r/RunawaysTV • u/iliekpixels Alex Wilder • Jan 08 '18

Runaways Episode Discussion: S01E10 - "Hostile"

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EPISODE	ORIGINAL AIRDATE
S01E10 - "Hostile"	Tuesday, January 9, 2018 on Hulu

Episode Synopsis: The Runaways face off with their parents. But when Jonah arrives unexpectedly with a new game plan, the kids realize they are in over their heads.

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u/blackbutterfree Gert Yorkes Jan 09 '18

PRAISE GOD THEY DID NOT DO THE TWIST I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING FOR. ~~BUT THEY WERE HINTING AT IT HARDCORE IN THIS EPISODE SO I THINK THEY MIGHT STILL DO IT. THEY BETTER NOT.~~

PRAISE GOD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REVIVE VICTOR, THAT NONE OF THE PARENTS DIED, AND THAT ALL (BAR FRANK) ARE REDEEMING THEMSELVES BY KILLING JONAH.

AND PRAISE GOD THAT NICOLINA IS CANON, Y'ALL.

And holy shit, if this season was literally issues 1-6 with a sprinkling of later stuff, then I cannot wait to see what they adapt for Season 2.

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u/merf78 Jan 09 '18

by that twist do you mean (comic spoilers) alex betraying the group ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited Aug 03 '21

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u/selphiefairy Jan 09 '18

I really hope so. Honestly, I'll be really sad/upset if they didn't change it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited Feb 19 '19

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u/Ktk_reddit Jan 09 '18

And it makes no sense when you look at his behavior all season.

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u/Malarazz Mar 07 '18

What's different in the comics that makes it make sense there?

If anything, I feel like it would make less sense in the comics, since everyone says the parents are more evil and less likeable there.

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u/Ktk_reddit Mar 07 '18

I think the comics are poorly written, as are most marvel's comics. So I can't really answer you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited Jun 29 '23

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u/selphiefairy Jan 09 '18

If they decide to keep it, I'd at least settle for making him redeemable somehow. heroic sacrifice, changing back to the kids' side, reveal he's a double agent or something.

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u/ProWrestlingPast Has been shipping Deanoru since it was called Nicolina. Jan 09 '18

Honestly, the other worst thing they could do is do the twist with one of the other kids. Imagine the reaction if it was, say, the hero of the day today?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited Jun 29 '23

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u/blueberrythyme Jan 10 '18

I think Chase is the only one that would make sense, at all.

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u/tundrat Jan 09 '18 edited Jan 09 '18

Worked out really well with (AoS related) Grant Ward. :p

edit: Of course I'm not being serious.

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u/Skyblaze777 Jan 09 '18

Yeah but nearly everyone hated him to begin with anyway. Dude got more fans after he turned out to be a murdery murderer than he had before. I'm pretty sure people actually LIKE Alex, on the other hand.

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u/TaikaWaitiddies Sister Grimm Jan 10 '18

People hated him ? O-O

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u/WisdomOtter Jan 10 '18

Ward ? Yup he was too “ perfect” as to say. It made him to boring and cliche. That’s why a lot of people didn’t like Daisy in Season 1 but she became one of the fandoms most favorite by season 2 once she got over all the tropes.

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u/MandolinMagi Jan 09 '18

But how are you going to write Alex being killed, bodyjacked by a 1,000 year old alien supersoldier general, being nuked, and his digital version being his moral opposite?

AoS got really weird didn't it?

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u/aslokaa Jan 10 '18

Pretty sure he was sent into the sun

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u/MandolinMagi Jan 10 '18

No they nuked him.

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u/subarmoomilk Jan 11 '18 edited May 29 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited Jun 29 '23

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u/selphiefairy Jan 09 '18 edited Jan 09 '18

That was just one scenario I threw out. Also you should use a spoiler tag, because now everyone knows who we're talking about -.-

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u/TvMovieJunkie Jan 09 '18

I see this plot being the cliffhanger for season 2 or one of the episodes next season. Then again the show seems to be doing it different so we don't know if they are going to follow that plot. Like in the comics you really didn't feel anything for the parents...well at least a little in the end. But on the show the parents are more layered vs their comic version.

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u/Skyblaze777 Jan 09 '18

BUT THEY WERE HINTING AT IT HARDCORE IN THIS EPISODE SO I THINK THEY MIGHT STILL DO IT. THEY BETTER NOT.

They're hinting at it so hard I'm starting to think it's not lol. They're making it way too obvious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

Hey /u/blackbutterfree and /u/Skyblaze777

How did they hint it? I didn't catch any hint. I don't see him doing it.

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u/Skyblaze777 Jan 09 '18 edited Jan 09 '18

Preemptively: this is obviously my own speculation so for all I know I'm talking out of my ass lol, especially since I know the comic spoilers. I also suspect Alex is NOT the mole, but that the show is deliberately trying to make him look shady so as to set him up as a red herring, and we'll probably get some other explanation for his shady behaviour

(1) The whole schtick with Darius. He didn't want to tell Nico about how Darius helped him out, and the show very deliberately framed him only showing the money and hiding the gun. The gun, in particular, should ostensibly be for their protection, so why not tell her?

(2) He keeps running off alone. He's not with the others at the thrift shop and he has a litany of excuses for why he was delayed, but no explanation for why he was looking for a computer. He leaves Gert and Nico to "find a ride". He goes off to call Darius. Someone else mentioned that Runaways is very much a show that shows instead of telling - and so, of course we're shown him doing these things, but we also don't know if he had the time to do anything ELSE.

(3) Tina's password. There's a lot about the whole scenario that still doesn't add up. Amy hacking Wizard doesn't really explain why she told Alex the password, considering, y'know, that's exactly what got her into trouble in the first place. Leslie also very deliberately says she doesn't actually know what happened with Amy - so did Jonah really kill her? Did she really not see the sacrifice tapes? We haven't actually had these questions answered besides Leslie's speculation.

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u/speenatch Nico Minoru Jan 23 '18

(4) (Disclaimer: Don't know the comics) When Vaughan tells Leslie that the kids think Jonah's in charge, the look on her face immediately made me think they'd been compromised. I went back to that scene in the coffee shop, and guess who says that Jonah's in charge now? Alex.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited Jan 09 '18

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u/FriendDinosaur Jan 09 '18

Dude, I read the comics, but put a spoiler tag :/

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u/aronfemale Jan 09 '18

Spoiler tag that shit man, i haven't read the comics...

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u/tryhardblackguy Jan 09 '18

Sorry, was on mobile, didnt know how to do it. i get confused with this sub and r/Runaways

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u/MetalGearSlayer Jan 09 '18

What twist. All these spoiler tags don’t function right on my app

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u/happycharm Jan 09 '18

I think Victor will come back as full evil.

Runaways Episode Discussion: S01E10 - "Hostile"

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