It was insane to me that mayday said the empire was "36 rotations" Late, But when he asked crosshair how long he knew the lieutenant, cross hair told him 2 hours, the planet was 2 hours away and they were over a month late
This is why the Princess Leia basically said the Outer Rim is impossible to hold. The amount of outposts and garrisons required to hold it is impossible. The Death Star was created because Palpatine realized you cannot dissolved the Senate and then control thousands of star systems.
It was sad, but it was also a turning point for Crosshair. I am not sure he'll rejoin his team, but I would like to see him find a purpose. He's not bad; he was just programmed that way.
@@seanj3667 Tbh, he actually IS “bad”. It isn’t his programming at all (after all, he’s removed his chip a long time ago)…it’s just the way that he is. He knows what the Empire is and stands for. He was there on Kamino when they single-handedly destroyed his home. Thousands of Kaminoans, clones, and their facilities all destroyed in a single night. He’s hunted down “rebels” who simply didn’t want to be ostracized and oppressed by tyrants, and has even gone so far as to execute an entire gathering of civilians for being civilians and not having intel. All on Imperial orders. Yet, when given the chance to leave this obviously corrupt regime and rejoin his old squad, he willingly chooses to return. None of what he’s going through now is unexpected, and compared to what he went through before, it’s honestly pretty tame. The Empire wiped out your entire home (putting you on the verge of extinction) and then lied about how some storm did it, so why are you surprised they’re not leaping at the opportunity to give one random clone medical attention?
This was so emotional for me. Crosshair FINALLY connected with someone, only to lose him so cruelly. RIP Commander Mayday. Crosshair finally gets it. He's just a number. An expendable piece of meat. Despite his unwavering service, he means NOTHING to The Empire. At that moment, the Ice Vulture gliding above him reminds him of the Marauder and his brothers. And he loses it on the pissy Lieutenant. I didn't expect that. I do hope Nala Se finds and frees him after he promises to keep Omega safe.
Emerie, the female scientist holding Crosshair for questioning, she looks at Nala Se in the previous episode when Dr Hemlock finishes with his visit to her cell 🤔. For some reason, I have a feeling that she's a sympathetic character maybe secretly a rebel 🤔🤯?! (I could be wrong, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see 🤔.)
Mando on its own is good, but not great. After watching the bad batch, Mando feels like a let down. It doesn't come close in quality or storytelling. Bad batch should have been live action and Mando the cartoon.
@@brathersadda9436 Plus his episodes are the only serious ones that establish tone, lore, world-building, and develop character. Literally every other “Star Wars: Omega & Friends” episode without him is “we have this one last mission for Sid” that won’t actually be the last mission…and will likely involve something stupid like spending an entire episode trying to catch a rare million-dollar fish, only to let it go because its a mother fish trying to protect her eggs from becoming stormtroopers of the Empire.
Mayfield said it best; "Everyone's got a line they don't cross until things get messy." Well Crosshair finally reached that line, and basically debated it in his head the entire episode. I'm glad his adherence to the Empire has broken because now he can rebuild himself in, hopefully, a better way.
What I hope?: Dr. Hemlock simply plans to interrogate Crosshair about the fate and whereabouts of Clone Force 99 & Omega on Lama Su's request. What I fear?: Crosshair was just volunteered to be a vital subject in the early phase of the Dark Trooper program.
The hope: crosshair is altered to be like scorch, emotionless and cold. He also could be being conditioned to be a replacement for sev and crosshair joins Delta
I agree with those that said they liked this episode more than Mando ep 2. When I saw Crosshair at the start I was like, yes!! To see his arc in this episode was a bit emotional, after commenting on dead weight then taking care of Mayday … I lost it. I like the symbolism of Mayday, who looked and sounded a little like Hunter, agreed with Crosshair on following orders … I was blown away. Crosshair giving him his most prized possession as a help, was not lost on me either. I think Filoni timed these episodes perfectly, knowing the overwhelming love of Mando, he didn’t want the Bad Batch getting overshadowed and placed these episodes to keep folks tuned in. At least that’s my opinion lol.
I’m making a “who farted?” face for your comment. Blatant wanna get likes by going against the grain type of comment. Not taking anything against the bad batch because yes, another great episode.
@@derekp1422 How is he going against the grain? A lot of people have been comparing the 2 episodes online so it's a valid point. There are also a lot of people who preferred this episode over the episode of Mando
I love how Crosshair is finally understanding his place with the Empire, such superb storytelling. Hate to admit I look forward to Bad Batch more than Mandalorian on Wednesdays!
And the animation! Little touches like the glance the escorting troopers give Crosshair at the beginning, the sliding down the slopes, the swirling snow. My cat liked it too.
The Bad Batch has been going so hard these last few episodes and this is probably the best one yet! A haunting war story told from the perspective of the soldiers full of emotion and stakes for Crosshair. Really satisfying ending with a good hint at the finale too!
@RyanArey this episode hit home for me due to being a combat Vet, to the point I sheded tears. Alot of emotions I felt throughout this episode to some real life events that happened to other Vets and myself. This was a very powerful episode and the best episode of both seasons.
This is my favorite episode yet, the episode featured Cody is a close second, but this just overtakes it as it finally feels we're leading up to something good this season.
Last two episodes of Bad Batch have been better than Mando the last 2 weeks, not because Mando was bad (it hasn't been) but because this show has been building towards this --- and we're just starting to get to the meat of the matter
Why shill for mando? The new season is unwatchable to me. Hate when baby yoda flip jumps. Hate pointless 30 mins of mandos fighting an alligator. I knew disney would eventually shit the bed with mando :(
@@ChawkletStudios LOL.....the flip made me laugh to a point where I was ready to turn the TV off. Grogu should have stayed with Luke so Mando could back to bounty hunting.
It’s these types of episodes and the Clone episodes from the Clone Wars that comes as close as it gets to Band of Brothers in terms of capturing the theme of honor and brotherhood.
The story telling, emotions and music was phenomenal in this episode. Despite Mayday having around 10mins of screen time he became instantly iconic. We knew him so sort but it felt so bad losing him as it did when we lost Fives
The bird in this episode is referred to as a snow vulture. Vultures are scavengers not birds of prey. I think the metaphor of the bird getting closer signifies the proximity of the death or end of the clones. Love your breakdowns.
Yes and I think Crosshair did not want to leave Mayday there to get eaten by the birds, which made following the last order too much. Mayday mentions the birds 'would love it' if he died outsidez
I don't want to get too gushy with my praise, but seriously, this episode of Bad Batch genuinely approaches Andor levels of complexity, commentary, and just great writing and production values. I've said ebfore that this season is like the kids-cartoon version of Andor, and the episodes do vary in their greatness. But this episode in particular is not just some of the best Star Wars yet, it's one of the best espisodes of any series, period.
Damn I was so gutted when Mayday died. Definitely feel like Crosshair has the best arc in this show and these “detour” episodes are so good. Kiner has been crushing it since the final 4 episodes of the Clone Wars
This is an excellent screen crush to the point's excellent perspective, and no annoying, stupid sock puppet, talking computer, or add-in-between distracting the purpose.
I kinda thought the reason Crosshair didn't open up to Mayday about what actually happened to the rest of his brothers was because at this point even Crosshair was reconsidering his loyalty to the empire.
One “Easter egg” I noticed, was at the beginning when they show the title of the episode, it usually starts with a big drum role and a choir crescendo, and then it shows the bad batch logo with the snare drum usually playing some more. However, this episode was followed by silence, that I think alluding to crosshairs eventual turn on the Empire.
I have a huge theory regarding the Cloning Assistant Emerie Karr. To me she looks like an older version of Omega with brown hair, and her soft facial features are also kinda similar to Tech. My assumption is that she is not only a clone but the actual fifth modified clone. Remember in the very first episode of the series when Nala Se said that "five are all that remain". Omega was present in that scene but she could be a red herring, since it turned out that she has original Jango Fett DNA. That doesn't mean that Omega does not have a special ability, like force sensitivity, of some sort, maybe Nala Se lied about the number being six in total. All of the mutations of Clone Force 99 were intentional, so maybe Nala Se modified the sex chromosomes to help both Emerie and Omega to stay under the radar. Omega was always kept close to Nala Se, whereas Emerie could have gotten some sort of special training, seperate from her brothers. Because I believe that her specialty is infiltration and espionage. She is so good that nobody knew she even existed. It makes sense because what does Clone Force 99, a squad of commandos specialized in sabotage and independent work behind enemy lines, lack? A dedicated medic and an expert in long-term undercover work. Emerie would fit both roles perfectly. "Emerie Kerr" could be a fake identity and she could be instituted as some sort of personal bodyguard and spy for Nala Se. Everyone in Clone Force 99 has at least two roles I can think of: Hunter is the leader and tracker, Wrecker the muscle and demolitionist, Tech the IT-specialist and main pilot, Crosshair the sniper and lookout, Echo the hacker and veteran, Emerie the spy and medic and Omega is the strategist and wild card.
She's also the only Imperial with a New Zealand accent. That alone made me think she was a clone the first time I saw/heard her. There's definitely going to be something special revealed about her character.
You forgot to mention that the Jedi were the ones who encouraged the Clones to find individuality in every way they could. Yoda talked about that in the literal first episode of TCW. Plo Koon explicitly said that Clones were not expendable to him. Mace Windu did all his great feats to save them when we saw them fighting on Ryloth. And the sick joke of it was that the only reason the Clones existed was to shoot the Jedi in the back. Anakin Skywalker enslaved them, a race of people, for the express purpose of committing genocide against another race of people.
This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the series, just behind the finale of the first season. Also, I think you accidentally copy pasted the wrong description for the video on the second half.
I saw the avalanche not so much as the might of the Empire, but as representing Crosshair's internal representation of his own sins doing the Empire's bidding (he fired the shot that caused the explosion that destabilised the ice, in much the same way as he pulled that same trigger while following orders). In Crosshair's mind, his own ruthlessness for the Empire had removed all hope for companionship, free will, anything good. He believed he had made his own icy hell, his own merciless world. Being a 'good soldier' turned him into someone who felt he was only fit for more soldiering - otherwise he'd have to live in the world he created and come to terms with it. But, in bonding with Mayday, he felt enough to drag the both of them out of his torment, and in the end it wasn't the maelstrom of Crosshair's personal guilt that killed Mayday, but the cold indifference of the Empire (in the form of Nolan). I feel like Crosshair, the guy who supposedly has the best vision, walked out of a blizzard of guilt and self-loathing, and, in a moment of clarity, finally saw the enemy.
Haven't seen any comments about it but we've seen clones in snow gear before (in the Pantoran moon episode of the clone wars, with the Taals). But here the clones are just in their regular armour, yet another sign the Empire is phasing them out, and not supporting them
Coming from a long family line of veterans, this episode hit HARD. It was sad growing up to see how my grandfather was told to ignore his mental trauma lest he break the mirage of veterans as "brave heroes" (America would execute soldiers who froze up on the battlefield... that was how we treated our own men!) Then how my dad was treated after Vietnam where veterans were simply discarded and they had to march the streets for basic health care and acknowledgement of what would finally be called "PTSD," and my generation fighting in both Gulf Wars, still protesting for health care after they have sacrificed so much for their country.
At the end of the episode I uttered the famous princess bride quote: “have fun stormin the castle!” - I think we’re gonna see bad batch learn about cross hair and try to rescue him, maybe omega gets caught up in that somehow.
I'm glad to see others have gotten the THING movie referance. I don't really know if it was intentional, but the episode was called 'The Outpost', and given how the environment was similar to the scenery of the 1982 film, I think it might be. While I was watching it I thought of the outpost 31 from THE THING.
Love Ryan's take on this episodes reflections on the real world attitude of armies towards cannon fodder soldiers. I don't like armies or wars. But, if you recruit people to fight and die then you better treat them right including after you're done with them. Crosshair may have finally learned that like so many before him in fiction and reality he is just a number. Season 2 of Bad Batch has hit some really high notes. Great episode. Really hope Crosshair rejoins the Batch.
It’s important that when the avalanche buries them, crosshair loses his helmet, his sign of indoctrination to the empire as called out in the opening lines. When he lost his helmet he metaphorically lost his faith with it.
I thought the bird above at the end was to be seen as a vulture circling dead meat on the ground. Clones are just meat for the vultures to the Empire and Cross-hair finally got it.
Thank you. I never comment and love some ScreenCrush but that was a vulture. I scrolled through the comments just looking for someone else that noticed. It was a symbol of death.
Mayday and Crosshair reminded me of Luke and Han in Hoff. Crosshair recovers him and brings him back. The imperial ships are like snow speeders on patrol. Instead it is all opposite
Everyone raved and gushed over how much they loved Andor, but honestly, The Bad Batch is blowing Andor away in terms of emotionally charged stories and character investment. No Force magic, no lightsaber duels, no Jedi or Sith, just soldiers. Heroes. Men who did their duty and were thrown away like garbage. Which is one of the most realistic stories ever explored in the Star Wars universe. Ahsoka Tano used to be my favorite Star Wars character. But now, she comes in second to the clones. Well, technically, I supposed, she comes in something like twenty-millionth or so, behind all the clones, but... you know. These guys are the best characters in the franchise, especially as portrayed by Dee Bradley Baker in the various animated shows. But I am hoping to see a live-action Rex in the Ahsoka show later this year. I knew what Crosshair was going to do, but I had a moment where I thought, "Dangit, he's not gonna..." when Nolan turned and walked away. Then Crosshair said, "Lieutenant" and ZAP! There he goes. I'm beginning to think that this season is ultimately leading up to a wide-spread clone rebellion against the Empire, either in the form of mass desertion or an actual armed uprising. Either way, the season will probably end on a cliffhanger, with Omega in the clutches of the Empire and the Batch barely escaping - but WITH Crosshair, who will rejoin the team to get her out in Season 3.
i wasn't surprised! amazing how fiction mimics reality ! as a soldier the scary part of war isn't facing your enemy on the battle ground.. its facing him when ya returning home!
wow, this episode is really good reminds me of classic western or war movie with harsh weather and dying comrade anything with crosshair is always really good, i really root for him
In legends the Death Troopers were cyborg clone troopers and eventually full droids. I think they are going to make Crosshair into prototype Death trooper or something similar
Crosshair is going to be used to lure the Bad Batch, perhaps with Side help, to the Doctor who wants Omega to force the Caminoan doctor to work with him on cloning. This may lead into the cloning necessary to make Palps return viable. So Omega will get captured (again) and this is where the season will end.
Well done, Ryan and team! But: Are they birds-of-prey, or carrion birds? I think they’re circling over the dying remains of the clones. Crosshair recognizes that their time as soldiers is ending. But, as the final bird circles for him, he intends to fight. Just an outstanding episode.
I felt the pain when Crosshair was blinded by the explosion, I've had a comrade point a flashlight directly in my goggles, my eyes hurt for the rest of the week.
Mayday represents the clones as a whole his armor is broken and worn out just like the clones. He represents how the clones are being tossed aside and left to decay into nothing.
I'd like to expand on the metaphor of the cave. Imperial citizens are shackled in the cave watching the illusionary shadows of Palpatines new Empire. Crosshair knows that the reality he maintains is illusionary and is allegorical to the shadow movers in the metaphor of the cave.
Nolan reminded me of Paul Reiser’s character in Aliens. He was such a slime that you were hoping he would get killed. When it happened, the theater applauded. This was an amazing episode. It does feel like animation at times.
perhaps crosshair was brought to Tanis to undergo more genetic modification to become the prototype of the death trooper program or perhaps the beginning of dark trooper program combining machine and human a like?
I know it was a little muddled through the dialogue, but the closed captions referred to the bird-like creatures as ice vultures. Not really predatory like a lot of their raptor cohorts, but a powerful symbol nonetheless.
Believe that sleeze-ball Nolan sent them on a suicide mission. Mayday objected on going not just b/c his men died but b/c he knew it was a bad idea ; he knows the area & the enemy better than Nolan. Nolan sent them away knowing the retrieval of the cargo was completely pointless b/c there were large shipments on the way. He wanted Mayday dead for talking back at him
I think the finale of bad batch will be an epic jail break where Crosshair will decide to break Omega out of prison solo until he finally gets pinned down and the rest of the squad comes in for a rescue.
It was insane to me that mayday said the empire was "36 rotations" Late, But when he asked crosshair how long he knew the lieutenant, cross hair told him 2 hours, the planet was 2 hours away and they were over a month late
Imperial bureaucracy already working its magic.
Very good thinking!
This is why the Princess Leia basically said the Outer Rim is impossible to hold. The amount of outposts and garrisons required to hold it is impossible. The Death Star was created because Palpatine realized you cannot dissolved the Senate and then control thousands of star systems.
The Empire defeating itself by good old bureaucracy and factionalism
Good observation 💯
Was so sad to see Crosshair risk his life to save Mayday only for him to die. Was so satisfying to see him shoot Nolan.
It was sad, but it was also a turning point for Crosshair. I am not sure he'll rejoin his team, but I would like to see him find a purpose. He's not bad; he was just programmed that way.
It is treason then
The entire time, I was like, "Do it... do it.... DO IT!"
@@seanj3667 Tbh, he actually IS “bad”. It isn’t his programming at all (after all, he’s removed his chip a long time ago)…it’s just the way that he is. He knows what the Empire is and stands for. He was there on Kamino when they single-handedly destroyed his home. Thousands of Kaminoans, clones, and their facilities all destroyed in a single night. He’s hunted down “rebels” who simply didn’t want to be ostracized and oppressed by tyrants, and has even gone so far as to execute an entire gathering of civilians for being civilians and not having intel. All on Imperial orders. Yet, when given the chance to leave this obviously corrupt regime and rejoin his old squad, he willingly chooses to return.
None of what he’s going through now is unexpected, and compared to what he went through before, it’s honestly pretty tame.
The Empire wiped out your entire home (putting you on the verge of extinction) and then lied about how some storm did it, so why are you surprised they’re not leaping at the opportunity to give one random clone medical attention?
Would be cool if Nolan survived only to be shot again
This was so emotional for me. Crosshair FINALLY connected with someone, only to lose him so cruelly. RIP Commander Mayday. Crosshair finally gets it. He's just a number. An expendable piece of meat. Despite his unwavering service, he means NOTHING to The Empire.
At that moment, the Ice Vulture gliding above him reminds him of the Marauder and his brothers. And he loses it on the pissy Lieutenant. I didn't expect that. I do hope Nala Se finds and frees him after he promises to keep Omega safe.
Hmm 🤔. Interesting theory 🤔. Hope that something like that happens 🤔😉. Nala Se loves Omega like her own daughter 🥺😣😔.
Emerie, the female scientist holding Crosshair for questioning, she looks at Nala Se in the previous episode when Dr Hemlock finishes with his visit to her cell 🤔. For some reason, I have a feeling that she's a sympathetic character maybe secretly a rebel 🤔🤯?! (I could be wrong, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see 🤔.)
I love Wednesday. I get to watch Mando, followed by screen crush break down, then bad batch, then more screen crush. You’re the goat
True :-)
Mando on its own is good, but not great. After watching the bad batch, Mando feels like a let down. It doesn't come close in quality or storytelling. Bad batch should have been live action and Mando the cartoon.
Crosshair focused episodes are always goated
He's the ONLY character worth a damn.
@@theoutlawking9123 nah dont say that bruh
@@brathersadda9436 he has so much more depth than the rest of the batch
@@brathersadda9436 Plus his episodes are the only serious ones that establish tone, lore, world-building, and develop character. Literally every other “Star Wars: Omega & Friends” episode without him is “we have this one last mission for Sid” that won’t actually be the last mission…and will likely involve something stupid like spending an entire episode trying to catch a rare million-dollar fish, only to let it go because its a mother fish trying to protect her eggs from becoming stormtroopers of the Empire.
@@6ixlxrd The episdoes leading up to the chancllor and the commandoes were great, but i agree somewhat with you
Mayfield said it best; "Everyone's got a line they don't cross until things get messy." Well Crosshair finally reached that line, and basically debated it in his head the entire episode. I'm glad his adherence to the Empire has broken because now he can rebuild himself in, hopefully, a better way.
What I hope?: Dr. Hemlock simply plans to interrogate Crosshair about the fate and whereabouts of Clone Force 99 & Omega on Lama Su's request.
What I fear?: Crosshair was just volunteered to be a vital subject in the early phase of the Dark Trooper program.
That would be awesome. Would explain where Cody went after episode 3
@@I_Snort_Drywall But Cody already went AWOL during in an episode of Bad Batch
The hope: crosshair is altered to be like scorch, emotionless and cold.
He also could be being conditioned to be a replacement for sev and crosshair joins Delta
Sadly, I think Crosshair will be an experiment of the Dark Trooper programm.
@@fatihxxx2893 until the Batch finds out and saves him, ala Echo's rescue.
I agree with those that said they liked this episode more than Mando ep 2. When I saw Crosshair at the start I was like, yes!! To see his arc in this episode was a bit emotional, after commenting on dead weight then taking care of Mayday … I lost it. I like the symbolism of Mayday, who looked and sounded a little like Hunter, agreed with Crosshair on following orders … I was blown away. Crosshair giving him his most prized possession as a help, was not lost on me either. I think Filoni timed these episodes perfectly, knowing the overwhelming love of Mando, he didn’t want the Bad Batch getting overshadowed and placed these episodes to keep folks tuned in. At least that’s my opinion lol.
Unpopular opinion but most of star wars is better than the Mandalorian
Also Mayday joking about carrying Crosshair home, immediately followed by him being the one Crosshair carried home.
I’m making a “who farted?” face for your comment. Blatant wanna get likes by going against the grain type of comment. Not taking anything against the bad batch because yes, another great episode.
@@derekp1422 How is he going against the grain? A lot of people have been comparing the 2 episodes online so it's a valid point. There are also a lot of people who preferred this episode over the episode of Mando
They're both great why do you people like doing that?
Why can you be glad they're both fucking awesome.
I love how Crosshair is finally understanding his place with the Empire, such superb storytelling. Hate to admit I look forward to Bad Batch more than Mandalorian on Wednesdays!
I cried. AGAIN!!!
Cross hair realizing that the Empire no longer cares for the clones that served with blind purpose was heartbreaking to me.
I was not expecting tears this episode but Crosshair saving Mayday only for the empire to essentially kill him was heartbreaking and it got to me
@@VenomSnake00 yeah, I wasn't expecting it either. I mean, yeah, the idea is for Crosshair to leave the Empire but I did NOT expect this episode.
I worry for this generation lol
Best episode EVER!!!!,,,,amazing story telling....just PERFECT!!!
@@Superdelphinus I'm Gen X and probably older than you so idk where your comment comes from.
Best line of the episode was something like.... "I'm confident. I'm not stupid."
That's true but cmon man no it wasn't
And the animation! Little touches like the glance the escorting troopers give Crosshair at the beginning, the sliding down the slopes, the swirling snow. My cat liked it too.
The Bad Batch has been going so hard these last few episodes and this is probably the best one yet! A haunting war story told from the perspective of the soldiers full of emotion and stakes for Crosshair. Really satisfying ending with a good hint at the finale too!
@RyanArey this episode hit home for me due to being a combat Vet, to the point I sheded tears. Alot of emotions I felt throughout this episode to some real life events that happened to other Vets and myself.
This was a very powerful episode and the best episode of both seasons.
Alsmost got emotional in this episode. My heart was PUMPING WITH RAGE when mayday died
This is my favorite episode yet, the episode featured Cody is a close second, but this just overtakes it as it finally feels we're leading up to something good this season.
Last two episodes of Bad Batch have been better than Mando the last 2 weeks, not because Mando was bad (it hasn't been) but because this show has been building towards this --- and we're just starting to get to the meat of the matter
Why shill for mando? The new season is unwatchable to me. Hate when baby yoda flip jumps. Hate pointless 30 mins of mandos fighting an alligator. I knew disney would eventually shit the bed with mando :(
@@ChawkletStudios LOL.....the flip made me laugh to a point where I was ready to turn the TV off. Grogu should have stayed with Luke so Mando could back to bounty hunting.
@@griff5043 the flip made me puke and gouge my eyes out with a spoon. I wish the show had just ended instead after s2
It’s these types of episodes and the Clone episodes from the Clone Wars that comes as close as it gets to Band of Brothers in terms of capturing the theme of honor and brotherhood.
Seeing Crosshair shooting that officer got me excited but then when I saw that red head scientist, my heart stopped
I took the explosion blinding him as a sort of phoenix thing, blinded by the light, a cleansing, as he is about to be reborn.
Great breakdown for another amazing Bad Batch episode! The emotional tension in this episode was off the charts!
This season of the Bad Batch has been hit or miss pretty much every episode, but when they hit, they hit hard. This week's episode was amazeballz.
The synth tracks are definitely a nod to The Thing, and also Bladerunner, and it's so good! This episode was 🔥!
One word for this episode: perfection.
Something I noticed while watching, was that crosshair disobeyed an order from mayday to leave him behind, making it the first step in his redemption
The story telling, emotions and music was phenomenal in this episode.
Despite Mayday having around 10mins of screen time he became instantly iconic. We knew him so sort but it felt so bad losing him as it did when we lost Fives
The bird in this episode is referred to as a snow vulture. Vultures are scavengers not birds of prey. I think the metaphor of the bird getting closer signifies the proximity of the death or end of the clones. Love your breakdowns.
Yes and I think Crosshair did not want to leave Mayday there to get eaten by the birds, which made following the last order too much.
Mayday mentions the birds 'would love it' if he died outsidez
I don't want to get too gushy with my praise, but seriously, this episode of Bad Batch genuinely approaches Andor levels of complexity, commentary, and just great writing and production values. I've said ebfore that this season is like the kids-cartoon version of Andor, and the episodes do vary in their greatness. But this episode in particular is not just some of the best Star Wars yet, it's one of the best espisodes of any series, period.
"Its ok, Hammie knows you didnt mean that." Lol I love Doug. Please bring more Doug.
Damn I was so gutted when Mayday died. Definitely feel like Crosshair has the best arc in this show and these “detour” episodes are so good. Kiner has been crushing it since the final 4 episodes of the Clone Wars
This is an excellent screen crush to the point's excellent perspective, and no annoying, stupid sock puppet, talking computer, or add-in-between distracting the purpose.
I love cloned and the bad batch because its heartwarming to see how they care for each other and will risk their life for each other
I kinda thought the reason Crosshair didn't open up to Mayday about what actually happened to the rest of his brothers was because at this point even Crosshair was reconsidering his loyalty to the empire.
Best breakdown channel on TH-cam! We love you Ryan!
The background and visual effects are on par with live action cgi. It’s gorgeous
Excellent episode, fantastic soundtrack and excellent voice acting from everyone including Crispin Freeman
One “Easter egg” I noticed, was at the beginning when they show the title of the episode, it usually starts with a big drum role and a choir crescendo, and then it shows the bad batch logo with the snare drum usually playing some more. However, this episode was followed by silence, that I think alluding to crosshairs eventual turn on the Empire.
That wad one of the best breakdowns I’ve yet seen. Thanks for being so thorough.
Nolan is voiced by veteran voice actor Crispin Freeman (Jeremiah Gottwald - Code Geass, Winston - Overwatch, Zelgadiss Greyward - Slayers)
Another fire analysis. Keep ‘em coming, Ryan!!
I have a huge theory regarding the Cloning Assistant Emerie Karr. To me she looks like an older version of Omega with brown hair, and her soft facial features are also kinda similar to Tech. My assumption is that she is not only a clone but the actual fifth modified clone. Remember in the very first episode of the series when Nala Se said that "five are all that remain". Omega was present in that scene but she could be a red herring, since it turned out that she has original Jango Fett DNA. That doesn't mean that Omega does not have a special ability, like force sensitivity, of some sort, maybe Nala Se lied about the number being six in total. All of the mutations of Clone Force 99 were intentional, so maybe Nala Se modified the sex chromosomes to help both Emerie and Omega to stay under the radar. Omega was always kept close to Nala Se, whereas Emerie could have gotten some sort of special training, seperate from her brothers. Because I believe that her specialty is infiltration and espionage. She is so good that nobody knew she even existed. It makes sense because what does Clone Force 99, a squad of commandos specialized in sabotage and independent work behind enemy lines, lack? A dedicated medic and an expert in long-term undercover work. Emerie would fit both roles perfectly. "Emerie Kerr" could be a fake identity and she could be instituted as some sort of personal bodyguard and spy for Nala Se.
Everyone in Clone Force 99 has at least two roles I can think of: Hunter is the leader and tracker, Wrecker the muscle and demolitionist, Tech the IT-specialist and main pilot, Crosshair the sniper and lookout, Echo the hacker and veteran, Emerie the spy and medic and Omega is the strategist and wild card.
I think if this is true, then Nala Se gave her to Hemlock
She's also the only Imperial with a New Zealand accent. That alone made me think she was a clone the first time I saw/heard her. There's definitely going to be something special revealed about her character.
Bad Batch and Mando were 🔥🔥🔥 this week
Bad Batch beats Mando for once! Best episode yet!
Last week too
@@WonkelDee Very good episode, kinda think Mando won last week though, those first 5 minutes!?
Not everything in life is a competition.
No but comparison is a part of life that inherits us all. If you wanted to get deep about it? 🤨😂
You forgot to mention that the Jedi were the ones who encouraged the Clones to find individuality in every way they could. Yoda talked about that in the literal first episode of TCW. Plo Koon explicitly said that Clones were not expendable to him. Mace Windu did all his great feats to save them when we saw them fighting on Ryloth.
And the sick joke of it was that the only reason the Clones existed was to shoot the Jedi in the back. Anakin Skywalker enslaved them, a race of people, for the express purpose of committing genocide against another race of people.
This is probably one of my favorite episodes of the series, just behind the finale of the first season.
Also, I think you accidentally copy pasted the wrong description for the video on the second half.
Mayday's "I feel safer already." is a direct quote from Bill P.axton's Hudson in Aliens.
Absolutely one of the Best episodes.. in any animated SW story! makes me remember how much I miss TCW Series
From "Good Soldiers follow order" to "We're good soldiers, we followed order. And for what?"
Crosshair finally realized!
I love watching your videos after the episodes. Best commentary on them I’ve found.
That was a tough episode. I'm sad that Crosshair lost his helmet.
I saw the avalanche not so much as the might of the Empire, but as representing Crosshair's internal representation of his own sins doing the Empire's bidding (he fired the shot that caused the explosion that destabilised the ice, in much the same way as he pulled that same trigger while following orders). In Crosshair's mind, his own ruthlessness for the Empire had removed all hope for companionship, free will, anything good. He believed he had made his own icy hell, his own merciless world. Being a 'good soldier' turned him into someone who felt he was only fit for more soldiering - otherwise he'd have to live in the world he created and come to terms with it. But, in bonding with Mayday, he felt enough to drag the both of them out of his torment, and in the end it wasn't the maelstrom of Crosshair's personal guilt that killed Mayday, but the cold indifference of the Empire (in the form of Nolan). I feel like Crosshair, the guy who supposedly has the best vision, walked out of a blizzard of guilt and self-loathing, and, in a moment of clarity, finally saw the enemy.
Haven't seen any comments about it but we've seen clones in snow gear before (in the Pantoran moon episode of the clone wars, with the Taals). But here the clones are just in their regular armour, yet another sign the Empire is phasing them out, and not supporting them
Coming from a long family line of veterans, this episode hit HARD. It was sad growing up to see how my grandfather was told to ignore his mental trauma lest he break the mirage of veterans as "brave heroes" (America would execute soldiers who froze up on the battlefield... that was how we treated our own men!) Then how my dad was treated after Vietnam where veterans were simply discarded and they had to march the streets for basic health care and acknowledgement of what would finally be called "PTSD," and my generation fighting in both Gulf Wars, still protesting for health care after they have sacrificed so much for their country.
At the end of the episode I uttered the famous princess bride quote: “have fun stormin the castle!” - I think we’re gonna see bad batch learn about cross hair and try to rescue him, maybe omega gets caught up in that somehow.
This is the best review that you have done and equating it to the war that people like my dad fought in Vietnam
I'm glad to see others have gotten the THING movie referance. I don't really know if it was intentional, but the episode was called 'The Outpost', and given how the environment was similar to the scenery of the 1982 film, I think it might be. While I was watching it I thought of the outpost 31 from THE THING.
i agree this was the best episode this season, maybe even in both seasons. cross hair has flipped on the empire, so the rest will be very interesting.
Love Ryan's take on this episodes reflections on the real world attitude of armies towards cannon fodder soldiers. I don't like armies or wars. But, if you recruit people to fight and die then you better treat them right including after you're done with them. Crosshair may have finally learned that like so many before him in fiction and reality he is just a number.
Season 2 of Bad Batch has hit some really high notes. Great episode. Really hope Crosshair rejoins the Batch.
It’s important that when the avalanche buries them, crosshair loses his helmet, his sign of indoctrination to the empire as called out in the opening lines. When he lost his helmet he metaphorically lost his faith with it.
I agree with you, Ryan, Best episode ever. I cryed at the end
I thought the bird above at the end was to be seen as a vulture circling dead meat on the ground. Clones are just meat for the vultures to the Empire and Cross-hair finally got it.
It is.
I love that. Freedom and rebellion also came to mind.
Thank you. I never comment and love some ScreenCrush but that was a vulture. I scrolled through the comments just looking for someone else that noticed. It was a symbol of death.
Mayday and Crosshair reminded me of Luke and Han in Hoff. Crosshair recovers him and brings him back. The imperial ships are like snow speeders on patrol. Instead it is all opposite
It hit hard when mayday said something like ‚experience outranks everything‘ like Rex in the clone wars movie
Everyone raved and gushed over how much they loved Andor, but honestly, The Bad Batch is blowing Andor away in terms of emotionally charged stories and character investment. No Force magic, no lightsaber duels, no Jedi or Sith, just soldiers. Heroes. Men who did their duty and were thrown away like garbage. Which is one of the most realistic stories ever explored in the Star Wars universe.
Ahsoka Tano used to be my favorite Star Wars character. But now, she comes in second to the clones. Well, technically, I supposed, she comes in something like twenty-millionth or so, behind all the clones, but... you know. These guys are the best characters in the franchise, especially as portrayed by Dee Bradley Baker in the various animated shows. But I am hoping to see a live-action Rex in the Ahsoka show later this year.
I knew what Crosshair was going to do, but I had a moment where I thought, "Dangit, he's not gonna..." when Nolan turned and walked away. Then Crosshair said, "Lieutenant" and ZAP! There he goes.
I'm beginning to think that this season is ultimately leading up to a wide-spread clone rebellion against the Empire, either in the form of mass desertion or an actual armed uprising. Either way, the season will probably end on a cliffhanger, with Omega in the clutches of the Empire and the Batch barely escaping - but WITH Crosshair, who will rejoin the team to get her out in Season 3.
i wasn't surprised! amazing how fiction mimics reality ! as a soldier the scary part of war isn't facing your enemy on the battle ground.. its facing him when ya returning home!
4:29 Christopher Nolan: *Drops real nuke because he doesn't want to use CGI*
"You want to say that again?"
I have to say, as of right now, I'm only 4 minutes into the episode and I'm TOTALLY getting vibes from Lt. Gormand from Aliens.
I have never popped before at a cartoon as much as I did when he killed the Lieutenant.I so wanted to see that.....
wow, this episode is really good
reminds me of classic western or war movie with harsh weather and dying comrade
anything with crosshair is always really good, i really root for him
In legends the Death Troopers were cyborg clone troopers and eventually full droids.
I think they are going to make Crosshair into prototype Death trooper or something similar
Dark trooper but yes
Crosshair is going to be used to lure the Bad Batch, perhaps with Side help, to the Doctor who wants Omega to force the Caminoan doctor to work with him on cloning. This may lead into the cloning necessary to make Palps return viable. So Omega will get captured (again) and this is where the season will end.
Well done, Ryan and team! But: Are they birds-of-prey, or carrion birds? I think they’re circling over the dying remains of the clones. Crosshair recognizes that their time as soldiers is ending. But, as the final bird circles for him, he intends to fight. Just an outstanding episode.
Luke asking Obi wan about serving during the clone wars has so much more weight to it now.
2 in a day. You're ahead of Paul & EVoss .Well done.
I felt the pain when Crosshair was blinded by the explosion, I've had a comrade point a flashlight directly in my goggles, my eyes hurt for the rest of the week.
The last ten minutes I had “He’s not heavy. He’s my brother” on repeat in my head. Awesome episode
My Wednesday routine, take son to school, get home, Mandolorian then Screen crush, Bad Batch, spend all day checking YT for Screen crush 😂
This episode and the mandalorian episode releasing on the same day... gives me hope for star wars. In Dave we trust.
That expression you mentioned is really making my feelings deep
Top episode! Crosshair and Mayday were both fantastic!
Great episode...... LOVE it guys, keep up the outstanding work!!!
It’s crazy that crispin freeman the voice actor for itachi is the voice actor for Nolan.
Mayday represents the clones as a whole his armor is broken and worn out just like the clones. He represents how the clones are being tossed aside and left to decay into nothing.
Great review. The music was amazing in this episode.
I'd like to expand on the metaphor of the cave.
Imperial citizens are shackled in the cave watching the illusionary shadows of Palpatines new Empire. Crosshair knows that the reality he maintains is illusionary and is allegorical to the shadow movers in the metaphor of the cave.
Nolan reminded me of Paul Reiser’s character in Aliens. He was such a slime that you were hoping he would get killed. When it happened, the theater applauded. This was an amazing episode. It does feel like animation at times.
I bet Crosshair is gonna be experimented on and become the first Death Trooper, or at least studied as the base for Death Troopers
Nice work screencrush. What a phenomenal episode. Best yet.
I think we saw those droids from the purpost in the episode of the Mandalorian where he gets locked up in a new Republic ship
perhaps crosshair was brought to Tanis to undergo more genetic modification to become the prototype of the death trooper program or perhaps the beginning of dark trooper program combining machine and human a like?
I know it was a little muddled through the dialogue, but the closed captions referred to the bird-like creatures as ice vultures. Not really predatory like a lot of their raptor cohorts, but a powerful symbol nonetheless.
And I can't agree with you more about The Thing. Even after all these years it still holds up.
Really nice breakdown, one of your best that I've seen
The imperial officer in the beginning of the episode was Bragg from a previous episode.
The bird in this episode reminded me of the Convor from Clone Wars, etc.
Believe that sleeze-ball Nolan sent them on a suicide mission. Mayday objected on going not just b/c his men died but b/c he knew it was a bad idea ; he knows the area & the enemy better than Nolan. Nolan sent them away knowing the retrieval of the cargo was completely pointless b/c there were large shipments on the way. He wanted Mayday dead for talking back at him
Thank you for your respect for veterans.
9:17 I think this might be crosshair having a PTSD episode from when he got his face burned by the engine
Crosshair is so tragic. I don't care for the comments saying he will become a dark trooper. I want to see him back with his brothers!
I think the finale of bad batch will be an epic jail break where Crosshair will decide to break Omega out of prison solo until he finally gets pinned down and the rest of the squad comes in for a rescue.