Review: Red vs Blue “Reacts”

A break in the group.

Spoilers Below:

Caboose and Tucker gear up to go save Church, but Carolina and Washington are skeptical. They note that Church calls himself Alpha, and wonder if it’s the original AI instead of Epsilon, but Tucker demands that they start going. Carolina argues that they need intelligence before they make any moves, and suggests that they go seek out the Freelancers for help. Tucker gets upset that the two of them are planning to start another Freelancer mission instead of helping Church, but Washington argues that they need some way to trace the signal, and that’s not something they can do on their own.

In the meantime, Andrews listens to Jax talk about plots so it looks like they’re discussing something as well. She’d rather the Reds and Blues come to them, instead of the other way around. She sends Jax off to see how the Reds are doing.

Sarge is giving a pep talk to the rest of the Reds and claims that the time has finally come to fight against the Whites. The Whites (mainly ex-freelancers like the Meta and Wyoming) are infringing on their territory, and Sarge says they have to prepare for battle or brace for the inevitable indie rock and smoothie shops. The rest of the team comments that this is beginning to border on the potentially offensive territory. Donut argues that he’s reddish-white, so Sarge says that he’s the perfect spy. When Sarge’s logic is pointed out, he says that it’s either this, or he admits he’s losing confidence in his place in the world, so war it is.

Andrews negotiates with Washington, saying that she will help them in exchange for interviews, access, and an exclusive. Tucker doesn’t buy it, and wonders how she can trace Church, and Andrews reveals that she has an AI helping her. Carolina gets suspicious, but Andrews refuses to say more about her AI, only that it doesn’t have its own intelligence. Washington is still uncomfortable with having a civilian around, but Andrews reassures him that she’s covered battlefields before, so she shouldn’t be a problem. As for Jax, he’ll find a way. Sarge and the rest of the Reds come charging in, demanding for Andrews to tell them where Griff is, but Griff is nowhere to be found. As the group reconvenes, Andrews takes it upon herself to go find Griff.

Griff has holed himself up in a cave, and Andrews tries to approach him. After a while, Griff says that he’s tired of action, and how reluctant he is to go along on another adventure. He wants to chill and is tired of dealing with Church’s messes. She attempts to appeal to his better side, but he’s having none of it.

Washington splits them into two groups: Carolina and Washington will check on the freelancers, and the rest of them with the press will go seek out church. As they all prepare to leave, Griff finally approaches them and announces that he’s quitting. He says that he’s not interested in going on another adventure, and since he’s not part of the military anymore, he’s staying behind. He never liked any of them, but since they have been with him for so long, they deserve to hear it from him in person. As the rest of the team is disheartened, Andrews and Jax wonder if they were responsible for this.

Both parties take off, as Griff watches them leave from the surface.

Synopsis:

Griff has always been vocal about his displeasure with their adventures, but this time he’s had enough. He just wants to enjoy some down time, and that can’t happen during another adventure. While he has enough tact to tell the team that he’s leaving face to face instead of just never appearing again, seeing one of the main cast leave is always disheartening.

At the same time, he’s right about one thing: Church is always directly or indirectly responsible for the happenings in the series. Without Church, Alpha, and Epsilon, the entire series would not have played out the way that it did. The Reds and Blues came together in a covert plot to hide Church, so the series wouldn’t have any grounds without Church. Church’s refusal to stay dead, in one form or another, keeps the series going, and it’s officially become too much for Griff.

While it’s doubtful that Griff won’t play any role at all this season, he’s likely to stay in the background for most of the season.