“Very large sausages!”
This one, for once, is based on a tale collected by the Brothers Grimm:
a Norwegian tale called The Master Thief.
It is also an arc heavy episode, though, concerning three mysterious coins
which, One Ring style, give their wielder
enormous desire to possess them. It is interesting that the Captain, jealously
guarding the coins in his own possession, has a strange dream in which he
stands on a balcony in front of adoring crowds like a fascist dictator. Interestingly,
he goes on to make a speech which sounds suspiciously like the rhetoric of a
dictator. The icing on the cake comes at the end as we see footage of Hitler, his oratory seemingly boosted by
the three coins. Oh, and he’s a blutbad. If this is ever developed, it will be
EPIC!
That isn’t the only awesome thing that happens, arc-wise, in this
rather awesome episode. Nick comes across the former fiancé of his Aunt Marie as
a suspect in his investigations. Awkward or what? This mysterious individual
gives us a potted history of these coins, from Archaic Greece to the present
day. The coins certainly have power over both Hank and the Captain, who both
visibly tussle over possession at one point. The Captain retains possession of
the coins, which can’t be good. He even has a very serious sounding telephone
conversation about them. In French, no less.
The coins end up in Nick’s possession, and this, I assure you, is the first
time I’ve thought of him as being like the elderly Bilbo Baggins, except that he has three coins, not just ONE RING! I fear corruption may be
around the corner. Or not. Bring on the next episode. I have no idea what is
going on, but I’m enjoying the ride.
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