Rex Is Dead
Welcome back. I am still watching a show made for children. This one is called Rex is Dead. Must be nice.
Near the start of this episode Tori refers to Rex as Robbie, which seems to affirm that at some level everyone is cognizant of the lack of distinction between the two. There's some funny dialogue in this episode, but for the most part I hate the premise. There's some skit that Robbie's a part of and Rex gets destroyed so he (the puppet which is an actual puppet and in no way a living entity) goes to a human hospital. Tori works with Sinjin (The rapist). There might be important dialogue during this, but they constantly put an extra with a plaid fedora in the background and it causes me to disconnect for a bit.
The B-plot is Andre trying to act-cry. Cat helps him out by spraying him with pepper spray. Must be nice.
We're only 9 minutes into this god da
You know what, maybe I don't hate this episode. When Rex "dies" Tori and everyone promises to take him to a hospital for Robbie. Beck tells Cat "We're not actually taking him to a hospital" and in a brief moment of clarity Jade says "It's not good for a 16 year old guy to have to go through life with his hand shoved up a... that.". This is delivered like only she could say this because she's cold and ruthless, but she is literally the only person making a genuine effort to recover her friend from a life of schizophrenic delusion. She even asserts he would be sad for a bit but then get over it and become a normal person.
Woulden't it be great if the episode continued on this route and had the gang make the difficult choice to assist their friend as he transitions into a functioning adult after being ridiculed for years for having a co-dependency with a puppet?
It doesn't. They take the puppet to a hospital and at the last minute Tori pretends that Rex makes a sporadic recovery- much to the groups (and my) chagrin.
Cat has another B-plot where she is mistaken for being mentally handicapped.
fuck I hate that puppet
8/10
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