Arcane - Blisters and Bedrock
"Blisters and Bedrock" underlines a truth about Arcane I've noticed more and more across its two seasons. When the focus remains largely on Jinx (Ella Purnell) and Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) I'm completely on-board. However, the further the series deviates from these two characters the less interested I've become. Thankfully, "Blisters and Bedrock" gives us the sisters reunited in search of their dead father who isn't actually dead and is now an unstoppable werewolf. Don't you hate it when that happens? The storyline is the focus of much of the episode, finishing in a proper (if bizarre) family reunion, leaving the less interesting plots and characters to fill in gaps here and there.
Emotionally-charged, the episode fills in what Vi has been up to in the months since we've last seen her. Jinx discovers her getting pummeled in underground fighting where her passion and anger has waned after far too many fights. Reunited, she follows Jinx on what she only half believes is truth, and for more likely one of Jinx's mad fantasies. However, deep underground, the truth will be revealed.
In terms of those other story threads, we get Ambessa (Ellen Thomas) recruiting Singed (Brett Tucker) to put his scientific know-how to work for her, we see the Black Rose playing with Mel (Toks Olagundoye) who awakes in a hallucinatory test of sorts revealing a connection she has with the Arcane symbols, and closing out the episode we see Jayce (Kevin Alejandro) murdering Salo (Josh Keaton) and rededicating himself to destroy Hextech. The Mel storyline is the best of these leftovers, although the show's refusal to reveal anything about the Black Rose leaves this thread nowhere to go except continuing to tease their power and motivations.
- Title: Arcane: League of Legends - Blisters and Bedrock
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