S02.E04: Faster

[paulvdb]

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The team enters the colorful and dangerous world of racing.

Premiere date: January 18, 2023

[paigow]

Where was Jason Statham as Frankenstein?

[MissLucas]

Well, every season needs some filler material. It was nice to see an episode centered on Tech, too bad it was such a weak one. It was basically a set-up for the warning about Cid which I don't think was that necessary. If they haven't realized by now that she's not exactly trustworthy and has a fluid sense of loyalty the warning by another character of similar ilk won't have that much impact.

And also I complained over and over again about Omega not having a helmet - couldn't they have come up with a cooler design?

Edited January 18, 2023 by MissLucas

[paigow]

2 hours ago, MissLucas said:

And also I complained over and over again about Omega not having a helmet - couldn't they have come up with a cooler design?

  Her version has a lot in common with future iterations...

[MissLucas]

Yeah, still sucks 😁

[frenchtoast]

I hope they're not giving Tech a lot more time to just kill him off. Because that would make me very unhappy. 

So, we got a pod race episode. I hope all this talk about Cid not being trustworthy starts nudging them towards joining Rex or something more meaningful for them. If I'm being generous, it's a nice light episode after such a dark one. 

[dwmarch]

6 hours ago, MissLucas said:

It was nice to see an episode centered on Tech

"Tech? Is that his name, just Tech?" was comedy gold.

[paigow]

Killing Tech would finish the show. Omega cannot replace him.

[Chyromaniac]

I heard from another fan that the show planned to highlight Tech and Echo this season.  I think it’s a positive move to develop their characters, since their functions within the group somewhat overlap.

This episode grew on me the more I thought about it.  At first, it was just the “racing show.”  And, tbh I’m getting kind of bored with Ben Schwartz’s schtick as a voice actor.  I liked Dewey Duck - but I don’t need Robot Dewey, Sonic Dewey, etc…. But, I really enjoyed watching Tech as he solved the puzzle of the race over the course of the episode.  Like, here we have a “no rulez anything goes extreme death race!!!” - where everyone has very set expectations for what you have to do to win.  But to Tech, it’s just a race- and the only thing that really matters is crossing the finish line faster than the other racers.  I love that he wins by subverting the “rules” of the anything goes contest.