I have a lot of problems with this episode. The writing on this show just feels like it’s gotten way too loose.

The reveal that Joe is Zeke is because he has “Obadiah S.” written on a ziploc bag containing his father’s ashes? Who labels a bag like that?

Riri’s sneak into the base requires her to swim around under water and find a vent? And then cut a lock using a laser underwater? I know we already tend to just ignore the fact that real life lasers don’t cut things like this, but now we’re doing underwater lasers? She just found that, cut it, and then went in like she doesn’t need to breathe any more. How’s she even seeing shit? She’s got no goggles!

And then she sneaks into the guy’s lair and is just trying to discretely cut a piece of a a guy’s clothes with a high powered laser!? How does that work? It’s like the least discrete thing ever! He’s just walking around talking to this billionarie and she’s blasting off this lock cutting laser everywhere, except for some reason now it takes longer to cut through leather than it does steel. The guy should be cut in half and on fire and everyone screaming.

Why are there all these people-sized vents that are covered by openings that are taped on? They don’t even screw that on? Why design a gate that traps people in the vent? Why not just put a permanent obstacle inside your vent? Why wasn’t that their break-in plan? That was effortless? But the labs have no fire escape. The most obvious requirement for every lab. But she has no trouble getting out of the vent. We don’t even see how she gets out, she just kind of gets trapped and then we see her leave.

And this business tycoon expected him… and then wrote a check? And also planned to have the security system entrap him but never considered the idea that the guy who broke him might just physically attack him? And also what are you doing, dude? Why are you gardening at night waiting to be attacked? Go home! And a hire a body guard!

And what is with these motherfucking contracts? I get that it’s probably an allusion to Mephisto, but those contracts are worthless. So someone signs a paper promising to give you money. Where do you actually get the goddamned money? Where did they get the physical cash they’re throwing around? Did they go to a bank and say, ‘I’d like to withdraw $100,000 from my bank account. You’ll find I have the money, because I got a billionaire to sign a contract promising me this money.’ Like… think how fucking stupid this is. There’s a reason why no one holds rich people hostage for a signature. They can do it for crypto. That’s actually a real thing that is happening a lot these days. But a paper contract? It’s meaningless! You have to actually get someone to execute it! And that’s impossible because (A) you can’t do that anonymously, you’d have to identify yourself and (B) contracts signed under duress are invalid. They’re a legal concept, not a magic wand! This is so goddamned dumb.

Also, why the fuck is Zeke trusting Riri? Because she promised? They’re not friends, and have no basis of trust at all. She’s like, ‘You have my word.’ And he’s like, ‘Okay, be sure not to get me arrested for life. Here’s a priceless …’ also what the fuck is that “bio-mesh”? Literally what is it supposed to be? It’s like… organic? And how did she make it a metal detector cloak in 10 minutes? And why and how did he have an enormous bone-deep gouge in his arm? And why would you have blueprints for any of this? Blueprints are how they used to sketch out buildings fifty years ago. Was he drawing the dimensions of a new metamaterial with a ruler and compass? Writing out its dimensions? Like what is any of this? This feels like it was written by a 10 year old and ChatGPT.

This story makes no sense. I want to like it, but this is DUMB.

I really like the parallel of Riri and The Hood each seeing their best friends. Obviously one is an AI recreation and others can see and the other is some spooky demon shit. (Mephisto?)

Also Ezekiel Stane, son of Obadiah Stane, what an interesting reveal. I had to go back and look it up but the plane crash is what Coulson said he would cook up about his death. Either way a “not becoming my father” storyline doesn’t seem like it’s going to have space in this show, so curious if it’s just there to quickly explain why he has access to Stark-level hardware.

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