watch into the badlands season 3 episode 6

Pilgrim is so much more sympathetic and manipulative and likeable than that neckbeareded villain ever was. He’s no better than Quinn - and even though I’m Pilgrim fan, I’d argue that he’s worse. He promises freedom from the Barons, sure, but he himself is a Baron at heart. Or, rather, her purpose was fulfilled here, by dying in the opening minutes of “Requiem for the Fallen”, right before the series finale, proving her character was but a means to the end for Badlands‘ final story arc.ĭespite how much Pilgrim appeals to us (thanks to Babou Ceesay’s fantastic performance which more than deserves an award of some kind), we need to recognize him as the terrible threat to the Badlands that he really is. We wanted Nix’s redemption arc to be a reflection of The Widow’s because we we’ve been finding a newfound hope and courage in the strong female characters that Into the Badlands has only begun to wield wisely.īut just like that blank look in her eyes suggested during so many of the scenes she was shoehorned into as an afterthought, Nix was pretty much just a glorified plot device in the end, a connective tissue, and she had served her purpose. We were supposed to believe in the redemption of a dark-eyed one, even if we knew deep down it wasn’t going to turn out well for her. The writers went out of their way to make sure that we cared. But we were meant to care about Nix past a casual interest in a side character.

Turns out she was a sacrificial lamb like her brother Castor, who also met his untimely end at the sanctimonious, blood encrusted hands of Pilgrim. Except in Nix’s case, we weren’t quite sure what the function was until she started actively working for the side of good with Sunny and Bajie. You could tell from the start that she was introduced to serve a function, much like Sunny’s sister Kannin. But why? As characters go, Nix (Ella-Rae Smith) wasn’t exactly the most well-developed ever. The impact of Nix’s death feels ten times worse than that of Lydia’s downfall at the hands of Cressida in “Curse of the Red Rain”. Afterwards, he casually tosses it down a set of stairs, and walks away without even flinching. After a brief showdown, Pilgrim brutally murders Nix by ripping her head off with his bare hands. How bad? Let’s just say the opening teaser for “Requiem for the Fallen” made me actually despise his character for once, something that probably needed to happenb before the big battle with the Badlands Avengers happens next episode. One thing is shockingly clear after watching this episode of Into the Badlands: Pilgrim is a Big Bad with two capital Bs.

Watch into the badlands season 3 episode 6