Into the Badlands Recap: Carry Tiger to Mountain

Season: 3 / Episode: 5, Carry Tiger to Mountain / AMC ***spoilers lurk in the forest below*** Puppets are Wierd There’s a storm a-brewing in the Badlands. We begin with Lydia and the Widow, who roll up on the Sanctuary and find Hot Bro, Gaius Chau, stowed away in the trunk of their car. Apparently, he and Minerva have known each other since childhood, when she was a house Cog for Papa Baron Chau. We get a peek into the Chau household, complete with a creepy puppet show and overbearing father who teaches his daughter that being Baron means acting like a dick. The Widow can’t forgive Gaius for his family sins and locks him up, for now. Nate Moon returns with his blade and tells the Widow that Sunny is out of the game. She warns him that if Sunny pops up in her peripheral, both Nate Dog and Super Soft Sunny are gonna get got. Okay Minerva. Elsewhere in the Badlands, Baron Chau is confronted by Pilgrim and Cressida. He drops at her feet the heads of the men she sent to attack the Azra Museum and asks for 1000 workers for a top secret project. Baron Chau doesn’t have much of a choice, so she decides to attack the refugee camp to beef up their numbers, but not before noticing Gaius’ noggin is missing. Season of the Witch Over the rivers and through the woods, Sunny, Bajie and, Baby Hank traipse through the hills looking for Ankara. She lives in a crashed jet plane, which has to be my favorite setting so far. After all the build up, Ankara doesn’t disappoint. Auntie is obsessed wit…