FLCL: Progressive Episode 4 “LoopQR” Recap

Season 1 / Episode 4, “LoopQR” / Cartoon Network Personality changes, team ups, betrayal, and Jesus Canti. There’s a lot to unpack in episode 4, “LoopQR”; but it is definitely worth getting a good look at the destination this wild and crazy journey is taking us to.

The episode opens with Hidomi not acting like her normal self. After the events from last episode, an emergency defense system kicks in on her headphones and gives her a completely different personality. She’s wacky and energetic — think old school Daffy Duck — and she bounces around all over the place, doing whatever she wants. Meanwhile, Haruko, and Jinyu decide to team up. Their goals are different, but turning Hidomi back to normal gets them both closer to their goals. Haruko wants to get the Pirate King, and Jinyu wants to keep her away. Can they work together long enough to accomplish their goals?

Elsewhere, Marco, one of the boys in Ide’s group, is developing some feelings for this new free-spirited Hidomi. He goes to his part-time job at the amusement park and is tasked to test out a new ride: a Viking ship. At the same park is Aiko — the girl Goro hired last episode to be his girlfriend, on another job where she gives her customer a bear statue. We then get one of the biggest surprises of the season so far by seeing Canti, the mechanized live-in servant from last season. Canti, however, is crucified on a cross and clearly dead; or a shell with no being in it any more (as Eye Patch says). We find out t…