KillJoys SN2 EP10 – ‘Season Finale’

Yes! I binge watched! Had to, so that I could get caught up to date for last Fridays’ Season Finale, “How to Kill Friends and Influence People”. The story picks up with Dutch’s memory of Khlyen (Rob Stewart) telling Yala a story that she must remember because this is how it all began.

On Lucy they bring Johnny (Aaron Ashmore) around to the realization that Pawter (Sarah Power) is dead.

Killjoys SN2 EP9 – ‘Johnny Be Good’

In Johnny Be Good, the opening scene is a pile of dead bodies, Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) is handcuffed and is being tortured in the Royale, and the wall is down. The formerly complacent inhabitants want a lynching. The chief torturer has put microleeches in her water, things that will make her bleed if she lies. She does, and she bleeds. He wants to know where Jelco is and why she helped him escape. Pree doesn’t believe a word of it, and tries to free her with the standard shotgun behind the bar (“You, Me, Blaze of Glory”), but she knows they can’t make it. What in the SEVEN HELLS happened here?

Killjoys SN2 EP8 – ‘Full Metal Monk’

When last we saw Killjoy Johnny (Aaron Ashmore), he was confined to a glow-y cage at Springhill, having met with Jelco (Pascal Langdale) and his merry band of thugs. And the burning question was, “Who will get him out?”. Well, in Full Metal Monk, that question was answered when Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) went to visit him. And tear a strip for lying to his team, and nearly getting their license revoked. Johnny offers his last intact rib, but Dutch is not amused. He defended himself: “Pawter has her thing, which is Old Town, and Westerly and Walls, and you, you have yours which is Sixes and Khylen and Sabine. I am in love with Pawter”. Dutch allows as how since she killed Sabine, and Khylen left her another red box, they are both in a hard place right now, she just didn’t think he would be part of hers. Dutch calls Pawter, and leaves.

Killjoys SN2 EP6 – ‘I Love Lucy’

In this episode, somebody’s got some ‘splainin to do!

We find D’Avin in OldTown attempting to buy something called Hawk 9 from an old bag man on a scoot who is supplementing his income illegally. He offers D’Av a taste, which Johnny promptly shoots out of his hand. When it lands on the ground it eats it. Acid!! The canny old man has made him for a Killjoy, and scoots off, shouting “Screw you Killjoy!” D’Av shouts after him that he’s just embarrassing himself, and if he doesn’t stop, he will shoot the vehicle. Again, Johnny stops him, while wondering if D’Av even read the warrant. The man is an explosives dealer, and the mechanized shopping cart is full of liquid explosives. But Johnny’s not in any hurry to run after the man, because he’s always got a back up plan. In this case, the shot that knocked the glass of acid out of D’Av’s hand also tranked the old guy. The scoot crashes, the liquid explosives go rolling down the road in its spherical metal receptacle, and the boys have to give chase anyway. Warrant complete.

Killjoys SN2 EP4 – ‘Schooled’

Welcome Back Killjoys Fans!  This episode, Schooled,  was rife with earthy sexual tension and innuendo between D’Avin and Dutch  –  Dutch says “I want this”, D’Avin asks “How bad?” and Dutch responds with a sly smile “As bad as you’ve got!”.  Yeah okay, they were training in unarmed combat, but hoo-BOY were the sparks a-flyin! To the point that when Lucy put Turin through on a video call, about the only thing he didn’t tell them was to “Get a room”!

Killjoys SN2 EP2 – ‘Wild,Wild Westerly’

Hi fellow Killjoys fans!

Did I mention in the last episode that I really like the new title sequence?

You are most likely not going to be too happy with me this week. I felt that this episode was not a great one. The usually snappy one-liners sucked – “The dickiest dick who ever dicked”?? That the best you got, Johnny? Line delivery felt forced, one example was when D’Avin held Pree back from entering The Royale. The plot line advanced the story arc only slightly. There were good moments, for instance the soundtrack playing in the background when the trio was trying to save Scarback Alvis from a really bad life choice was amazing. It took me a bit of digging, but I eventually found out the song is called Pillars & Pyre, by Dralms. Haunting, ethereal and wholly appropriate for the scene. It starts at about 1:20.

K, enough about what I thought, let me give you a description of what happened this week in Episode 2 – Wild, Wild Westerly.

KillJoys SN2 EP1 – ‘Dutch And The Real Girl’

“I know you’ll eventually hear me. Wherever he’s taken you, whatever he’s done to you, I will find you” – Dutch

The above refers to the season 1 finale in which D’Avin Jaqobis (Luke Macfarlane) was captured by Dutch’s nemesis Khlyen (Rob Stewart). In case you missed season 1, I did a writeup on the premise of the show on May 27, 2016, in anticipation of Season 2.

In the opening sequence, we see a blue-filtered dream sequence full of corny lines, but whose dream? Dutch, Johnny and D’Avin are infiltrating a mysterious base that D’Avin has escaped from. They find Fancy Lee (Sean Baek) inside. D’Avin has memory lapses, but thinks it may be a trap for Dutch. We pull out of the sequence to find a dreaming D’Avin strapped to a chair, IV spike in his back, receiving a forced infusion of the green goop that we last saw at the end of Season 1.