Oh, good! A brainfart from a brain the size of mine could destroy a city. You've saved us all.
DEFIANCE Season 3
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Oh, good! A brainfart from a brain the size of mine could destroy a city. You've saved us all.
I'm really very disgusted with Alak. He is stupid. He rejects his parents culture but he also fails to understand it. It seems he is only barely comprehending that his parents entire motivation for betrayal of Defiance was HIS captivity and life.
Let's not forget why he was captured, because he waved down total strangers in a hostile land on a road at night, strangers whom he could not even see. He should have gone back to the trailer, gathered up supplies and winter gear and weapons and attempted to track Pilar and the baby. The baby she was able to take because he FELL ASLEEP and left him with her (he could have slept with the baby in his arms) even though he had just spent months being held captive with his life under threat by her! There was no reason not to kill her when he had the chance or at the very least to FLEE with that baby after wounding her. Instead he appears to team up with her because he is weak. Weak, weak, weak.
Irisa will like him fine, she liked bossing Tommy around so Alak is just her type. He can stand there slack jawed while she explains how things are going to go down to him because he is too stupid to think his way out of a box.
Let's not forget why he was captured, because he waved down total strangers in a hostile land on a road at night, strangers whom he could not even see. He should have gone back to the trailer, gathered up supplies and winter gear and weapons and attempted to track Pilar and the baby. The baby she was able to take because he FELL ASLEEP and left him with her (he could have slept with the baby in his arms) even though he had just spent months being held captive with his life under threat by her! There was no reason not to kill her when he had the chance or at the very least to FLEE with that baby after wounding her. Instead he appears to team up with her because he is weak. Weak, weak, weak.
Irisa will like him fine, she liked bossing Tommy around so Alak is just her type. He can stand there slack jawed while she explains how things are going to go down to him because he is too stupid to think his way out of a box.
To be fair, Alak has also already been abused and tortured by his father in the past, and just watched Stahma slice Christie's throat with his own eyes. Sure, she has a good excuse for that, but Alak also knows his mother well enough to know that she always has a plausible explanation for whatever heinous act she's just committed. And is always looking out for herself, first and foremost.
Ironically, both Datak and Stahma were genuinely trying to protect Alak this time around, and rescue Christie's baby, but it's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. At this point, Alak has no reason to ever trust his parents again--and with good cause.
And let's be honest here. Stahma was already sounding like she was on the verge of writing Alak off and moving on to her next scheme, right before he showed unexpectedly showed up back at the family abode.
Ironically, both Datak and Stahma were genuinely trying to protect Alak this time around, and rescue Christie's baby, but it's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. At this point, Alak has no reason to ever trust his parents again--and with good cause.
And let's be honest here. Stahma was already sounding like she was on the verge of writing Alak off and moving on to her next scheme, right before he showed unexpectedly showed up back at the family abode.
Berlin's big romance/leavetaking was a total timewaste.
They better not kill off Datak.
They better not kill off Datak.
Datak won't die. He'll still be up there being pulled apart when the attack takes place. By the end of the season he'll probably be the one to kill Rahm and be redeemed in the eyes of the Defiance population.
If anyone didn't notice, Nichole Galicia (Kindzi) has been added to the main cast credits.
If anyone didn't notice, Nichole Galicia (Kindzi) has been added to the main cast credits.
That episode was quite patchy, everyone was in the same place as last week but Irisa picked up a gun. The Berlin storyline was awfully dull.
It is interesting to see Stahma completely unhinged though. Her Omec fears which would be deeply ingrained are rattling her when she's suddenly in a position of zero power. She can't seduce or attract Kindzi and she can't fight her and she can't leave and flee because her husband is in Defiance and sentenced to death. I assume she would not abandon him but still be waiting and hoping something will change.
It is interesting to see Stahma completely unhinged though. Her Omec fears which would be deeply ingrained are rattling her when she's suddenly in a position of zero power. She can't seduce or attract Kindzi and she can't fight her and she can't leave and flee because her husband is in Defiance and sentenced to death. I assume she would not abandon him but still be waiting and hoping something will change.
Totally agree with you...I would add that in addition to seduction, what Stahma plays just as much or more is her supposed weakness, where she plays off of sympathy & kindness (especially by humans)...but like you said, she has ZERO cards to use when it comes to Kindzi.
Jaime Murray deserves an award for her acting!
This one felt like more of a set up for next week's episode than anything else. It will be interesting to see what happens with Stahma and the Omec.
Was the kid's father the first Irathient we've seen with facial hair?
I can't wait to see how Datak is going to survive, because I very much doubt that he'll actually die.
Was the kid's father the first Irathient we've seen with facial hair?
I can't wait to see how Datak is going to survive, because I very much doubt that he'll actually die.
Not a bad episode, but some of the conflict seemed a bit tacked on. First of all, the whole thing about the people refusing to fight in the militia because Irisa wasn't there is really WTF. Presumably, everyone in Nolan's militia is there voluntarily, no one's being forced. So why should it matter who is or isn't there? And why would Nolan tolerate this kind of attitude, and even worse, force his daughter to join up just to calm everyone down. I don't know, that whole thing was mishandled, IMO.
It was nice to get some more backstory with Berlin, though her storyline seems to obvious where it's going. Presumably she's going to learn later down the road that Conrad is a total douche or something and hightail back to Defiance in time to defend against the VC.
A thought, given that Conrad is supplying weapons to both sides that can be deactivated by his voice command, you don't suppose he's trying to engineer some sort of stalemate between them?
It'll be interesting to see where Datak's storyline goes. They did just leave it hanging this week, pun not intended. I thought the reason he was pleading to go with the slower death via shaming rack was because he had an escape planned, but so far he's making no move there. But I doubt they'll be killing him off, so it'll be interesting to see how he's getting out of this one.
There wasn't much to the Omec storyline this week other than T'evgin's daughter really going psycho. And apparently Stahma is now somehow aboard the Omec ship in orbit.
Sukar also had a goatee.
It was nice to get some more backstory with Berlin, though her storyline seems to obvious where it's going. Presumably she's going to learn later down the road that Conrad is a total douche or something and hightail back to Defiance in time to defend against the VC.
A thought, given that Conrad is supplying weapons to both sides that can be deactivated by his voice command, you don't suppose he's trying to engineer some sort of stalemate between them?
It'll be interesting to see where Datak's storyline goes. They did just leave it hanging this week, pun not intended. I thought the reason he was pleading to go with the slower death via shaming rack was because he had an escape planned, but so far he's making no move there. But I doubt they'll be killing him off, so it'll be interesting to see how he's getting out of this one.
There wasn't much to the Omec storyline this week other than T'evgin's daughter really going psycho. And apparently Stahma is now somehow aboard the Omec ship in orbit.
Sukar also had a goatee.
Part of me suspects the entire Berlin subplot might be one big blindside. Particularly that her and Conrad actually have some kind of plan to undermine the VC attack on Defiance, maybe something to do with Conrad's voice activated commands as previously pointed out, and they are keeping the entire plan to themselves just in case there are any further VC moles in Defiance.
In all likelihood it won't be anything that elaborate and she'll just have a change of heart, and either she or she and Conrad come back at some pivotal moment to make a difference in the fight.
In all likelihood it won't be anything that elaborate and she'll just have a change of heart, and either she or she and Conrad come back at some pivotal moment to make a difference in the fight.
It would seem odd to add Berlin to the main cast credits this season only to drop her a few episodes into it.
Anyone find it funny that the reveal of Ian Ziering's character, namely because he's Ian Ziering, would never have been shot that way if it weren't for Sharknado?
Anyone find it funny that the reveal of Ian Ziering's character, namely because he's Ian Ziering, would never have been shot that way if it weren't for Sharknado?
I just remembered something I've been trying to figure out since the show started. Are the lighter marks on Irisa's forehead and under her chin supposed to be makeup or natural? I had assumed that it was just makeup, but we never see her putting it on, or see her without it, and it's always perfect. Is it just one those TV things where the woman always has perfect hair and makeup no matter what situation she's in?
It's natural, they all have lighter marks on their skin. Once you notice it on the others you always notice it 
I did have a laugh at seeing Ian Zearing in the credits, and made a joke that he must be relying on SyFy for regular employment now. In addition to this and the Sharknado movies he's also in the upcoming SyFy movie Lavalantula. Which could very well be a cameo, and indeed it does seem to be an intentional reference to Sharknado, but is being used in the promos for the movie that are airing in Canada anyway.
^^Definitely my favourite Defiance episode title so far.
