Babe doesn’t have any special powers anymore. Or the number one spot on the racing track. (Why did they take it all away from him?) Will Babe get his powers back at some point?
Babe/Way situation:
a) Babe is still having nightmares about what happened.
b) I thought he looked extremely uncomfortable during the memory thing for Way held at the garage and that he said what he said about him because he knew that it was expected of him and because Alan practically pushed him to say something in his best friend’s memory. Babe was standing there frozen until that point, probably once again trapped inside another nightmare. Pavel’s acting was really great in that scene. I assumed that Babe had told them about what had really happened between them, but now I’m beginning to think that they don’t know what Way was actually going to do to Babe. Charlie looked extremely concerned for him and he was there to provide emotional support and strength.
c) Naturally, seeing Way’s doppelganger came as a complete shock. Poor Babe! I still have my doubts about the whole Chris thing. He could, of course, turn out to be a completely random guy who just happens to look like Way… But I don’t think so? Pete’s behaviour during and after reading his mind was quite suspicious. Also, I find his general Way-related behaviour very disturbing.
Charlie has all of Babe’s powers again and is working with Pete on the skill-dissolving drug as a test subject. Pity the drug isn’t working. I wonder how (and why) Pete got involved in this whole thing in the first place and what happened to Babe’s biological father? Wasn’t he the one who was working on it? Babe isn’t happy about Charlie working at the lab and says it as it is: Charlie will do what he wants to do and there’s nothing Babe can do to stop him. I’m guessing it will come to a head in the next episode.
Willy… surely must have some special powers to make him so fast, right? I wonder about that “tick tick tick tock” thing: is it just an interesting way to introduce him or is it somehow connected to his special powers, (assuming he has any)? Also did Willy actually touch Babe during their little after-race spat in front of the cameras? He seems like a nasty piece of work and could work really well as a villain. Though can he be nastier than Winner? He is definitely more talented on the race track and as such more dangerous for Babe. I wonder if his interest in Babe is genuine (he claims that he is a fan) or part of some nefarious plot. Is Willy connected to Tony in any way?
Jeff’s powers are back with a vengeance and a nosebleed. That can’t end well…
Kim… I have forgotten how ambitious he really was and that winning against Babe was all that used to matter to him in the past. Well, I can’t say that I wasn’t disappointed with his decision to leave the X-hunter team, but he is not a team player and he is not Way or Charlie who never minded playing the second fiddle to Babe on the race track. (By the way, those people who wish to see Charlie win against Babe in a race, seem to forget that Charlie didn’t join the team to win.) I was actually hoping for some Babe/Kim bonding moments, because they are both so passionate about racing. I think Kim’s leaving broke Alan’s heart and brought back painful memories about Dean.
So Tony is back from the dead, which isn’t a surprise, of course. The question is how exactly he is back from the dead? Does he have special powers too or is he using someone else’s powers to get back on his feet, (so to speak)?
Sonic is back from Paris. If it wasn’t Sonic, I’d say the timing was suspicious. I think North mentioned that Sonic went off the radar and Sonic said that he needed time to settle in or something like that, which sounds more like an excuse than anything else. Sonic was visibly putting distance between himself and North and didn’t even acknowledge him at first, which must have hurt poor North, who just stood there, waiting for his turn to be noticed and greeted. I hope they are simply being weird around each other, because they are trying to navigate their feelings and figure out what to do about them.
Yet once Tony mentioned that he had planted someone in the midst of the X-hunter team to bring them to their knees, Sonic’s behaviour started looking at least a little bit suspicious to me. We don’t know what he was up to while he was gone and when North asked him for how long he was staying he never answered. I don’t want to think badly about Sonic of all people, but everyone is fair game until they can prove their innocence. Maybe it isn’t even real Sonic? Dean seems too obvious a choice, but he is also under suspicion after his past actions. Willy? He seems like the type to do the most harm and he has already planted himself in their lives by winning the race and taking Babe’s king title…
Next up: Willy making his move on Babe? Babe (drunk?) telling Charlie that Willy is better than him?! Charlie smelling another alpha on Babe?! Just how close was that alpha to leave his scent on Babe?
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