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In this episode, even the NPCs call me out for my driving.
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We're going to need new undies and our crotches aren't what they used to be.
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What's happening is Wei giving birth?
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Why is his crotch not the same?
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So sorry for this one.
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Thank you for coming back from our replay reviews.
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My name is Leah.
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And my name is Cathy.
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We are two friends who are here to replay, review, and analyze your favorite video games.
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And since Cathy has never seen the games before, it helps me view them through her fresh eyes,
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almost like I'm discovering them again for the first time.
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We hope it'll be a similar experience for you.
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Alright, so in scene one, Jackie is getting ripped off by one of his business partners,
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who turns out to be Naz, and asks Wei for help.
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After confronting Naz, Wei kidnaps him and brings him to Tang.
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You're on a motorcycle and this guy just flies out of the way and you weren't even close to him.
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All these NPCs are either like asking for it to get hit, or they're just like too much distance apart,
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yet they're still freaking out.
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And somehow the motorcycle is easier to drive, which I feel like is a red flag for a game that has driving in it.
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If the motorcycle is easier, something's not right.
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But as we're pulling into the police satellite office thing, Naz is banging on the trunk asking to be let out and says,
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Why would you admit that?
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Why would you offer up that information?
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Trying to get sympathy and hoping they'll give him a new pair of undies.
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So the new case for Tang, it seems that there is a serial killer targeting triads.
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The PD is not doing much about it because they're criminals.
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And then Wei has a line here where he says, so what, they're not people now?
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I feel like you might have thoughts on that line.
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I think this is the part where Wei probably is starting to have more disgust with the way HKPD is running their business,
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because they don't see whether they're good people or bad people.
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And this is also why he's constantly getting in arguments with Raymond,
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because he feels like Raymond doesn't have any humanity, whether they're good people or bad people.
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So it's just going to make Wei hate on the police even more.
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I agree. It's a pretty good indicator that he still sees the humanity in them.
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And I think if you're not on the inside like he is, you're just not going to see that.
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And then we'll keep tabs on this moving through the scene, but anything before he starts investigating?
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Mm-mm.
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Okay, so he goes to where some bodies were discovered,
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and finds out that the victims all show signs of surgery having been performed on them,
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which then leads him to the hospital.
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But before we get to the hospital, he calls Tang to tell her all of this and that he knew one of the victims.
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Going back to what you were just talking about,
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Tang responds, I'm sorry, I know he was your friend.
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There's just a huge difference in Tang and Raymond.
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And I think that's why Wei gets along with her so well.
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It seems like she actually understands his perspective in all of this,
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whereas Raymond is just so focused on keeping him in line.
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Empathy really goes a long ways.
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Obviously, I don't know if the difference is because Raymond saw some dark things and made him lose faith in humanity,
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versus Tang probably is doing more the admin types of work and less undercover,
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and that's why she's able to be more human.
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Wei now gets to the hospital, and he's walking in the halls.
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And this is where we hear two NPCs talking.
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What do you have right now?
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Another hit and run.
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Poor guy got thrown right across the road.
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What's wrong with the drivers these days?
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And I just know they were talking about me.
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I was about to say that too.
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Part of it is just people are just jumping out of the way when you have a lot of space between them and you,
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so it's not quite your fault.
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But other times, you're throwing yourself onto cars and freaking people out, so...
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They deserve it, though.
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They're being chased.
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After being roasted by these NPCs, Wei accesses a computer and finds out that a doctor, Zang...
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How do you say it, Kathy?
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How do you spell it?
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T-S-A-N-G.
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I don't know how to say it in English, but in Chinese it's Zang.
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Just take the accent off of it.
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I don't know how he pronounced it.
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How does Wei say it?
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I don't know.
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He says Seng.
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Wei says Seng.
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Is the T silent?
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Honestly, I'm Chinese and I don't even know this.
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Hold on, I'm watching a YouTube video.
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His voice is way too...
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I don't know, seductive?
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Hold on.
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Totally side-tangent, but I need to share this with you.
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I don't like it.
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I don't like it.
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I don't like how close he is to the mic.
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It's like he's in my ear.
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He sounds like he just woke up and he's still under the covers in bed recording this video.
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How did he get here?
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I don't know.
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We were trying to figure out how to pronounce Zang.
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We were looking at the sounds.
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We just accidentally start playing again.
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Anyway.
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Okay, so Zang.
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I'm gonna say Seng because according to the game, that's his name.
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Okay, that works too.
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He's been doing kidney transplants.
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So Wei plants a bug in his office and then hacks into his safe which provides some information
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showing that he's been meeting with an 18k red pole.
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And Wei deduces that he's killing Sun An Yi to get transplants for 18k members.
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Risky business here, doctor.
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Yes.
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So the black mor- black- sorry, I'm messing that up.
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The black mor-kin.
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Morkin.
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I was gonna say morkin and then I was like-
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Black morkin.
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Okay, so with the black market kind of situation, I bet they're taking the organs, stuffing
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them with special K, planting them into other people's bodies and using them as drug meals.
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And I think that's what's going on.
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It's a serial killer slash drug meal operation.
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That's where my mind went.
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I know it's like totally not storyline, but can you imagine a like a sub story being that
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kind of situation?
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That would draw so much more attention to the operation.
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I think they're just trying to save 18k members while also killing Sun An Yi, two birds, one
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stone.
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That makes a good profit.
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I mean, yeah, but that's kind of lame.
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That's a boring storyline.
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It should be like drug meal operation.
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But you're really like into this drug mulling.
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This isn't the first theory you've had.
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At this rate, the NSC is gonna come knocking on my door.
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You're on a list.
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On his way out of the hospital, Wei gets a call from Tang.
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So Wei fills her in on what's going on, but he's practically shouting all of the information
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still inside the hospital and it drives me crazy.
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Not very subtle.
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The bug works and they have Sang in their sights.
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But the next donor on the list to be captured is one of Wei's friends, Calvin.
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Wei has to save Calvin without letting Calvin see him, otherwise he'll know he's a cop.
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So he hijacks the car that is currently keeping Calvin as a hostage and then leaves it hidden
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for the police to find and free him.
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Well, right here we're watching Wei do things that he probably shouldn't be doing like
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saving his friend.
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And this is why Raymond's saying that he's too emotionally invested because if it was
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any other person, he probably wouldn't have done this.
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But he's starting to compromise own identity.
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And there's the question of how many people can he save before he screws himself over?
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It's interesting that you say that because I said, is Wei balancing out his bad and good
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deeds because he's done things like deliver Johnny to Mrs. Chu.
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But then he's doing things like taking down Popstar, taking down Hotshot.
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Is that why he's offering help to Tang still?
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Is he trying to balance that out and maybe feel a little less guilty?
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I think it's just him trying to not get in trouble and doing what he needs to do so he
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can continue to be part of this group and help his friends from the inside.
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So are you thinking that he's fully triad then?
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That's where his loyalties are at this point?
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Not quite.
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I think a bit further into the episode, I'll think that.
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But as of this very moment in the game, no.
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This game is making you crack way too many codes just to progress the game.
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Like holy cow.
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I know.
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It's like Mastermind.
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I loved that board game.
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Anyway, moving on to scene two.
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Speaking of Mastermind, the Mastermind behind the wedding attack is revealed.
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So Wei visits Mrs. Chu again, who reveals that Johnny eventually outed Dog Eyes as one
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behind the wedding massacre.
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And I have questions.
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Because last episode, it seems like Uncle Po didn't think Dog Eyes was behind it.
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So what are we thinking about Dog Eyes being responsible for this at this point?
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This part, this is the first time where we see that brotherhood doesn't quite last.
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Here Mrs. Chu talk about how, like I know Dog Eyes, he used to be part of the family
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kind of situation, but people change.
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And this is a theme that we're starting to see people change and loyalties change.
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I'm not surprised because those who know you best are the ones who have the most weapon
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to hurt you.
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And Dog Eyes knowing that family has what he needs to hurt him.
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So I'm not surprised in that way, but I am surprised that he's going to be that stupid,
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especially being so low on the totem pole.
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But it also, if it succeeded, he'd go up pretty quickly.
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It's the totem pole thing that you brought up that really confuses me because I feel
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like he's definitely not high up enough to order something like the wedding attack.
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So did it come from someone else or was this more of just a getting to Winston thing and
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it just got carried away and Uncle Po was shot?
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I don't know, but it seems like someone else above him is maybe involved.
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Either way, it was dumb.
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Mrs. Chu does ask why to bring Dog Eyes to her.
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And it seems like she even feels responsible for, I think she says pushing Winston.
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Does she mean like feeling the feud between these two?
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I thought her speech was a way to say that I feel terrible that he's dead because I was
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okay with him going down this route.
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That maybe if I stopped him earlier, he wouldn't have died because he won't be part of the
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triads.
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But I also think that this is where we continue to see Wei being really attached to this family
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because all of a sudden Winston's mom's treating him like a son.
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I feel like Wei's checking in on her because of what Winston told him, like if I die, I
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have to take care of my family.
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So I do think yes, he's like part of the family now for sure.
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You know how bloodthirsty I am with everything that's going on?
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I am irritated that Dog Eyes was constantly taunting Wei about his sister.
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So I kind of like the consequences like karma.
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I mean, although a lot of it wasn't even karma, it was just pure vengeance.
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And also, like with Big Smile Lee, you have to ask like how powerful is it that his name
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is constantly being brought up into conversation?
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So what you're talking about is when Wei catches up to him and he's saying, I didn't put the
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needle in your sister's arm.
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It's just business and then references that he was doing that for Big Smile Lee, essentially
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getting women hooked on drugs for him.
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I don't think we've met him at this point in time, but his name keeps coming up.
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Alright, so eventually Wei is able to bring Dog Eyes into Mrs. Chiu and she proceeds to
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try to feed him, I believe, an ear that belongs to Johnny.
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Am I wrong?
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She's into making cannibal soup.
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I'm curious how long that stew has been cooking, because I don't feel like it was yesterday
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when we brought her Johnny.
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I think she's torturing him until he gave Dog Eyes up and then she decided to make a
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soup and then she tries to feed it to Dog Eyes, but he refuses.
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And so then she adds some additional protein to her stew.
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Is this a fitting end for Dog Eyes, Kathy?
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Kill him?
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Yeah.
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I mean, never mess with a triad member's mother.
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Especially when she has a cleaver in her hand in every single scene.
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Wei is covered in blood, but as soon as he gets home his t-shirt is pristine again.
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I don't think you can get that much blood out of a white t-shirt.
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I has plenty to spare at this rate.
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Anyway, he's like laying down in bed and thinking about, and I think he's hearing about what
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just happened, like he normally does, except he's awake this time.
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And then my question is, why is he saying ****?
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He's acting like this really got to him, but he knowingly delivered Dog Eyes into this
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situation.
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And I would even say based on the conversation he had in the car with that guy, he kind of
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wanted it.
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So why is he acting this way?
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Is he just feeling guilt as a police officer or?
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That's it.
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I think it is.
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He's just not fulfilling his duty as a police officer, but fulfilling his duty as a friend
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of Winston, like a brother of Winston.
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He's having to balance his identities.
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When he sits down and he has a moment to think, that's when it's catching up to him because
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he's obviously not thinking about it during the day when he's in action.
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It's when he has time to sit and think that he's realizing he's probably screwing up
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his chances as a police officer.
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I wonder if it's also not just because he's doing it for Winston, but because of Mimi,
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that he feels like he kind of did this for himself too.
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So maybe he's seeing himself more as a triad than police in this situation.
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Moving on, Wei is summoned to the hospital for a meeting with Uncle Po.
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Others are gathered as well.
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Pockmark, I think Big Smile Lee, right?
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Is this the first time we see him?
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Yeah.
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Jang and Tuchins.
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Pretty accurate for Tuchins.
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I feel like Big Smile Lee with that kind of scar, it's like a taunting nickname that
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he can't really smile.
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Yeah.
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Or maybe he used to smile so much then he got the scar.
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So they're being tasked with selecting a temporary chairman and Uncle Po first tells Wei and
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Big Smile Lee to stop fighting.
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So I think he's kind of getting irritated at all of this, especially since he almost
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died.
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What's up with Uncle Po right here?
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Does he still not believe that like Dog Eyes, Big Smile Lee are responsible for the wedding
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attack?
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Because if he did, wouldn't he have like killed Big Smile Lee at this point?
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I don't think he wants to kill anyone quite yet because it's just going to probably mess
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with the balance or set up a bad example.
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I think my confusion, which I've had the whole time is, was the point of the wedding
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attack to kill Uncle Po?
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Or did he just get shot on accident?
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Because I feel like if the point was kill Winston, kill Uncle Po, then Uncle Po would
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not want to keep the people alive responsible for that.
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I don't know if Uncle Po was actually an intended target at all.
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I'm starting to think that maybe Dog Eyes, his only purpose was to kill Winston and someone
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saw that as an opportunity to sneak in to kill Uncle Po without it tracing back to him
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and Dog Eyes would take the fall for it.
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But it failed.
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It was like a side mission to kill him.
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Okay.
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I think at the least Uncle Po doesn't know that they were responsible.
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Anyway, he's just not telling him that.
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But yeah, still a little bit of confusion on that incident.
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But Uncle Po wants Wei to be officially initiated into the San'an Yi and make him a Red Pole.
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Wei becoming a Red Pole is just going to continue to solidify his loyalty with them and less
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with the police and his undercover work.
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After being told that he'll be made a Red Pole, Wei is informed that his initiation
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task will be to make an example out of a traitor who flipped to the 18k, which I'm pretty sure
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means kill him.
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Wei plans to also bring Jackie along with him so he can be formally initiated as well.
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And then after that, the conversation steers back towards who should be a temporary chairman.
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Before anyone else could say anything or finalize their thoughts, Sister Jane just steps in
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and says that, oh, we should have Uncle Po's nephew be the one to take over.
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Definitely other people are unhappy with this decision, but she's definitely setting his
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nephew up for failure while trying to solidify her alliance with Wei just to make sure that
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their pathway is a clear path without people stepping in.
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Maryam Yeah, she knows what she's doing.
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And I think she might be the only character that actually can pull one over Uncle Po like
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that.
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So the meeting ends with Tuchin's being the temporary chairman.
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And then Wei goes to pick up Jackie for the initiation.
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And he tells Jackie, hey, you're in now.
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And Jackie, at first is like, hey, don't worry, man, your turn's coming up.
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And that's when Wei says that he's actually been made a Red Pole.
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And I have to say that Jackie is so cool for being happy for Wei when he brought him in
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and he's been part of this way longer and he got made a Red Pole so quick.
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Maryam And I do have a lot to say about Jackie's
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character.
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And I'm kind of nervous for him at this point, which yes, I agree that he's a really good
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buddy for not being jealous.
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I am worried that why does he even have the skills to succeed or is Wei going to unintentionally
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set him up for failure because if Jackie was great, he would have already been a Red Pole,
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but he's not.
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And he's just pulling him into something that's way over his head.
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He shouldn't be doing that to Jackie when in the end, he's going to betray him like
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you're still police officer and he's still a triad member.
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Evie Right, you're bringing him into the thing
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that you're trying to take down.
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That's a little backhanded.
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But things do get pretty hairy during the initiation when the target pulls a gun on
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Wei and Jackie shoots him.
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He's number one very clearly affected by this.
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But I have to say how much I appreciate this moment because of how fast it happened.
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Usually moments like this in a game, a movie, a TV show, it's all drawn out with the bad
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guy like just pointing the gun, building suspense and it goes on forever.
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But this happens so quick where Jackie just has to shoot him quickly or else Wei dies.
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It's realistic.
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I appreciate that too.
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And I also appreciate how they make Jackie nervous because I don't think we've seen
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or heard about Jackie killing someone or hurting something.
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So it's pretty realistic that he's going to be shaken up.
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Evie It seems like Jackie just grew up around this
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but doesn't really realize how serious it all is until maybe this moment.
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Anything before we get to the little induction ceremony?
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Jackie No, that's where my next note is.
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Evie Alright, I'm sure you have the same note I
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do.
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Anything before the betray your brother line?
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Is that your first note?
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Jackie Yeah.
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Evie Yeah.
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So whoever's leading this is basically going through the whole ceremony.
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And one of the lines is, betray your brother and you will die a thousand times over.
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And I know you saw Wei's reaction when this part's recited.
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Jackie Uh oh.
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It's too late to turn back now.
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Evie Wei's gonna feel so much guilt when he has
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to take them down.
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And I'm wondering, a potential outcome of all this is he's going to stick with this
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group and not betray his brotherhood.
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I don't think he can survive the guilt that comes with betraying his people.
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Jackie And I think we've touched on it before but
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the difference this time is he actually knew these people going into it like he grew up
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with them.
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It's not just the if they find me out, I'm gonna die a horrible death.
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I think it's also what you've been hinting at that he actually likes these people in
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some aspect.
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And there's there's guilt and fear.
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Raymond summons Wei and he admits that he's impressed as is Pendrew, who wants Wei to
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now get information on someone named Sunnie Wo, who's not Sun on Yi but he supports them.
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So Raymond then asks Wei where Dog Eyes is, not really directly but saying that, oh, he's
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disappeared, do you know where he is?
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And Wei just straight up lies to Raymond to his face that he doesn't know what happened.
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And that's then you're having even more distrust between the two of them.
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I mean, Pendrew and Raymond have done nothing to strengthen their connection.
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But also, Wei is way too protective of this group of individuals.
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Right.
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I noted this exchange too.
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And like you said, he very quickly, without hesitation says, haven't heard a thing and
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brushes the subject off entirely.
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But I think Raymond knows that Wei knows what happened.
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I'm not sure if he knows how directly involved Wei was with his death.
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But to your point, how far across the line is Wei gonna go?
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Seems like a big line was crossed here.
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And Wei is now like 70% triad, 30% cop.
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I don't know, where would you put him in a percentage right now?
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Honestly, I'd put him 85% triad, 15% police.
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And what's not gonna help is Raymond telling Wei that they're gonna take Jackie in because
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he knows a lot and sounds like they think he'll be easy to make him talk.
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Wei's very unhappy with this.
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And they end the meeting on a very sour note.
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Anything else before scene four?
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Nope.
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But you did write in your summary, Jackie.
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Jackie gets arrested.
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Jackie.
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Jackie has a lead and he and Wei head out to take it on.
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And on the way we learn Jackie is still pretty worked up over the initiation incident and
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hasn't been sleeping well.
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I think overall, the more conversation that Wei has with Jackie about more in tune, it's
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just going to ruin him when either Jackie dies, which I'm convinced he's going to die,
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or he's going to have that look on the face of complete betrayal.
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If you're a Wei, would you rather watch Jackie get arrested and be protected under the police
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custody or let him continue to roam free but possibly die because he's not cut out to be
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a triad member?
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I think it's a little different.
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I think he's very unhappy that they arrested Jackie.
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But I think he knows if he like ran out to stop it, he's dead.
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His cover's blown, he's fired.
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So I think he's sort of just stuck.
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His position has just gotten to a point where he can't do what he wants either way because
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it's starting to get to a point where he'll die.
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So Wei will soon get a text from Ricky who wants him to come to K-Bar.
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And Wei's irritated at first because Ricky sort of stood him up.
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He's not at K-Bar.
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But then Ricky calls him and turns out the 18K are trying to kill Uncle Po.
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I mean, they're just going for it.
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They really are.
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So does this help answer our question from before?
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Were they trying to also kill Uncle Po at the wedding too?
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Shouldn't Uncle Po have seen this coming?
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For a man that smart, you would have constant protection all the time.
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So why is he not protecting himself and playing defense in this kind of situation?
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Yeah, that's the same question I have.
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And I'm just now wondering if he's just trying to preserve the triad altogether at the cost
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potentially of himself.
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Anyway, after a very intense shootout alongside Wei, Ricky expresses distaste for how the
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triad has changed.
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Here we have another conversation about the brotherhood and betrayal.
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It's just there's like a code that no one adheres to.
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At the same time, I'm wondering if the reason why the brotherhood is starting to fall apart
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is because of all the police infiltrations that we know it's Wei's not the first of
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his kind to do undercover work.
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Other people have done it before and maybe that's why it's ruined in their generation.
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Right, just that doubt like we saw in the last episode or two episodes ago when they
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thought Wei was a cop.
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Maybe there's just a lack of trust in general.
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So Wei and Ricky have to escape the police and afterwards they're talking about what
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all just happened.
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They think someone is pulling strings to gain control of the triad.
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I think Wei's line is lots of people stand to gain if Uncle Po never leaves the hospital.
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It wouldn't be surprising if people like Big Smile Lee try to take over or Sister Jing
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because if Uncle Po dies, there's going to be a lot of civil war happening.
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So the police scheme if Uncle Po dies, right now if Uncle Po survives though, I don't
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think anything is going to go bad.
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Moving on to scene five, Ricky calls Wei to meet a celebrity, King, and also Sunny Woe.
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This is when we meet him too.
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So Wei arrives.
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We see a meeting between these two, the celebrity King and Sunny Woe.
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And Sunny's offering up some woman to King a little too forcefully.
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Initial reaction to Sunny?
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She's gross.
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I agree.
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He asks Wei to show King a good time around town.
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So on the way to K-Bar, Wei and King are talking about Sunny and they have similar reactions
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to him that we do.
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They don't like him.
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They don't like him at all.
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After talking crap about Sunny, they arrive at K-Bar.
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Wei has to gather some ladies for King.
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And he does it in a really awkward way because Wei is flirting with the girls, but it's
00:29:08
quite disturbing.
00:29:10
And then Ileana's face is pretty weird.
00:29:14
What have they done with the NPCs?
00:29:16
You mean Ileana?
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Oh.
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Yeah, it's a weird voice with a weird face.
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And also weird clothes, like that vest thing.
00:29:30
What is that?
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Yeah, a lot of questions about how they make these female characters.
00:29:37
I can just feel the wedgie from those shorts.
00:29:40
So what's up with Wei's singing?
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It's so bad.
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What's up with his voice and everything?
00:29:46
You mean just when I mess up?
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No, it's just in general, his voice is really terrible when he's singing.
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I don't know.
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I think the voice actor just doesn't have the voice for this song.
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Which I had to pick this song, Air Supply.
00:30:05
Because do you remember that infomercial from way back?
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It was always on late at night.
00:30:12
For what?
00:30:13
It was, I found it, Time Life Classic Soft Rock.
00:30:18
And the whole thing is hosted by the two guys from Air Supply.
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Circa 2006, Kathy.
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I remember many a night-
00:30:32
Hold on, I'm googling it.
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After the real TV stopped, this is what was on.
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It was always this.
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Oh my god, this is familiar.
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Can we still buy it?
00:30:44
Do it, buy it.
00:30:45
Money back guarantee, Leah.
00:30:48
Someone the top comment.
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My wife and I used to watch this and we had no money because we couldn't afford cable.
00:30:54
I was 17 years old always going to sleep to this infomercial.
00:30:58
See I'm not the only one.
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But that's anyway, that's why I chose it.
00:31:04
Back at Sunny's, it sounds like the her from earlier is involved with or dating Ricky.
00:31:10
Her name is Vivian.
00:31:11
He's a pig.
00:31:12
I have that in my notes.
00:31:15
Oh, we're on the same wavelength.
00:31:20
Yep.
00:31:21
But anyway, her is Vivian, I believe a musician who King is here to produce for.
00:31:28
Wei is sent to go pick her up.
00:31:30
And according to Sunny, he can sleep with her if he wants to.
00:31:35
I have a note here of something I was going to point out to you, but I'm waiting to see
00:31:39
how long it takes you to notice it if you ever do.
00:31:44
So I'll just have to see if you ever bring it up or not.
00:31:48
Anyway, did you see at an hour 23 and 35 seconds, did you see me causing that guy to crash?
00:31:58
He panicked so hard.
00:32:00
Oh yeah.
00:32:02
And he does it so slowly too.
00:32:06
I know.
00:32:07
And then you'll see again at the end of the scene where they're talking with the girls,
00:32:13
he's still stuck.
00:32:15
It's at one, go to now go to one 24 55.
00:32:20
Look in the background.
00:32:21
Oh yeah.
00:32:24
The wheels are spinning.
00:32:25
He doesn't know what to do.
00:32:28
So we drive away.
00:32:29
What is her name?
00:32:30
Sandra?
00:32:31
Is that the other woman?
00:32:33
Yeah.
00:32:34
She wants to go to a street race.
00:32:36
Wei challenges some guy that Sandra seems to know.
00:32:40
And he bet the women.
00:32:43
He says if you win, I'll let you take the girls home.
00:32:49
That seems so not like Wei.
00:32:51
Right?
00:32:52
I wonder like, this was a sudden change in his character and I don't know where it came
00:32:56
from.
00:32:57
I mean, like, he just met Sunny, like he can't possibly be like him already.
00:33:03
And then the other guy starts to continue to insult saying that the girls aren't worth
00:33:07
much.
00:33:09
And the girls are pissed and Wei doesn't do anything to help defend them.
00:33:14
Come on, Wei do better.
00:33:16
I feel like he's just showing off for Sandra.
00:33:19
And she's the type that that goes for that.
00:33:21
I will say she seems to be but yeah, still way come on.
00:33:28
disappointed.
00:33:30
We do win the race.
00:33:31
But do you think Ricky is going to be mad about his car?
00:33:34
It's completely trashed.
00:33:37
If Ricky doesn't even care about his girlfriend and lets people talk about her like that,
00:33:42
I doubt he's going to care about his car.
00:33:44
And if he cares about his car, he obviously doesn't have his priorities straight.
00:33:48
He'll probably just be happy to have a reason to buy a new one.
00:33:52
Wei meets with Zheng, who is worried that Tuchins is getting a little too attached to the temporary
00:33:58
role of chairman.
00:34:00
They are worried that Big Smiley might kill Tuchins and then that would leave them in
00:34:05
a very bad spot.
00:34:07
So Zheng is going to send Wei to mess with Tuchins so that he steps down on his own.
00:34:13
Which is exactly what needs to be done if she wants to rise to the top and she's very
00:34:19
smart to keep her hands clean.
00:34:21
So it doesn't like trace back to her.
00:34:24
But it's also not causing a whole civil war, because she's doing it in a subtle way.
00:34:30
The only issue that I have is with Wei.
00:34:33
The reason that they think that they can pull this off is because Tuchins is addicted to
00:34:39
drugs and I feel like Wei doing this, it's like he's preying on an addict.
00:34:46
And after what happened to his sister, how do we feel about him doing this?
00:34:51
I thought he crossed the line with doing this is that, one, he shouldn't knowing what happened
00:34:57
to his sister so he's kind of no better than Dog Eyes and the other people.
00:35:02
But two, isn't that violating some sort of ethics that police officers have?
00:35:08
I just feel like it's crossing the line.
00:35:10
Yeah, I feel like it's crossing the line in pretty much every sense.
00:35:15
But this old guy, old salty crab, his commentary throughout this scene.
00:35:21
What?
00:35:22
You never heard of a grand massage?
00:35:24
Like a real one, not a sex one.
00:35:26
Wow, you're pretty air talented.
00:35:28
What?
00:35:29
I said you're pretty talented.
00:35:31
Oh.
00:35:32
You're pretty rich.
00:35:33
And then he says,
00:35:34
And if he also faces the wrong way, I help but I pull my grand climate on one horn.
00:35:39
Hey la, my crotch isn't what it used to be.
00:35:42
He says, my crotch isn't what it used to be.
00:35:47
That is so wild and vile.
00:35:50
I had that quote down and unnecessary.
00:35:53
Like why is he telling Wei and us about this?
00:35:57
Why are the writers writing this type of quote for us to hear?
00:36:01
Crotch isn't what it used to be.
00:36:03
Well what did it used to be?
00:36:05
My goodness, you can lift pianos with it.
00:36:08
Also I feel like they used the same boob jiggle animation on 2Chin's stomach.
00:36:15
Oh my gosh, yes.
00:36:16
I was gonna say, why is he wobbling instead of walking?
00:36:19
He's just jiggle jiggle.
00:36:22
I feel like they just enlarge one of the boobs and threw a shirt over it and made it 2Chin's
00:36:30
stomach.
00:36:31
I mean his stomach is the equivalent of two boobs into one, a uniboo.
00:36:39
After escaping 2Chin's property, Wei gets a call from Zhang.
00:36:43
Uncle Po is officially dead and they agree.
00:36:48
Things could get complicated.
00:36:50
First of all, before I even get to that, why was Wei's voice so gentle talking to Zhang?
00:36:55
He's like, oh okay.
00:36:56
I know.
00:36:57
I know, I know.
00:37:01
Yeah I noticed that too.
00:37:03
Does he have genuine respect and care for her or is he just buttering her up?
00:37:10
Yeah, I think he actually likes her.
00:37:13
Not in a romantic way but respects her but likes her as a person.
00:37:18
But that voice is not the right type of gentle seduction, about to call her babe kind of
00:37:25
voice.
00:37:26
Zhang, how are you?
00:37:29
Wei, calm down.
00:37:32
And the difference between that and then bedding the women in a street race.
00:37:38
Yeah, what?
00:37:39
Wei, what are you doing this episode?
00:37:44
This guy is a very complex man.
00:37:47
He sure is.
00:37:48
Anyways, back to the point of breaking the news that Uncle Po is dead.
00:37:53
I think Wei is going to know the truth but hide it from Pendrew and Raymond.
00:38:02
Maybe he'll tell Tang but I don't think he's going to tell the other two.
00:38:06
I don't think he's very inclined to give them any information other than what won't get
00:38:11
him fired at this point.
00:38:14
He's definitely more loyal to Zhang than to Pendrew or Raymond.
00:38:18
Any other notes on this episode or do we need to close it out?
00:38:22
I think we should close it out, we've been recording for an hour and a half.
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We'll finish it up.
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Next time, last gameplay section.
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