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I don't think so. I think we were supposed to notice him so that when they are looking for Batcher, it's not exactly a random character. I'm glad that the reuniting with Hunter and Wrecker happened this episode. I really didn't think it would. I like that Crosshair hasn't lost his coldness or edge--he's always been severe and unyielding. But he's lost enough to be able to try something different and soften just a little with Omega. But he will still wreak havoc whenever he's loosed. As much as I hope we get to see the first cautious moments with the brothers reunited, I really want to see Wrecker hanging out with Batcher.

They don't necessarily have to meet up at Pabu. She knows the com channels--she gave the info to Hera. She said to Crosshair that they could contact Wrecker and Hunter from the crashed shuttle. Crosshair was able to send a message to the Marauder from Tantiss as well. There is a way to make contact to arrange a meet up. I just think it's going to be drawn out and won't happen next episode. Yeah, I don't see any happy ending possible. Even if Hunter and Wrecker are able to find a place the Empire won't touch them, there are still thousands if not millions of Clones that won't be as lucky.

I have a bad feeling we're not going to get the reunion with Hunter and Wrecker in the next episode. I wonder if it'll be the episode with Cad Bane, Fennec Shand and Asajj Ventress. Interestingly, Boba is a bounty hunter right now. AND he's worked with Ventress. It would be interesting if in this galaxy wide search for Omega he crosses paths were her. It wouldn't be that far fetched and they've already gotten Daniel Logan to voice young clones. Still, I want to see in the next episode Hunter and Wrecker meet up with Omega and Crosshair. I was surprised they escaped in the third episode, but if they hold back this reunion I'm going to be....disappointed.

Well, not so much hatch a daring plan as much as it was figure it out as they go. I mean, she was obviously trying to get the hounds used to her so that if she was able to get out they wouldn't immediately turn on them, so there's that. I'm irked that she's potentially force sensitive, but that hint has been dropped since the beginning. That little smile when Crosshair asked Omega if she knew plan 72 and she replied that Tech made her memorize them all. "Of course he did." And that is totally Tech as a brainwashed/programmed assassin what have you. The legs looked different from the uniform the other assassin had and I would assume it has to do with his body being so broken from the fall. Not happy about it, even though I want him to be alive, I don't want him mindlessly chasing Omega and Crosshair. It's just so cruel.

And now we get to see Hunter and Wrecker. Was a little bummed that Echo wasn't there, but it was good to hear him referenced. And look at Wrecker being the levelheaded one and not wanting to rush in without reinforcements. He's got such a big heart of course he feels that loss. Interesting that the clones abandoned the cadets. And that they killed all those cadets. I did a rewatch the days before and they were moving the cadets off Kamino. Guess they just gave up and killed them in a different place. I do hope they make it clear that the Batch and various clones are different than the majority or that most are just feeling trapped so follow orders because that's all they can do. Are the vast majority of Clones just blindly obeying orders or are most of them like the Clone that was trying to escape and was killed by the assassin. They followed the orders but they're unhappy and trapped. I knew they would save the group. At least the adventure of the week pushed the story of the search and what is happening/happened to the Clones forward. Interesting to see Durand. that was a deep pull from a pretty mediocre episode.

Weirdly as much as I wanted to see everyone--Echo, Rex, Hunter, Echo etc--I'm glad we started with Omega. Show the passage of time. Show how resourceful she is. Give us a better picture of her, Crosshair, Nala Se, Emerie and how Omega interacts with them. And Hemlock too. And I like that she's adjusting how she reacts with Crosshair. Looking at Crosshair's history, yeah you kind of do belong in prison. However, I get the sense that he picked fights with the regs because he needed reassurance that Hunter et al would always defend. He needed the reassurance that he could trust them. And then when they didn't go along with him it sealed his feeling that he didn't belong with anyone. So Omega is showing up every day is a way of trying to gain his trust. And he, being Crosshair and distrustful and hurt, is pushing her away. And Nala Se seems so defeated. I wonder that it's never brought up that she keeps destroying the blood sample, but I liked the recurrence of blood being drawn, blood being destroyed.

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With the new trailer out, there's at least something to speculate about. I saw a theory that Tech is one of those dark trooper--like the clone that killed himself while being questioned by Rex in the Coruscant arc from last season. We see and hear one in the trailer but it sure doesn't sound like Tech. But if he is one of those, for lack of a better term, dark clone troopers, it could essentially be like Bucky/Winter Soldier. Which...I kind of hope not. There's already a whole bunch of stuff that has to be addressed this season: rescuing Omega, rescuing Crosshair, what that hell Hemlock is doing on Tantis, and what happens with the clones. And that final one we know is going to be, nothing good! Seeing Bane and Shand in the trailer makes me hope one of them is going after Cid. I mean, honestly, if we never hear or see her again, I'm fine with that. There's so much other stuff that I want to see handled, Cid can just drop off entirely. But, if there's a side plot where she's in trouble with Bane. I'm not going to feel bad about it.

That is indeed Ventress. With hair, no less! When I watched it the first time I recognized the voice immediately but couldn't place the name/face. I may have yelped out loud HOLY SHIT THAT'S VENTRESS! What the hell is she doing there. I'm not mad, just surprised. Not sorry to see Cad Bane or Fennec Shand either. There's a brief flash of Wolff in the trailer too. When the clone was saying "They're coming for you". As much as I'd like to see Wolff, I really want to see Cody again. Please, can we see Cody again. There's a bit of a controversy about Ventress's appearance because of the book Dark Disciple which is considered canon and Never read the book so don't care but the showrunners have said it does not break the canon of Dark Disciple. So who knows. Taking my speculation to the correct topic.

I'm in the Metroplex, a bit north of Dallas. We're one of the many families that came because of all the corporations moving to the area. We'd move back in a heartbeat if we could. We're one of those folks that bought before the housing market went crazy and before interest rates went up so it wouldn't be happening unless something amazing like winning the lotto happened.

I'm like a bad penny. 😉 I read here often but I don't post much because honestly I have so little to say and when I do others have already said it. I tried reading forums of the few shows that I watch and some forums I just don't like (the Marvel shows) and some are basically dead (Star Wars Bad Batch). And even then, I don't say much because I don't have a lot to say. And I feel weird butting in. I have not become a Texan and I miss New England so much. So much. Especially this time of year. I was telling my radiation team that I liked the rainy chilly weather we had two weeks ago and one of them remembered and commented how her family (in another state) has an orchard and you don't really see apple cider here. And it's true, you really don't. And I don't even really like cider but it made me homesick in the moment. Hope everyone's Thanksgiving is full of good memories. I have so much to be thankful for this year.

Liking the doctor is so important. All of my care team is amazing. I will have my last radiation on tomorrow. I don't know how it will affect you because it's located in a different place but the radiation oncologist will explain that. I will say that it was super fast for me. As in I was on the bench for 5 minutes and out. And the side effects were so mild I didn't really notice them. But truly, being comfortable with your care team--and you'll get to know the techs and nurses too--makes the experience so much better. And it helps especially during recovery. I have a very dear friend who also has a brain tumor and she elected for surgery. She will be having surgery again in two years but she doesn't want to do radiation. She's doing great and you would never know that she has an issue. It's amazing what modern medicine and the human body are capable of. All the best on this journey!

Aww, that sucks. Greyhounds--specifically racing greyhounds--are muzzled when they are let out together in groups and when they race. So it's normal for them and they don't typically notice it all that much. Instead of cones of shame owners will use the muzzle to prevent licking. I will say Friday didn't particularly like the muzzle and would rub his head against my hip to get it off. Never really worked and he gave up in a minute or two when he would see other people to say hi to. He loved people. Yeah, we lost both our greyhounds this year. They were both only 10. In March, right around when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, we lost Raz to bone cancer. It had shattered his shoulder and we had to put him down. (My husband was away with our daughter looking at colleges so it was just me and my son. Which suuuuucked. And three days later I got the biopsy results that it was cancer). About a month following chemo and right before we left for a much deserved vacation, we lost Friday due to the anesthesia. It's been a pretty shitty year, all things considered.

Greyhound owners frequently muzzle their dogs. When meeting in a big group, they are muzzled because their skin is so thin that play nips can break the skin. Speaking from experience, I would find blood in the house and have no idea how they got it. Just scraping against the door jamb. All of this to say that for me, muzzles were tools, not punishments. If a hound ate their stool, many would put stool guards into the muzzle and problem solved. Basket muzzles are not tight at all and allow them to pant and even drink (with the stool guard that's not possible). It would probably work to keep a dog from eating whatever is on the ground. Because you don't know what's in that food--could be rat poison too. Or infected animal waste. In the "Buy Together" in that link, that lavender one is the one we had for our greyhound. He died recently (under anesthesia for a dental cleaning so it was very shocking) and it brought a tear to my eye. I miss him so much.

When I was pregnant with my second I developed carpal tunnel. Apparently, it can happen with the changes the body goes through in pregnancy. A friend of mine developed it when she was pregnant, too. The brace did work for me quite well. After delivery, it cleared up. But I kept the brace and if I started feeling a little achy, I would wear the brace and it would feel better. Like @Jeeves I couldn't wear it all day, either. But I'm glad something as easy as wearing a brace was available because it helped a lot.

I started re-watching prior to the Ahsoka show too and it's not just Ezra who is tough to swallow. Zeb and Chopper...ugh. It feels way more like a kids show than Clone Wars ever did. And watching it again, after finishing Bad Batch, it's hard. I'm on season 2 and it's tough going. It does help. And knowing the story for Kanan helps watching it now. But I remember it was tough watching it when it first aired.

I hate being right about this, but as soon as his leg was broken and he was awesome in the first two episodes, I was getting worried. And then the whole focus on him in the racing episode and several episodes following. Man, he was doomed. And I'm so very sad about it because he was awesome. And to be frank, there is no way the rest of squad survives without him. He was always the one that came up with the rescues after the plans failed. He had the skillset to get them places, make sure they were hidden. And worse, he was the one that argued to find Crosshair. Also, screw you Saw. Screw you. This is on you. And thinking about it, they could close the series with this finale. Nothing good is going to happen to the Clones. We know this. It was one thing knowing Order 66 was coming, and I appreciate seeing Rex and Ahsoka in that instance. But we know that shit is going to get bad in the galaxy. And it's going to only get worse for the Clones. Do I really need to see more of it? There is no happy ending for them. And it breaks my heart, but I think back to the Clone telling Chuchi that what he wants is to be fighting. I don't know what a happy ending for them is.

@paigow Are you trying to make me cry?

I had a bad feeling that Plan 99 meant a death, though I thought it meant more along the lines of a suicide run rather than one. At the beginning of the season, with Tech getting so much more attention I said I hope it doesn't mean they're going to kill him. While I hope he does sort of get the Bucky treatment (excuse the mixing of the universes), the title seems to indicate he did sacrifice himself. And I am not ok with that. And yes, all those that speculated that Emory was a Clone were correct. To be honest, I don't really care all that much. And if there is no season 3, that was quite the cliffhanger. There was never any chance they would ever get to stop being soldiers. Sigh. This whole time period is just a fucking tragedy.

Dammit Saw. Damn you to hell. It must be said, it was Tech who argued to rescue Crosshair. Goddammit. I mean, he was right. But shit.

That episode seemed short. So good to see Howzer. I assumed he had been executed. I don't understand why the Empire, that feels that Clones are useless expired equipment, imprisons them instead of just executing them. Not that I would want that, it just seems too lenient to me. I guess to experiment on them? I gotta say, Hemlock is verging on mustache twirling mad scientist villain. I liked Rampart's utter banality compared to Hemlock's overt evilness. I think that Emery will help out Crosshair given how she reacted to his escape and subsequent torture. And I'm glad she calls him by his name. I'm glad we got two Crosshair episodes so seeing him try to warn the BB felt like another step on that path. And Hemlock, when you say his freedom, that's not an incentive for him. I think the idea of freedom, without any mission or purpose, is scary for him. Looking forward to/mildly dreading next week.

Well, that was quite the change in tone. Probably needed. They finally found a place where they were welcomed and wanted. But it also really gives the BB something to lose now. Cid was always tense at best, now it's just terrible. But the people on Pabu do not deserve the Empire wrecking everything just to get to Omega. Which the Empire will because it destroys everything it touches. And finally, finally someone says something about Omega training to be a soldier. Which, it's all they know. But holy hell child soldiers are a terrible thing. The Kaminoans weren't great, and thinking about how all the Clones were child soldiers is tragic. But let's not pretend that it's a good thing or that it's good for her. You're keeping her as safe as you can...which, Crosshair was right, it's not very safe or stable. But just because it's really only what you can do doesn't mean it's actually good. That being said, I don't see it ending well for Omega. Or the BB. Or Crosshair.

That was a heavy episode. It was quite gratifying that Crosshair listened to me when I yelled out that he should shoot the asshole. I don't know that he's redeemed but it would seem he's not an unwavering, loyal soldier. What I do think is interesting is that Crosshair is not that sympathetic of a character and by using a character who I could argue almost deserves what he's getting it's really driving home how hopeless the situation is for the Clones. The saddest part, for me, is I don't think any of them except Rex are making it out alive.