Into The Badlands Recap: Monkey Leaps Through Mist

Season: 2 / Episode: 5 / AMC Maaaan, they layin’ Ryder’s ass in state like he Ned Stark and shit. I’m like Grandad from Boondocks talkin’ about Rosa Parks; they gonna lay Ryder’s ass in state, they ain’t gonna lay me in state. This some bullshit. Jade take the blood oath and become the new Baron. She smear that blood on Ryder’s hands and that gotta be the first time dude got his hands dirty. Better late than never, I suppose. The buddy cop adventures of Sunny and Bajie continue as they go to see the Commandant about smuggling them into The Badlands. Turns out, these the same cats that sold Sunny to the mines in the first place. Sounds like a great plan so far. Commandant lookin’ like the Fifth Beetle that got tossed before the fame and had to find his own selling metal. Sunny hands them the Silver Moon’s blade as currency for the Badlands and Commandant is like, aiight bet. You know, the way cats tell you to walk into a room before them so they can stab your ass in the back.

Quinn leading the League of Shadows through the woods and dude start seeing the Ghost of Not Ready for Prime Time Ryder Past. Quinn got that steel to the heart remorse already. Tilda apologizing to Ma Dukes for breaking protocol and ya know, coming to save her life. Widow like, nah, don’t apologize, you probably saved my life (something tells me she would’ve been aiight). Then Widow is like, it’s my own fault, I took some terrible fucking council and betray my instincts trying to be some bih I’m not. I a…