The first conclusion is that this episode is really absolute. What I have always loved is that although the protagonists are encountering different crises, they are more or less forced to face the hidden past and face their true selves at this moment.
In this episode, the focus of the story is on Jane, who has 64 personalities due to childhood tragedies, and enters "The Underground" where her personality exists. There are two things that impressed me the most in this episode:
The first is that before Cliff enters the scene of "The Well", Cliff, who appears as a "male", is turned away by his demonized personality "Black Annis", but after being attacked, Cliff thinks of him as a "man" What he did and the tragedies they caused. These tragedies made him a "no man" (specifically, a "Robot man"), but at this moment it is not the Cliff of the previous life failure, but It was this "no man" who lost his body and only his brain so eagerly to save the lost Jane, and it was precisely the identity of the "no man" that gave him the opportunity to save Jane (seeing BA using a blade hand to test Cliff's I really laughed when I was in the crotch), so Cliff, who recognized this point, finally bravely tore off the skin that represents the past, and sincerely admitted to accepting himself at this time-"Robot man". In fact, aside Cliff and Regardless of Jane's "father-daughter" relationship line, considering that Jane's split originated from childhood sexual assault, this rescue can never be performed by a man, so Cliff is the best candidate.
The second is that when the helpless Jane has to repeat the tragedy of the previous (many) masters, in order to protect the real master Kay Olivia from obedience to the obscenity of her childhood father, Cliff suddenly breaks in to protect her from being "father" The image is torn in half. In order to protect the real personality, the split personality can be regarded as part of the purpose of its existence, but the love for Cliff (It can be seen from the play that Jane really woke up after Cliff was torn apart) , But let Jane muster up the courage to face his childhood nightmare and the root of the tragedy-father, and yell at him: "You ruined everything! But I won't let you ruin him! I hate you, you nasty, disgusting man I'm not afraid of you! I'm not afraid of you! I'm not afraid!" A refreshing self-awakening! I can't help but applaud Jane. At this time, my father called out the sinful "spell" again, but it didn't work anymore, because Jane remembered the people in the world who would love her original appearance (not just Cliff here), she has it The care and recognition that I had longed for in the image of "father" also possessed his own power to resist this demon. All this hard-won, and all this makes people deeply moved.
In fact, there are many highlights of this show, but they were scattered everywhere before, and this episode is particularly focused on going deep into Jane's world. I have also been thinking, if "Doomsday Patrol" is not a "superhero drama", but just a somewhat magical period drama, will it attract more people's attention?
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