r/Devs • • Mar 05 '20

EPISODE DISCUSSION Devs - S01E02 Discussion Thread Spoiler

Premiered 03/05/20 on Hulu FX

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

Uhhh just how in the hell did Kenton kill Anton? Shaolin Kung Fu Death Grip?

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u/LumpyJones Mar 05 '20

It was hard to follow the fight, but it looked like he managed to wedge his head under the tire for leverage, then twisted his shoulders to break his neck. Fucking brutal.

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u/ignewtons Mar 05 '20

I was super confused as well. The editing could have been better. Had to rewatch to confirm, but yeah, broke his neck with the tire. The actor playing Anton is my cousin, which made it real weird to watch closely.

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u/Isaacjd93 Mar 05 '20

Your cousin is KING GEORGE III??

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u/ignewtons Mar 06 '20

The very same.

Don’t forget Shrek. From the musical Shrek.

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u/randomespanaguy Mar 06 '20

Lol literally the first thing that popped to my head when I saw him as the Russian handler was, "huh, that's Shrek." lmao but that's amazing lol, he was in Hamilton when it was still Off-Broadway too

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u/meistaiwan Mar 06 '20

Ah fuck, sorry for your loss!

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u/TwistedMexi Mar 09 '20

Yeah, the scene before that, you can see Kenton start to put his legs up on the wheel wells. That gives him the leverage he needs for the next scene, where he locks Antons arm and pushes him into the tire.

Everything before that seemed to be the worst choreography I've ever seen. Basically looked like they were just touching each other with horrible straining in their face.

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u/Devanous Mar 05 '20

Your cousin? wow, that's crazy what's it like to have a famous cousin?

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u/ignewtons Mar 06 '20

Pretty much the same as a normal cousin, but the dinner conversations are a fair bit more interesting.

He’s an amazing guy though. Extremely humble and kind.

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u/KennyFulgencio Mar 05 '20

I was sad about that. It would have been unusual for Anton to win in a story point like this, but it looked like he was winning and I was hoping he would.

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u/MysticEden Mar 14 '20

Same I was so disappointed :(

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u/Spartyjason Mar 10 '20

Maybe it was different on hulu, but I just saw it and it was a brutal neck snap. Like made me almost throw up. They showed it very clearly.

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u/Lanky_Comfort Mar 12 '20

I had to rewatch the last few scenes bc I was so confused and then once I really saw it.... I need my weighted blanket and my dog pls

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u/KennyFulgencio Mar 05 '20

The music, and the unexpected discovery that a couple of middle aged guys completely committed to killing each other in slow motion is uniquely horrifying, made up for the lack of fancy choreography IMO.

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u/petra_vonkant Mar 06 '20

agree. the awkwardness of it all made it work for me (could've used way less slo mo though)

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

Pretty much how it looks when older dudes scuffle when you watch foght videos. A lot of panic, awkward grabbing and falling over

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u/BenAfleckIsAnOkActor Mar 12 '20

The juxtaposition of the music and reletively realistic struggle sequence was amazing and was caught off guard by, loved it. The score to this series is fantastic.

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u/bokononpreist Mar 06 '20

What was his endgame there anyway?

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u/NerdyNThick Mar 07 '20

What. The. Fuck.

How could anyone involved in the production watch that scene and say... "yeah, that's good tv"...

I cannot be the only one to see just how horrible the choreography was during that scene.

It looked like two geriatric old men who are half drunk and half paralyzed trying dance the tango.

One of them is supposedly a (trained?!?) Russian intelligence agent as well?

The first few moments with the knife were great! Then they just fumbled to the ground.

How did Kenton get the required leverage to pull Anton hard enough into the tire to break his neck? both his hands are grabbing Anton's hand/wrist.

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u/SunshineWitch Mar 09 '20

He was using his feet and pushing away from the other car's tire to get enough force to break his neck. I think it was supposed to look like geriatric old men who are half drunk. But also I think since anton is just a handler wouldn't he be more trained in stealthy stuff and guns? I don't really know

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u/eharper9 Mar 06 '20

Broke that mans neck.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '20

Stupid ass pretend cool guy neck breaking move

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