Red vs Blue: S17:E2 - Everwhen

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I’m a First member, but I’m going to be posting my reactions behind a cut to avoid spoiling anyone. So here are my thoughts on the second episode of the season!

• I am so excited for a Donut-centric season, you guys. So excited!
• Especially if we're getting to actually address Wash shooting Donut. Of course this would be one of his strongest memories. (Another one is probably having that grenade exploded on his head.) And I had remembered Simmons' distress, but this scene where Donut gets into a memory loop (hey, nice parallel to Wash watching Jax film the scene of him getting shot multiple times) and Simmons yelling in alarm and concern for him is a good moment of another Red actually showing their true feelings for Donut. They care about him!
• Donut hopping into a memory from season 15 also begs the question of where's Doc, Kai, and Carolina??? Where are they???
• Someone please do a parallel gif set of Donut being like "internal bleeding is no biggie" and Jake from B99 being like "blood's supposed to be on the inside!" because that's great.
• You know things are bad when even Tucker is tired of innuendos. And the idea that Donut never realized what he was saying a la Tobias Funke, is HILARIOUS to me. And Donut's just "oh my god, I can hear myself talk."
• Donut trying to be so careful with his words is great.
• Man.... If the show wanted me to ship Sarge/Washington, they succeeded. Like I already shipped Sarge one-sidedly pining after a certain PSA, but Wash is so supportive of him here, and Sarge's flustered little "Aw, shucks!" killed me.
• I am really hoping that this season will address the Wash shot Donut thing. Like I love Wash, but Donut definitely deserved an apology rather than Wash brushing it off as a joke.
• I am so proud of Simmons and his character growth over the seasons, but also I love mid-series petty Simmons who's furious that Donut is stealing his lines.
• I love that Grif is the one who's struggling with deja vu and halfway to believing Donut until Sarge convinces him otherwise. This stuff sounds familiar! Maybe because of his final conversation with Genkins? Also Grif pointing out that their entire goddamn life is so weird, why not believe Donut time-traveled from the future to talk to them?
• "If you're from the future, what am I thinking about right now?" "I don't know!" "oh my gosh, I don't know either!!!!" I love Caboose so much.
• Chrovos's speech rang true to me. How would you handle being locked up for eons, alone? Half-joking, half-serious, I think this whole problem could be solved by the Reds and Blues adopting Chrovos. Like, they adopted Carolina and Wash, Caboose adopted Freckles, why not befriend a lonely AI and convince Chrovos it'd be more fun to run around the universe.
• Donut's so smart, figuring out that Wash is a man outside of time. And I want this potential Wash and Donut awkward time-travel road trip.
• But also...where are Carolina, Kai, and Doc???