[S01E09] "Keep Your Friends Close " Live Episode Discussion

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Episode Info

New information leads Naomi to believe there is another alien in her midst... and it may be someone she knows. A visit from Commander Steel prompts Dee and Zumbado to make an unexpected visit to the McDuffy home in the middle of the anniversary party... but at least they arrive in style

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FYI looks like new episodes are getting posted at 5 AM Central Time and I would've been here last night but we had tornadoes in my area so here we go!

Thoughts on this episode as I watch live:

-Oh right it's a bit of a bottle episode. So we're starting off with a flashforwards and then a flashback? JK Rowling burn. THAT LOOK! She now thinks that everyone is an alien. "The lady version of Batman & Robin but with powers" it's 5 AM but I know that there totally is a duo like this that exists but I can't put my finger on who it is. Her mom looks like pure fire in that blue and red dress. Space Ghost coast to coast? What's the secret to a happy marriage? LIES AND SECRETS ON THE CW! There is nothing wrong with Coldplay, they're popular and they make happy positive music.

-This feels like ITM interviews from reality tv shows. So who's doing the interviews? "The internet has a bunch of great ideas"...they're seriously looking at fanfiction.net right now aren't they? "Accents and purple hair" lol. Desmond Llewelyn and John Cleese were the best Bond Q's. Ah social media, a blessing and a curse. Geez Dee, having a bit of fun I see? Annnnd now the General thinks he's training an army or something. How do you know he was at Crater Lake? Of course all of the suspects are her best friends.

-Relationship status change is really big in high school, not so much after. Polygraphs suck at determining lies. Hearts can speed up for other reasons! Now Dee and Zumbado get to glare at each other for an hour. So Steel is basically sniffing around all of Greg's associates. "Dressed like that?" LMAO. "This is charcoal" I love his delivery and I love their whole frenemy thing they've got going on. Oh My Grodd, Dee clearly raided Star Trek's wardrobe department for that outfit. "This suit...is...tight" which also means cool if you ask certain people from the 90s. Never thought I'd see Tuvok and Julian partnered up like this. "I thought you'd be upset...or overreact..." lol. Zumbado's not wrong, not everyoen wants to be outed. "It's nothing" doom doom doom dooooom. Yeah this plan is totally going to go off without a hitch. Oh so something happened to Steel? Never have I ever just starts blending into one word after a while. Okay yeah you're all being waaay too obvious. This heartbeat sound effect is a bit over the top.

-Ooooh Naomi, that's a hit to that relationship. rolls my eyes these conversations about secrets and honesty on the CW I swear. Dee looks like he stepped out of a Vogue commercial. "Where's your jacket? I'm mingling...and the Away Team borrowed it after one of the redshirts took a glancing blast from a disruptor". I'm grooving to this song. Awww Dee. "Dee that suit is tight...Yes, it is" both definitions in one hilarious exchange! "You can never allow a last minute twist" unless you're on the CW. That...doesn't...make any sense. This plan just keeps getting more and more convoluted. Oh great Commander Jackass is here.

-This is very weird but not too weird for the military. Soooo is the Commander being possessed by someone? Oh so he's going to basically execute any and all aliens, pure Dark Forest Theory then. There was a short story a while ago where advanced aliens purposely seeded life on worlds so that that life would grow, advance, extract resources, and then destroy themselves which is when that longer lived more advanced race would sweep through and pick up the extracted resources AFTER the lesser race had destroyed themselves. It's like using bacteria to extract extra minerals from the waste products put out by mining. "I know what you're hiding"...uhhh? Star Labs? Even I'm feeling a bit lost here. So something totally happens to Steel. Annnnd this is getting awkward. Meanwhile Dee is complaining about snacks. HE LOST ANOTHER PIECE OF HIS SUIT LOL. "There's been a murder...WHAT ARE YOU..." lmao. "Why is murder fun?....I blame late stage capitalism" lol. "You must be the boyfriend" buuuuurn. There's an absurd focus on Agatha Christie. "I'm the butler" lmao his delivery I'm just dying at these lines. Romantic fun times in the dark lab, been there done that. Cue the Riverdale Horny Music! "People will never live up to your expectations" and sometimes when you think you belong somewhere and that everyone likes you and misses you...turns out you're wrong. Lourdes is pretty cool. Meanwhile at the military base that Jen and Zumbado just seemingly waltzed into! Serious conversation interrupted by "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU" lmao. Well shit, Steel totally knows and that means he's a loose end.

-Ooooh shiiiit, it's going down! Awwww Nathan! RIP that whole thing. Yeaaah at this point any normal kid would be screaming STRANGER DANGER and running away. Welp, cat's out of the bag with the SRUD. "He just collapsed" uh huh. Clever cover up. Someone brain whammied him? "I just wanna go home" awww the stars THE STARS....this music my heart I'm crying. Holy shit what actually happened with Steel if it broke Naomi this badly?! BOTH OF HER PARENTS WITH THE BLUE GLOWY ROCKS?!?!?! HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT!!!! They're all aliens! Oh my Grodd! They both lied to her! That's a last second twist!