Well, now I feel pretty dumb about how I interpreted the D'Avin/Sabine scene last week. I was thinking he had the plasma inside him and, err, transmitted it to her. I forgot that his power was to repel/reject the plasma. It was in Sabine and he drove it out of her. Duh.
Some interesting revelations about the "Sixes" here, and our first look at the Black Root. The story's advancing more and more quickly. Not to mention the revelations about Dutch and how she's more damaged than even her crewmates know. Meanwhile, Sabine's story was rather touching, and the actress was quite effective. There's really good character work in this show.
We still don't know the true purpose of the RAC, though. If it's a tool of these people who are creating "engineered psychopaths" to do their bidding, what purpose does it serve? Speculatively, I'd say it might be to gain a foothold across the galaxy. You come to every system and present yourselves as a completely neutral, functional organization that will do any job for anybody, free of bias. You embed yourselves as an integral, trusted part of every society, a utility that everyone takes for granted and gives free access to, like meter readers or cable installers. It's the perfect cover for infiltrating every society with supersoldiers and taking them over from within.
Although I'm a little disappointed that both this show and Dark Matter are positioning their heroes as the linchpins of crises of galactic proportions, the only ones who can win the battle and change the course of history galaxy-wide. It's a bit too close to a "chosen one" narrative. I kinda liked it better when they were dealing with more local, personal, less cosmic problems.
