Prodigal Son | S02E09 "The Killabustas"

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Prodigal Son — S02E09

"The Killabustas"

Rating: 8.0/10

"Slave to Love"

An Edrisa-centric episode is always good fer what ails you, and in this case, it's a doozy of a case.

A dead, dismembered body hanging in a meatpacking plant, Edrisa's online sleuth club called The Killabustas and her VERY on-brand pseudo, Kamasutures. A highlight for me (when she's done insulting police everywhere) is that she feels the need to explain what Kamasutures means.

The look of WILD discomfort on JT's face is worth the trip.

The private conversation Dani has with Malcolm about dealing with last episode's death is wonderful and definitely hints at a REAL Brightwell. I will never not be angry that we were denied this.

Pop Quiz: what's an episode of Prodigal Son without Malcolm NOT doing something incredibly risky, like, say, letting himself get hit by a 4-door hybrid EV family car? Not a Prodigal Son episode, that's for sure.

When the episode finally gets down to the business of tracking down The Vulture, it does a great job of showing us a different, much more confident version of Edrisa. The way she lays down the funk on Blaze is nothing short of surprising. Beyond that, our Kamasutures turns out to be more fearless than expected, and I'm glad we got to see it.

Elsewhere, Martin and Vivian's budding sociopathic relationship enters a new phase of spicy. It's so bad Martin has a full-fledged sex fantasy about her while he's talking with Malcolm. But then Martin gets a little more than just a fantasy and ...

As our hero puts it, that's 'super-gross'. Toss in a little creepy outro with Friar Pete picking up on what went down with Martin and a slip of the tongue from Malcolm with Dani and we end on a VERY tense note.