I think the Bridge Studios crew are rebelling quietly again. They do it so well, too. I love the stuff they write that satirizes how production studios work. This time, though, I think there was a little something else behind it. I don't think even the show creators like what the studio has made them do and this is how they tell us. Anyhow, on about the episode.

I'd say the writers, actors and even the editors tried to make this episode as comic-book-esque as they possibly could, especially with those comic book panel scene transitions. I was thankful for one thing they did in the costume department to make it a little less like a comic book, though. Thank you, costume people, for Kate's low heels! If you've ever seen a lot of comics or anime, lady heroes and villains always seem to have those ridiculously high heels as part of their costumes. It's been made fun of in context before, but this time they just made a realistic, functional costume (if not slightly too big on Agam Darshi, sadly). For that, this fan is grateful.

One downside of making this very much like a comic book was the one nearly pointless scene in which Kate goes to town with her new-found superpowers and messed-up hold on her emotions. Sure, we needed to see her going berserk, but that scene was not very well put together and quite unrealistic as far as behavior of everybody else in it went. It was too much like a comic book, which can be a bit idealistic. I'd also have picked a better reason for Kate to find somebody to beat up. The guy who stole money from her? Jerk, but not enough to go ape on. Kate used to do all kinds of black market work with abnormals and their parts, so somewhere out there has to be a bigger bad. Someone like season 2's Constantin. Now that would have made a good butt-kicking scene. Hopefully without as blatant a use of a stunt double as we saw in this one. Seriously, why'd they drop Emilie Ullerup? She did her own stunts.

The other downside to making this comic-like was the main villain. Okay, maybe it was more of a casting error. They wanted somebody reminiscent of a rat and they got it, but his performance was lacking something. He had very little credibility. If he'd said to me "I need that suit in time for the big board meeting" I would not have believed him. Even when he told the truth about the suit I still didn't believe him. He sounded exactly the same. If he'd just been acting as a bad liar, fine, but when he wasn't lying anymore? It fell through.

Then there was the other side of this episode: making fun of superhero movies. Chris Gauthier did a great job as Walter once again. Oddly, he was the most realistic out of the bunch of episodic characters. Very down to earth out of the suit and very funny in it. The scene where he put it back on made the episode for me right from the ripping off of the shirt. It just got better when they did their parody of the Christian Bale Batman voice. Even the bad guy had a go at it, which was the best thing he did in the whole episode.

And then it turns out we'll probably never hear about this incident again. Damn it! Especially since there was finally, although a trick in context, a scene where Kate and Henry kissed. The ending of this episode as far as Kate was concerned was a serious disappointment in how downplayed it was. It's just too bad. Walter's studio jab ending was good, though. I just wish both of them had been on par.