He might not go over the edge, but hes not coming back the same.
Ethan and Hecate have barely started into the desert before shes begun tempting him to the dark side.
His reply: Forgiveness.
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Their sins, she argues, come from the same place.
Hers was the devil; his was the American army.
But in Ethans opinion, theyve got something else in common: They could have deserted.
Once the devil literally has his claws in you, do you still have free will?)
Ethan and his regiment attacked and killed a band of Apaches.
Hed bashed in the boys face with a rock.
(He says he wasnt worth the bullet.)
From there, he rode into the last Apache stronghold and begged Kaeteney to take his scalp.
Instead, Kaeteney forced Ethan to fight against his own army a task Ethan enjoyed a little too much.
As the tribe dwindled in numbers, the men turned cruel.
That would explain the rift.
But why did Kaeteney do it?
And why would someone capable of such cruelty dedicate himself to saving Ethan now?
Hes right about one thing: Ethans getting closer to the edge.
The commotion leaves everyone in the search party dead aside from Rusk and Marshall Ostow.
Sir Malcolm and Kaeteney escape on horseback.
This, says Ethan, is the story of how the world was made.
It does match up with Kaeteneys vision.
But even if shes right, theres a flaw in Hecates argument.
She asks Ethan who hed rather be the wolf who loves the night or the savior who ends it.
If the darkness is defeated regardless, why wouldnt he want to come out on the winning end?
The whole point of her seize the night philosophy is to make him short-sighted.
In any case, it works.
Im done trying to be good.
After so much build-up, their anticlimactic reunion is my favorite part of the episode.
Sir Malcolm just hands over his canteen as Ethan stares, less surprised than amused: What.
The f. Are you doing here?
Sir Malcolm backs down.
Asked what they should do with Kaeteney, Ethan echoes his commanding officer: Let him die slow.
He aint worth the bullet.
In a way, the two patriarchs arent that different.
Sir Malcolm just happens to be the one defending Ethan right now.
Hes on the right side, but he isnt innocent.
According to Talbot, no one is.
Heres where Marys tongue was cut out.
And heres where Talbot demands that his son either repent or die.
Talbot pulls a gun on Ethan, who isnt fazed.
Im done repenting, he says.
And I belong in hell.
Talbot cocks his weapon.
