got away. Crow would’ve finished the duel, but when he tried to run away, he *didn’t* escape.
Well, whatever just happened, even though Lezar was just with the Dark Signers, he wasn't expecting it. Or at least he was planning to be far away by the time it happened. So *what* happened? Everyone in the Satellite seems to have vanished; have they all been taken? If they could just do this, why bother with the speeches in the streets earlier? Does this mean they’re getting more powerful? Is their power depleted some by doing this? In other words, is this a good time to attack before they get it back? How will the Signers ever get there? Will they be immune to vanishing like that? And for the record, this probably means that all of Yusei’s friends, including Crow, Rally, Martha, Blister, Tank, Nervin, and Blitz, and all of Crow’s nestlings, are probably among the taken.
A ghost town. Interesting that one of the twins should say that, when in the Special post I’m working on for the six lost episodes, I compared the Dark Signers to ghosts, because they’re neither part of the world nor dead because they have unfinished business. A ghost town for ghosts.
Angela and Goodwin are in cahoots? Ah, free exclusives, huh? So Angela’s network is in Goodwin’s pocket in exchange for preferential treatment and exclusive scoops? Or is this arrangement between Goodwin and Angela, to further Angela’s own career? And now Goodwin’s twisting her arm just a bit into helping him manage the disgruntled citizens. Wonder how she’ll pull it off? Does this mean that Angela’s spilling the beans and asking if Jack was from the Satellite earlier was an intentional leak on Goodwin’s part? Or was that the reason Goodwin decided to buy her off with this deal?
Goodwin thinks they’re *his* troops, under his command. But the Signers answer to Yusei.
‘…And me and my weird arms will be staying right here,’ I finished one of Goodwin’s sentences when I paused during my transcript. What on Earth is he playing at? “This palm knows of only one future”? Does Goodwin already know a lot more than he’s telling? Will he actually join this battle? A foreshadowing flash in the pan, but we should keep an eye out.
Trudge has a crush on Mina, Mina has a crush on Jack... this just gets better and better, doesn’t it?
OMG, Mina sees it coming. Mina knows that Jack hurt Carly and that the Dark Signers go for anger and revenge. She tried to say something to him, but didn’t. I’m still really kinda worried about Jack when he finds out that Carly went “Kalin” on him, so to speak.
Why on Earth did Goodwin turn his back on a city in chaos just to say *that*? Okay, so he told them what the game plan is, that’s pretty important. They have to reach the original reactor and set it up to run in reverse. Good thing they have one of the best engineers in New Domino on their team. Why drag Yusei’s folks into it, though? Is Goodwin trying to motivate Yusei by making him feel guilty or something? Yusei didn’t seem surprised, though; he already knew.
Okay, I may as well go for it now instead of in the Special Edition, because it pertains. The moment Sayr said that Goodwin was from the Satellite… right after the *no WAY*, I realized that it had to be someone else who reached the City from the Satellite, which is rare… what if he’s the Stranger from the legend? I looked at pictures of the two side-by-side, and it’s a match; same broad shoulders and square jawline. Okay, now the world makes no sense. If Goodwin’s the Stranger, then, first of all, if I ‘just look in *my* heart’, I do *not* want to find Goodwin camping out there! Okay, jokes aside, if Goodwin’s the Stranger, then everything I said about the Stranger at the time pertains, including that the Stranger is so very similar to Yusei. What changed, between then and now? When did Goodwin lose that vibrant hope of connecting the City and the Satellite? For now, I’ll say that it’s awfully ironic, that the Stranger is tricked into being forced to promise to build the bridge. And as a last note, Go, Yusei!!
Mark of the Spider I is the next episode. Will we finally get a close look at Roman, the Dark Signer with the original spider on his arm? Are we ready for that?
I announced yesterday that the Special Edition post will be out this Monday, later than I’d expected. It’s been quite an intense couple of weeks. Anyway, the next episode is Mark of the Spider I, and it’s tomorrow! Also of interest, as of tomorrow the reruns will have worked up to Second Round Showdown I, Yusei vs. Greiger! ‘Til then! -Clio
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