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Bay of Squids notes

Sierra Maestra Mountains, October 16. 1962

One of the released alien pods falls in Cuba right before Bay of Pigs

This one is one of Gary’s own people.  Why would they be kidnapping her

Zari:  Oh, you’re not used to my nighttime makeup.  I mean no makeup.

Morningwood joke

Nice of Zari to offer to change her hair to make it easier for Nate.

It’s nice that they’re acknowledging the weirdness, but please don’t be going for the love triangle.

Gideon not only ,made put gummies, but branded them.

Nice suit, Mick

Putin ousted from power in 2044

Ava:  Redacted, Ousted, where are these words coming from Mick?

Mick:  I know words.

Of course new zari speaks French.

Look they finally remembered Astra exists.

Mick got them up early and roused the troops

Zari, Oh Girl.  You don’t ask those questions.

They forgot Behrad.  Nice way to split them up

I know it’s plot related, but it’s nice to see Nate use his powers.

Spooner is very Texas.  She’s so happy to be firing an automatic weapon

Oh, and they mistook the missile box for an alien pod.

Rory setting up the mission allowed it to be a surprise that they’re in Cuba and for him to forget to cloak the ship so Kennedy can see photos of it and think it’s a soviet bomber.  That’s a pretty good setup

The guy playing Kennedy isn’t giving much

Rory’s acting like this based on Ava’s pep talk last week

They’re remembering that Nate is a historian.  That’s always nice

Ava:  I take it you want to go to Washington too.

Zari:  (Pointing at hair) yes, I spent a lot of time on this.

Behrad does look a lot like Che Guevara.  Clever usage.

Ava’s Russian accent is fun

So the Russians have had a nuke stolen from them and the Cubans have gotten an alien given to them

Ava:  Is that a yes grunt or a no?

Mick:  Grunt

Ava:  That’s what I thought.

Useful that Spooner speaks Spanish but they don’t make a big deal of it.

Spooner’s slowly developing her owbn personality

Was there a Heywood at Harvard in 1940 or was that just a lucky break for them?

Was Harvard really that big a deal for Kennedy and his cabinet?

Nate geeking out over Kennedy is fun

Revealing that the general thinking both sides losing is the worst case scenario.

They want Ava to vivisect the alien so they know how to kill them.

Behrad grabs the guys beret to puke in – cue che Guevara costume

Behrad:  I’m che’s cousin….Jay?

They think the alien is a US Mutant soldier.

Castro rescues Pigs from Space.  Cute.

The Russians think Nate is a steel man weapon of the americans attacking Cuba.  The Cuban’s think the alien is. 

Nate refers to himself as super yoked.

Darpa?  Were they responsible for the serum that gave Nate his powers in the first place?

They’re setting up thye Harvard guys vs. non-harvard guys rivalry well

They didn’t really show the laughing gas line getting broken clearly enough.  Was Ava actually affected or not?

Castro is done being a pawn

So Nehrad accidentally gets him stoned

In trying to give the nuke back to the Russians, Mick and Spooner accidentally give it to the Cubans.

Mick being unexpectedly supportive of the menstrual cycle is cute.

Behrad:  Would you mind if I played you a song, Commandante?

Castro:  I would have you killed if you didn’t play me a song, Jay Guevara.

Behrad looks like he can really play the guitar.

Nice montage of everyone building toward war while Behrad sings Peace Train.

The peace song had actually won Castro over.  Well, that and the pot.  He’s ready to call Kennedy and be brotrhers, but then because Ava lost control of the alien he went to launch themissiles

Ava:  Why does Castro have a nuke?

Spooner: Because we gave it to him

Mick: You said no shooting

Ah, she’s typing with just her thumbs fast because she’s used to texting.  Cute.

Nice that Zari is using his ciondescension to cover undermining the orders

Ava ahs to kill the alioen to stop nuclear war and Mick isn’t having it.

So the alien just wants to get home and Mick offers her that in exchange for finding Sara, who he calls a friend, not a captain

Wow, Castro actually fired the nuke

The nuclear football

An actual football game for the nuclear football is a fun idea

It’s too bad the trailers spoiled the niuke landing harmlessly

Good reveal that Rory took the plutonium and that’s why the bomb didn’t explode.

And now Rory has made friends with the alien enemy of the season

Ava talked herself around to trusting mick and letting him go find Sara with the alien alone

So sweet that Zari is sympathetic to how her appearance hurts nate

Ava:  Well played gang.  How’d you manage to avoid nuclear Armageddon?

Nate: Sports analogies

Behrad:  Pot gummies.

Ava:  Oh.  Very on brand. Both of you.

So Mick’s off on his own in the ship now and everyone else is operating out of Constantine’s place

I already like the alien woman

***Here’s to long journeys

No John or Astra at all this week.

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