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In episode 8 of Berserker Cast we waste no time jumping into the escalating events of Lexi’s haven-no-more. Now out of her cocoon, Lexi denounces the human race and leaves, killing a fan favorite in the process, and the 2nd Mass lays vulnerable to approaching Espheni forces. While Tom and Anne try to juggle the changes occurring in their daughter against the reality that is her total and inevitable betrayal, Hal takes a journey of his own–again–and comes around to seeing things his father’s way.
Throughout the discussion we continually come back to Lexi’s evolving biology and mental state. When, if ever, do Tom and Anne draw the line? When does Lexi stop being a Mason? We also talk about the forever rotating family paradigm that the 2nd Mass has undergone over the last four seasons and how we are to apply that to characters like Lexi or Pope or Sara.
Sadly, we also say goodbye to a several beloved characters and pay homage to the last “Tick tick BOOM!” from Tector and find out from other listeners who they’ll miss most (and who they most want offed next!). Seems like the general consensus is that this episode was one of the favorites of the season and the directing was a large part of that. As mentioned at the top of the show, this is the blog post concerning the director, Olatunde Osuname.
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Thanks for discussing my feedback about the meaning of the episode title, Saturday Night Massacre. You were wondering what the connection was. I think you put your finger on it, perhaps without even knowing, during your initial comments about the episode. When we look at the principle characters who died in that episode, we see there were three, Dr. Kadar, Lourdes, and Tector. If you look at the principles who got taken out at the Saturday Night Massacre during the Nixon Watergate scandal, there were three as well. They were independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox, Attorney General Elliot Richardson, and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. I believe the connection is that there were three principles in each case. One could argue that these are secondary or supporting characters not principle characters, but whatever you want to call them, you see my point. At the end of the broadcast we didn’t know about Maggie, but if she had died, the episode title could not have stood. Obviously a lot of thought went into the choosing of this title. I guess it could be considered an Easter Egg, because it takes some effort, or a good memory, to understand its meaning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre