The Outpost, “Strange Bedfellows”, Review!

Night at the Outpost, a farmer is tending to his chickens when he hears the guttural sounds of the demon, it’s claw takes his head and lifts him up!  Garret and Talon are sparring with swords, she has cut his shirt to pieces, he says he was trained by the Prime Order.  It ends up with Talon’s sword to his throat.  She smiles.  They spar again and Talon ends up on top of Garret. He strikes her to the side and then is on top of her.  She admits that she trained herself.  Talon says that she was born faster, but trained.  It is a moment of sexiness with the swordplay like the scene in Mask of Zorro (1998).  Their moment is interrupted by Gwynn who takes Talon away.  We next see the bedroom of the Mistress with Marshall Wythers.  He wonders why Gwynn’s father let her go and about him.  Mistress says that her mother hanged herself and Calkussar took Gwyn in.  She points him to a woman who runs the tannery.  They dress and the Mistress wants him to arrest the Worm.  She tells him about the beheading of Bill and he agrees to arrest the Worm.  Now we get some consequences for the Worm. 

In the Worm’s bed, the guard break in and drag him off.  Gwynn wonders if Talon is trying to steal away Garret.  They go to the tavern to gamble.  She pays for her night’s wages to the Mistress.  Janzo is left on his own.  Talon shakes a gambler’s arm to check his arm for tattoos.  Gwynn explains the game. Whythers questions the tanning woman about Calkussar’s daughter.  She explains that she was ordered not to clean Gwynn’s bedroom.  At the gambling table, Talon bids, she asks Gwynn about a full suite, but they all fold to her bluff.  The women laugh as they play.  They order drinks and begin dancing with the gamblers.  The Worm is chained with a sack over his head when he is visited by The Mistress.  She wants to know his supplier of the drug, colipsum.  He didn’t realize Bill was her son and faces a night of torture.  The gambling table, a man drops his cards and draws a knife, Talon leaps up and kicks him.  She has him pinned to the floor.  Gwynn has the guards to see them off.  The team of Gwynn and Talon is too much for drunk gamblers.  

The Outpost -- "Strange Bedfellows" -- Image Number: OUT104_0018.jpg -- Pictured: Jessica Green as Talon -- Photo: NBCU International -- © Outpost TV LLC. Courtesy of Electric Entertainment.

Morning, Talon wakes up with Gwynn’s leg on her as she snores.  She sees that Marshall Wythers is there with a crossbow.  Garet walks up wanting to know where they went losing their guards.  He yells at Gwynn to go to her father before the guards are punished.  Wythers has his crossbow on Talon.  He says to look outside and she sees the dead farmer.  Wythers explains that the body was dragged across town.  He orders Talon to leave the Outpost at sundown.  The Smith is working on hammering a blade, Talon tells him that she is going to hunt the demon.  He explains that her people banished the Locuri.  She needs the Voice of Command to control the demon.  Talon carries barrels for Janzo who tells her about competing with Garet.  He gets a gift from above that makes him look foolish.  He stares at the sky.  Talon bumps into Garet who tells her about his oath to protect Gwynn.  The camp where Gwynn trains with another soldier.  He asks about the recruiting.  They see the people who gave themselves up as prisoners.  He asks a man to open his mouth and sees the Plagueling parasite so he kills the man with a dagger. We are getting closer to discovering the mystery of the Plaguelings.  

At his downstairs lab, Janzo walks over to see the bird dropping on his jacket.  Garet drops down another body.  He has a found a replacement for Kell since his body is needed for a funeral.   Janzo explains that a venom was injected that contains the Plagueling larvae.  This must be used by the First Order to make the drug.  Garet tells Janzo to spy on Talon.  He takes away Kell’s body as we get Marshall Wythers seeing the sun coming down so he sends his soldiers to get Talon.  She tracks the demon while Janzo has his own investigation.  Talon takes a torch to search for the demon with it’s clawed hand on the passage behind her.  Wythers and his men search the village.  The Mistress goes to see the tortured Worm and holds a knife to his throat.  Janzo has found a room full of pigeons and sees messages.  The Mistress calls in Marshall Wythers and Janzo brings in the messenger birds used to bring in the drug.  Wythers goes to execute the Worm and drops the guillotine on him.  The Mistress laughs and brings in the horrified Janzo.  Talon calls out the demon.  It drops down and slashes at her with his claws.  Then, strike her down at her attempt to command it.  It strikes her in the gut, Talon bleeds, and then collapses.  We have an ending like the first episode, Talon seriously wounded, and the evil is still out there!     

Three Daggers out of Five! 

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