"Of course I can do every Fortnite dance!" - Bozer, 2020.
I'll admit, I did kinda laugh at the "We bought a parakeet and I got custody" line
Russ casually pushing Mac out of the plane was funny, but at the same time, it bothers me that they had to resort to that
The whole Mac/Desi thing made me want to throw something at the tv. If they have to go the stereotypical romance route, at least skip the stereotypical "petty arguing" part. Especially since there are lives at stake. In a real professional workplace, they'd be forced into different organizations to separate them, wouldn't they, given how they're acting? The fact that it took a kid's pleading to shut them up...
When Asher said he had a friend named Jeff who does cool stuff with random items, and he said "We Jeffed it", I don't know if that felt like a callback to the original show or an insult. Don't want to judge, though.
I wish Russ stayed in charge, just for some variety. Matty might be the more "held together" one, but still... and they should've worked that out BEFORE going on more missions
Honestly, between the petty fighting and the confusion over who's really in charge, I wouldn't feel very comfortable with these guys protecting my country. I mean, they still get the job done, but.... (Well, that's probably because television
)
I felt there was too big a jump between them landing the plane and suddenly having the antidote administered in the hospital. Run time issues, I guess *CoughThatCouldHaveBeenAvoidedIfTheyDidn'tHaveAllThoseBickeringScenesCough*
Desi's line about not having many friends didn't surprise me. I'd be surprised if she did.
Also, I was live-commenting to some friends while watching this episode, and I was complaining about all the phrases people both on the show and fans tweeting about the show use when trying to say Mac needs to get back with his dad. Then Desi got in his face and used every single phrase I complained about...
Let me clarify: I don't mind them trying to tell Mac to let go of any bitterness he's holding. It's that they keep saying he needs to make up with his dad and be nice all together. So from what I've seen, Mac's dad has:
Abandoned him.
Neglected him.
Stalked him from a distance.
Manipulated everyone close to him (minus teammates, since Jack, Riley, and Bozer didn't know. But Matty did.)
Still didn't treat him right up close.
Tried to act like they should just go have lunch and sweep the past away.
Allowed an entire team to die just to save his son.
Never apologized/seems quick to excuse himself.
And everyone still thinks Mac's being petty?
What rubs me the wrong way is how people (both characters on screen and some people on twitter) say "Mac's mad because his dad saved his life?" No, he's mad because his dad let
innocent people die to save his life. And then there's the comments that say "But that's what parents are
supposed to do, sacrifice everything for their child!" Uh, no. Parents
are supposed to do that, but that doesn't automatically excuse them from any crime/sin commited just because "They did it for their kid". And given the fact that Oversight did that, he really shouldn't be working with the team his son is on. It means emotions are clouding judgement, and that's not good when you're tasked with saving thousands of lives every day. It's one thing to have
empathy because of his reasoning, but it's really not good to
excuse him.
Anyway, we can probably all guess that Mac's going to suddenly be all nice to his dad, just before he dies, and he and Desi are going to somehow be all in love again because TYPICAL SOAP ROUTINE.
Rant over, you can come out from hiding now