Sunday, December 27, 2020

The Outpost, “Where Death Lives”, Review!

Another attack on The Outpost has begun, Falista has shown her loyalty with her Red Kinj, and Talon has taken Wren and Zed to the Plane of Ashes.  It is a place with vents of flame, a quarry, and constant fall of ashes.  Everyone puts on masks, which seems like a fantasy version of what everyone is going through now, thanks makers of The Outpost!  I hope they show the characters in masks which would make a great promotion and it still ties into the show!  Zed is struck by Corbin and stopped by Talon’s knife and Wren’s words.  He wears strange goggles.  Corbin feels betrayed by Zed and not a little insane!  Munt walks to see the gate of The Outpost.  He knocks and pleads for Janzo to open the door.  Janzo is carrying a barrel and drops it to see Munt at the battlement.  He tells Munt that he can’t enter and wants him to go to go away.  Yavalla sees this through her kinj and says that the invasion has begun!  An infected woman, Ana, spreads a kinj to a washing woman and the guard Strom passes his kinj to another soldier.  

THE OUTPOST - - “Where Death Lives” - - IZUYA HOYLE, JESSICA GREEN, REECE RITCHIE - - Photo: Aleksander Letic/NBCU International © 2020 Outpost TV LLC. Courtesy of Electric Entertainment.


Tobin is training his soldier while Garrett reassures Gwynn in a red dress.  Tobin enters the quarters of Gwynn and sends away Warlita.  She works at the tavern and as handmaiden to Gwynn?  A Medieval multi-tasker!  Tobin says to Gwynn that he has given her the troops.  Tobin tells Gwynn that he will stay married and admits to his mistakes.  This is an honorable way.  He says that he felt love for Falista on Gwynn’s order for her death.  I sense that Gwynn will get back with Garrett and Talon will fall for Zed again.  In the Plane of Ashes, Wren admits that she is the healer who could have helped Corbin.  She tries to ask Corbin to help them and shows him his map.  Talon tries to ask him too.  Corbin wants Zed to enter the place “where death lives” from the episode’s title.  He has Wren promise that she won’t go to that place.  Gwynn looks out at The Outpost as Garrett reports the supplies.  He realizes that she’s thinking about Tobin.  She says that he loves Falista from childhood like she did with Garret.  They walk through the Plane of Ashes, Corbin thinks that Zed survived the battle, and Wren says it’s her fault.  Wren thought Corbin was poisoned and gave him an antidote that saved him, but it turned him violent.  Zed says that they have to stop Yavalla.  


At The Outpost, the zinj guards infect the door guards to open the way for Yavalla’s army!  She has her followers march on The Outpost!  They walk in and no one seems to think this is unusual!  Falista is tearful when Tobin enters and tells her that he is already married.  She is worried about her Red Zinj, but Tobin says he will be there for her.  They start kissing as man and wife.  They have reached a entrance in the Plane of Ashes.  Corbin wants to stay outside with Wren.  She wants to break her promise and enter, Corbin says he will go with her.  They take torches to enter the cavern.  Corbin says that he killed Talon’s father, but he seems confused.  Wren says Corbin and two warriors were the only survivors.  They continue down the cavern with Corbin and Zed with torches.  Zed tries to tell Talon that her father is dead.  Wren puts them on the right path finding out they are misguided by Corbin.  The United are entering the Outpost and Janzo is suspicious especially seeing the rat detector has fallen.  Warlita has Two's zinj and Janzo realizes that they all have zinj.  Garrett has the queen protected and swings down to help Janzo. 


THE OUTPOST - - “Where Death Lives” - - JAKE STORMOEN, AARON FONTAINE, ANAND DESAI-BAROCHIA, IMOGEN WATERHOUSE  - - Photo: Aleksander Letic/NBCU International © 2020 Outpost TV LLC. Courtesy of Electric Entertainment.

 

They try to block off a tunnel to the hordes of the infected.  Tobin and his soldiers fire crossbows to stop the United.  He finds that his soldiers are overwhlmed and leaps down and is able to jump through the barricade.  Some women and a man try to infect Falista and she stops them with her Red Zinj.  She locked herself in a door and they try to break through.  A hopeless situation, but of course we have Talon searching for the Black Zinj!  Tobin wants to rescue his wife.  Janzo tells him to use an escape hole.  At the cavern, they have reached the bottom, Wren takes the lead, she finds two dead guards.  Talon is sad that her father isn’t there.  They search for the Black Zinj.  Corbin is worried at a box.  The bald man is given a axe to chop at the door and looks in Shining style.  He opens the door and enters with the others.  He notices the wind blowing through a window as Falista hides under a table.  The man sees her, but he is killed by Tobin!  She kisses him before their escape!  


The United stand outside like statues.  Tobin and Falista make their way across the battlement.  The United start to rush them, Tobin has them swing across, he holds the United off as Falista climbs the buildings.  She uses her Red Zinj to save him.  Tobin is stabbed in the side!  He leaps across to safety, but is struck by two arrows!  We may not get a happy ending for all of the characters!  Tboin is taken aside wounded with Falita and Garrett calls for Janzo.  He says to Falista that it is too late.  Janzo apologizes to Gwynn.  Tobin dies.  It seems like we always have consequences with this series, a great showcase for Aaron Fontaine as Lord Tobin, but I do hope somehow the Black Zinj or some power can bring him back to the show in some way.  Garrett holds Gwynn.  At the cavern, there is a bearded Blackblood who is struck by tridents and Talon realizes that it is her father.  Wren says he hasn’t decayed!  Corbin did say death doesn’t die, we have seen Yavalla couldn’t be destroyed, it looks like Talon’s father has been immobilized, but still in a state of undeath!  A very good episode with some truths revealed, fateful consequences, and The Outpost again threatened!  


Four Zinjes out of Five! 


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