Episode Report Card Erin: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.25.2003
Joyride informs Syd that there's someone behind them, just as one of them shoots out the back window. The chasing continues. Syd orders Joyride to hit the brakes and cut right. She does, and Syd hangs her arm out the window and shoots the shit out of the chase car. Hee. She takes out the car and screams at Joyride to keep driving. Joyride gets this look of complete and utter "oh my god I can't believe I'm doing this!" on her face. It's priceless. And yes, I loved her in this scene. Shoot me. More chase. More chase. More. Chase. Joyride makes a couple of risky moves that clearly thrill her, scare Syd, and don't get them any closer to their quarry. The van gets away. "Damn it!" exclaims Joyride, slamming her palms against the steering wheel. Oh, hee. Syd just looks at Joyride like, "Dude? Pull. It. Together. And I am SO taking the wheel next time, got it?"
Secret Dark Dungeon of International Hotties and their Captives. Bomani's giving Sloane some irony-laden lip about how they were supposed to be partners. He goes on to make this really long speech about growing up in Juwa Town and rape and pillage and murder and whatever. If it's important, somebody nudge me. I'm too busy wondering when they're gonna make Djimon Hounsou take off his shirt. Come on already! The speech really does go on for an awfully long time. And I'm not saying it's not compelling or anything, because it is, but unless Bomani captured Sloane to avenge the rape and death of his mother, then it's really not relevant here. The only relevant thing is that Bomani mentions something about his brother's arm getting cut off by the bad guys because he tried to fight them. That little nugget'll be important here in a second.
Bomani keeps yammering at Sloane about justice and power and yadda yadda yadda. Then he passes behind Sloane and picks up a nice shiny machete. Ouch. Sark just watches with disinterest. Take off your shirt! Right, so, Bomani makes a raging jump to the point by declaring that he swore that anyone who tried to take his power away from him would suffer the same fate as his brother; namely, he'll cut off their arm. Looks like Sloane's losing more than a finger this time.
Sloane weasels his way out of immediate danger by telling Bomani that he turned him into the authorities in order to obtain that which Bomani needs right now: legitimacy. Yawn. Somebody take off their shirt or I'm going home. No, not Sloane! I've seen him shirtless! Gah! Sloane tells Bomani that he's in the position to help him become more powerful than ever. What's he up to, this sneaky little Satan Sloane? It's no good, as far as I can tell. Bomani just turns and looks at Sloane calmly. Then he swings the machete down, and we go to black before we can watch the blood spurt from Sloane's arm socket.