When last we left our shrew-taming quartet, the hitmen discovered the not-shocking truth behind their parents’ deaths.
Their intended hit, Ruerat, killed them
Evil mother never told them because “they weren’t ready”. Our hero hitmen understand completely. After this hit, they can take a break or quit. For sure, Evil Mother would never lie.
The show isn’t making any effort to make her seem NOT evil. I’m not pretending she isn’t.
Style’s newly nervous attitude nearly drives his high-maintenance hitman away, but he soothes him and they ride go-carts. This ties into how Style likes to chase Fadel (even though he won so he was in front). Fadel says the game isn’t over. The guy likes being chased.
Style’s over his nerves because he brings Fadel home. He shares how his music-hating dad tried to find him boyfriends, but Style wanted to pick his own. Fadel gets all soft at the idea of being picked. This leads to sex in a garage.
Later, Style gets Fadel to open up about losing his parents and his dangerous life as a restaurant owner. He encourages him to find a safer occupation than owning a restaurant. Style is down bad.
Meanwhile, Kant’s ex tries to get murdered
He interrupts Kant and Bison’s date just to be irritating. Convinced Bison will kill him, Kant goes to Style for help, but Style wants to talk about how he still likes Fadel. Kant desperately goes to Fadel for help. Fadel refuses until Style pushes him.
Bison tracks down the ex, gets into a lame fight, and pulls his gun. Kant arrives later and sees blood but no Bison or ex. Later, Bison tells Fadel the ex is still in love with Kant, but will leave them alone since Bison threatened him. He’s still alive.
Style is more worried for Fadel than by him, but Kant thinks he shouldn’t fall in love. Style says Bison has Kant wrapped around his finger.
What’s more romantic than a double date at the bowling alley? We never see Kant learn his ex is alive, but Bison is hurt Kant thought he’d do something to the ex. While both actively lie about major things they talk about being more open and trusting. Good luck!
Meanwhile, Fadel says he trusts Style 80% and thinks he’s hiding something. These two are more honest. Also, that’s more trust than I expected.
Kant suddenly leaves because his brother Babe is being bullied.
The date is a ruse so Kant can break into Bison and Fadel’s place
And that wasn’t a USB he didn’t want Fadel to find, it was a lock-picking device. He uses it to get into the basement, where he takes pictures of their plans to kill Ruerat.
Bison goes to Kant’s to check on him and accidentally pulls a gun on Kant and Babe, though he’s immediately apologetic. Once Babe is gone, he invites himself into Kant’s bed and promises to cover his mouth if he’s loud. True love.
But Kant looks happy in bed later. Bison feels lucky to have met Kant and thinks his life is about to change. Kant looks conflicted.
At Style’s, he tells Fadel he feels afraid and safe with him. Fadel feels this is okay, and the real him might be too scary. But Style wants the real him.
Babe is now reading Othello
Which he describes as a man being used by someone he trusts. Sure, that’s how Othello is similar to this story. Also relevant is Othello killing the person he loves.
Kant tells the Captain that Ruerat is the next victim and he’s done. But the Captain wants help taking down the whole organization.
Bison nearly sees Kant on security footage but is distracted by texts from Kant.
Kant tells Style he thinks the hitmen will do their hit tomorrow and it’ll be over. Style wants to stop it, or hopes that arresting their boss will be enough. Kant realistically points out that they are hitmen, it won’t be that easy.
Style is upset this might be the last time he sees Fadel. Kant proposes they make the best of the time they have.
By going back to the bowling alley!
Kant breaks in because as Bison notes, Kant is turned on by risky things. They talk a lot about the future Kant knows they won’t have. He’s set up the alley to look like the Northern Lights and talks about going with Bison to Iceland to see puffins. Then it’s time for sex on the lanes.
Fadel and Style go to another metal concert. Style encourages Fadel to be more himself, kissing him in front of everyone and painting his face. Fadel is so much softer, and Style gets him to promise there will be more nights like this.
And then it’s time for the hitmen to go to work
They’re dressed as bears to be part of an Education Charity event run by Ruerat. The Captain is there. So is Babe.
The sophisticated entertainment for the event is someone dancing while dressed as a bear. Which is also the best time for Fadel to shoot, on a stage in front of everyone. Bison gets afraid because Babe is standing by Ruerat and throws Fadel off so he misses. They run.
Kant and Style learn what happened from Babe. Kant’s done being a snitch. Style wants to be with Fadel but Kant tells him to move on.
Unfortunately, the fact that the perfect bear-suit-on-a-stage plan failed has clued in the Evil Mother that someone sold them out. The only possible suspects are Kant and Style, and if they are snitches, they’ll have to be killed.
One week later, the restaurant is open again and Style shows up for sex. Fadel offers spaghetti.
Bison interrupts Kant feeling guilty at a bar, gives him suspicious looks, and leaves.
Style helps Fadel at the restaurant when Bison calls but we don’t hear what he says. Fadel plays some music and acts sweet, even telling Style he loves him. There’s kissing and dancing.
But Fadel is secret-crying because Bison confirmed they’re the snitches. Bison saw Kant talk with the Captain.
Some scenes are slow or unnecessary, but the overall plot is moving
The step-by-step of Kant’s failure to find Bison and his ex or them breaking into the bowling alley wasn’t riveting. But the halfway point was the perfect time for a big change, and now our hitmen know they’ve been deceived. Now Kant and Style’s lives are in immediate danger!
The only reason the hit was set up like that was so we’d see guys in bear costumes with guns. I’m okay with this.
I still can’t tell when Kant likes Bison and when he’s doing his job. What does Style mean that Bison has Kant wrapped around his finger? Because he pretends to go along with the S & M?
But Bison is right, Kant is turned on by risky things. Doesn’t get riskier than Bison. And I can understand that Bison is attracted to Kant because he seems to accept everything about him.
Poor murderous, high-maintenance Fadel. I think he’s the one the most hurt by the truth. Even though I think Style’s interest in Fadel has been genuine for the past few episodes, he initially approached him to get a car. For a sensitive cold-blooded killer like Fadel, that’s heartbreaking.
Now for some Notable Fashion:
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