The Bad Batch: “Identity Crisis” and “Point of No Return” (Season 3, Episodes 10–11)

At first blush, these episodes are beautiful, but surface level. On closer inspection, they turn into a surprisingly moving—and compelling—statement on anti-fascist work.

This week, we talk through the work happening at the Mount Tantiss facility, the long fascist history of medical experimentation, and how community is the answer to oppression…until even community may not be enough. (That’s when action is required.)

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Who Are We?

00:02:29 Plot Overview

00:12:14 Dr. Emerie, Dr. Hemlock, and Nala Se

00:20:46 Medical Experimentation, Fascism, and the Rules of Community

00:44:26 Cad Bane and the Younglings Pipeline

00:48:38 Bae Watch

00:57:54 Closing Thoughts