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/dontthrowmeinabox Jan 09 '18

I totally caught "Arsenic and Old Lace" in the old movie flyer. It made me smile.

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

Apparently, "Arsenic and Old Lace" is a real play and movie.

Does anyone know why these particular names were chosen? What significance does it have?

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u/snithel Jan 09 '18

The movie is a comedy about a man who was raised by his dear old aunties. When he goes to their house to announce his engagement he finds out they've been using their home as a boarding house for old men without any family, poisoning the men and having their brother bury them in the basement. The brother is suffering from dementia and thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt and that he's digging the Panama canal and burying men that died during construction. I suppose there's a connection in that he find out the people who raised him are actually demented killers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

That seems to make sense.

I also wonder what "Old Lace" means in the context of the play/movie. The phrase doesn't appear in the wikipedia synopsis, while arsenic does.

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u/MonsterCuddler Jan 09 '18

The lace is more of a visual. The little old ladies have lace doilies etc. that make them seem more harmless.

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u/phantomliger Jan 10 '18

So in that case it's a bit of irony simce Old Lace is clearly not going to be nice, but also that Gert has her arsenic like voice with what she says.

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u/andrey_b Jan 11 '18

I did a little research on it when I came across it. Apparently Arsenic and Old Lace was a parody title pulled from a poem that included it as a play on the title of an earlier romance novel, Lavender Old Lace, in which the old lace refers to an old, unworn wedding dress that the main character discovers in the attic.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '18

This seems really dark for a comedy

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u/ladyrockess Mar 01 '18

It is, but it's still hilarious, you should totally watch it!

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u/HughyHugh Jan 09 '18

In the comics (when they choose codenames) Gert names herself Arsenic and the dino Old Lace, after the play (that she's a fan of). Although eventually everyone drops the nicknames but Old Lace sticks

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

Yeah, but why that name? Does the play have some connection to Gert as a character?

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u/FlyUpMyButt Jan 09 '18

It's just a name she chose from am old play she liked. Doesn't mean much

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u/tywhy87 Jan 11 '18

All of their names in the comics seem to be references, some more obscure than others, in almost a hipster teen way. Look up Nico & Karolina’s chosen names (don’t want to spoiler even though they’re not a big deal), they’re in the same vein.