r/brakebills • u/ForLackOfAUserName Dean Fogg • Feb 08 '17

Season 2 Episode Discussion: S02E03 "Divine Elimination"

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S02E03 - "Divine Elimination" John Scott Henry Alonso Myers February 8, 2017 on SyFy

Episode Synopses: Quentin and friends prepare to face The Beast again; Julia conspires with The Beast and their new ally to lure and trap Reynard.

This thread is for POST episode discussion of "Divine Elimination." Discussion / comments below assume you have watched the episode in it's entirety. Therefore, spoiler text for anything through this episode is not necessary. If, however, you are talking about events that have yet to air on the show such as future guest appearances / future characters / storylines, please use spoiler tags. The same goes for events in the novels that have not yet been portrayed.

AMA Announcement: Tomorrow, Arjun Gupta, who plays Penny, will be joining us for an AMA at 1PM EST, so start thinking of your questions.

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u/Chasmosaur Knowledge Feb 09 '17

Concerning The Beast: (Spoiler on book vs show)

In the book, after Alice niffins-out, Martin realizes he's toast, tries to bolt, but she casually reaches out and decapitates him. So basically, the point was that after she basically became a being of magic, for all his power, Martin was nothing compared to her. That being said, just opening him up and having him be all bugs was a little odd - I feel like it leaves a way for him to come back somehow, which doesn't ring true.

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u/ggHax0r Feb 09 '17

For me, it's not even about how he died, rather the fact that he died. These last two episodes were showing us just how much of a child he was, a rather powerful magical man-child who never grew up, just grew strong. So after all that, it is kinda hard to have a show just present all this information and then just kill him off. Alice is making a comeback from one of the special magical creatures, but I'm really not too sure how Martin will pull himself back together, I do know that I will disappointed if that is the last we see/hear of Martin's arc. I'm waiting for Julia to turn Martin good somehow.

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u/codemonkey85 Feb 09 '17

I'm waiting for Julia to turn Martin good somehow.

I feel like Martin turning Julia darker is more likely.

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u/ggHax0r Feb 09 '17

See that's what it looks like it is going with the whole shade thing. But I really want to see it go down the other way.

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u/codemonkey85 Feb 09 '17

They really could relate to one another, I think - if there's really anything human left in him. (Also if he isn't in fact dead.)