Summary: Bachelor parties, dead bodies, and Datak just can't get a break! This week we follow Nolan, Irisa, and Tommy across Defiance to solve a cold case before the Defiance event of the season: the marriage of Alak and Christie! Will the wedding go off without a hitch, or will the father of the groom ruin everything? Tune in to find out! Listen now: DRAMA IN DEFIANCE EPISODE 10 “The Bride Wore Black” Recap The body of a prominent businessman who disappeared nearly six years ago is discovered in the walls of Need/Want, prompting an investigation by Nolan and Tommy that exposes many secrets and causes unrest on the eve of Alak and Christie’s wedding. Thoughts and Observations This episode was modeled after the best Colombo episodes. You knew who the murderer was from the very beginning; it's more about how they'll get caught. A lot of Castithan traditions mentioned in this episode.. At the Castithan equivalent of a bachelor party, Alak is pressured to sleep with a porter which apparently is a legit practice. Casti men sure do treat the women like objects. The Telo is a Castithan wedding mask with a beautiful (if not a bit S&M) premise behind it. Castithan Scrolls were protected in a temple and never unattended, even in the face of death. Much isn't known about these scrolls but its obvious that they are some kind of holy relic. Murder Mystery - Hunter Bell Initial impressions (read: with Tommy) were good. They quickly soured. The further we got with the flashbacks, the more I hated Hunter. Kenya and Amanda Interesting.. Kenya sure seems to have the same aspirations as Stahma. She wanted to be the power behind the throne when Hunter ran Defiance. Why did both sisters lie to Nolan? You'd think Nolan has proven his trust in the girls by now. Poor Jerret. "Just like Elan Bandik." Noticed a lot of people thinking Nolan just singled out Datak with nothing to go on but a Casti blade. Datak and Rafe Heh. Seeing Datak with his hair down and wearing rags as a gutter rat criminal thug is deeply satisfying. Rafe chummy with Datak? Wonder what it was that drove them apart.. Was it something to do with WIFE? Wonder how Datak will exact revenge on Nolan. We all know, when Datak is humiliated, it usually results in someone dying. Nicki and Yewll Wow. This episode threw us for a loop! Nikki is an Indogene? She murdered Hunter Bell? And then BAM! Nikki is dead! Remind me to stay off of Yewll’s bad side. I loved that Doc Yewll used Nikki's words to justify killing her. "Its for the greater good." After all, Nicky devolved into a genocidal monster. A White Wedding The Telo is an heirloom and Casti tradition, but Christi doesn't want to wear it. Does Stahma truly love her "Heart Daughter" or is this more of stahma's manipulation? It's hard not to question everything Stahma does now. Rafe tells Datak that he's willied the mines to the Irathients, so there is no way in hell the Tarr family will ever get a piece of them after Rafe dies. "Their your mines Rafe. I don't care what you do with them." "The wedding is off!" Easily the best scene this episode. OK, second best.. Datak has been outsmarted and has lost the mines and there's no point in continuing with the wedding. Furious, he puts a stop to the wedding. Alak will never have to endure the hardships we did!” defending Alak, Stahma drops her mask for a brief spell and responds in kind to Datak. The way that Stahma effortlessly switched gears at one point, moving from aggression to passive admonition was beautifully executed. Alak stands up to Daddy, finally (in a loin cloth no less), then goes to tell Christie the wedding was off anyway.. Pshh. Teenagers. though Alak had an excellent argument when he said he was born on Earth and not wholly Casti because of it. Bringing a charge blade to a good ol' fashioned gun fight, Datak? You know better. I know swords are a gentleman's weapon,
