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Oh, is that the biker lady's' name? Yeah she just kinda like showed up for one scene and then vanished. Obvious setup sure, but kinda weird in terms of the narrative flow of the episode.

That's her. Brief scene, but a memorable one for sure.

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[CENTER]Episode 9

The plots are starting to converge too, with George now tailing Randy as a lead on Bima, with Randy in turn dragging Uncle into an investigation on what exactly went on with the missing parents.

Good to see Uncle actually helping with the investigation now. I like how Randy takes initiative on this, since Ray has to put his responsibility as Bima first and Rena's still out of the loop. Randy also knew his parents the longest compared to his little sister and adoptive brother, so it makes sense that he would have a strong motivation to solve the mystery.

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

And this raises an interesting moral dilemma: Is it okay for Bima to fight back against these regular people? Do the ends of defending Indonesia from Vudo justify the means of going through the very people Bima has sworn to protect? Unfortunately, this quandary is never actually addressed as outside of the initial beating from the townsfolk, such a scenario never happens again.

I think it's okay for Bima to defend himself from the manipulated civilians, as long as he doesn't use severe force against them. It's an escalation of Ray's feeling of inadequacy, as now he has to worry about saving people who are actively preventing him from saving them, out of fear that resistance will only make their situation worse. Fortunately, despite not really addressing the problem, the outcome is sufficient enough to restore some of Ray's confidence in his heroism. Especially since one of the people he helped last episode is Belinda, as those two are starting to get close.