It's a win-win, right?Īn unspecified amount of time passes.
could Rock possibly be their new strategic planner? I figure if Rock skulks away at the next grenade thrown in their direction, Dutch could always push him in front of the line of fire. Computer skills, rock-hard muscles, experience with guns of all kinds. Rock even said that the surge of adrenaline came and went could he possibly pull that off again and again? Not that I believe Rock just had beginner's luck, but there have to be some standards for being a modern-day pirate. Is that all it takes to become a pirate mercenary-successfully taking down an enemy gunship and quitting your job after a burst of confidence? Well, taking out an enemy vehicle I can understand, but that was a one-time thing. I'm surprised Revy, Dutch, and Benny agree with this so quickly. Just like he always wanted.Īnd thus, Rock officially joins Black Lagoon. Now, he has a chance to be something bigger than a corporate drone. Methinks he wasn't actually this feeble weakling after all he was probably just repressing it until now. So it really doesn't matter.īalalaika is impressed with the size of Rock's balls, as it has to take some pretty big kahunas to go through the kind of character development Rock went through in just two episodes. Didn't Kageyama just disclose important nuclear bomb information to him last episode? With Rock out of the company, who's to say he won't leak that information? But here's the thing-if Black Lagoon didn't have ties to Hotel Moscow, Kageyama would have taken Rock out right then and there. Really? I wouldn't be so quick to let go of one of my most valuable employees. Rock, with his newfound confidence, decides that he doesn't want to be part of the corporate world anymore, and has found a much more suitable niche in Black Lagoon. Kageyama returns to his car so he can return to Japan, and tells Rock to get in. Balalaika tells Kageyama that they will discuss this later. in return for a favor, which is not revealed. Balalaika thanks them for risking their lives (in the most subtle way, of course), and then turns around to hand the disc off to Kageyama. The rush of adrenaline came and went.īlack Lagoon meets Balalaika on an island just outside of Thailand, and they hand over the disc. Through Rock's narration, his little badass moment has come to an end. Is that thing made out of chrome? Someone contact the Terminator-Dutch can give him a few pointers. Somehow, Dutch's head smashing through the windshield doesn't seem all that painful.įor Dutch to not even get so much as a scratch on that bald-ass head of his is amazing. But again, cartoon physics don't matter here.
Dutch's head breaks the windshield normal physics dictates that such an act should give him a concussion at the very least. In the air, Dutch fires two of his torpedoes. Now, I'm not one to debate the laws of physics in animation, but considering that this is supposed to be semi-realistic, it's safe to say that something like this just wouldn't happen-not without the entire Black Lagoon crew dead upon impact when landing back in the sea. This is some Grand Theft Auto shit right here. Black Lagoon uses the ship as a ramp, launching themselves into the air and at the helicopter. Naturally, the missiles aren't sentient, so they head right for the glowing orb of heat in the sky instead of the measly humans.īlack Lagoon heads back for the capsized ship for its "Grand Finale." The pilot mistakes this for hiding, and swoops in to take them out. In response, the helicopter launches to heat-seeking missiles at them.
They approach the helicopter, just close enough for Revy to get their attention by shooting at it. Rock goes out on the deck with a flare gun, Revy with an anti-tank rifle. I only screenshot this just to show you that Dutch actually has at least one eye.īlack Lagoon turns around. Do they expect the pilot to just fly down to them or.? But how are they going to be able to pull this off? This ain't the Magic School Bus. Rock speculates that the pilot of Extra Order's helicopter is a real head honcho who believes he's invincible, so he wouldn't be able to resist a good old-fashioned game of chicken. Honestly, where did this surge of confidence come from? It wasn't there when they were being shot at in the bar.Ĭould this be what people call a second puberty? (Boat-to-helicopter?) Dutch thinks that idea sucks more than Sleeping Beauty (see previous episode), but Rock's balls are too big for him to relinquish the idea now. Rock, for some reason, develops testicles and decides the best course of action would be to defeat Extra Order straight on. They have insufficient weapons, except for that big ass torpedo, which would likely blow them up before anyone else. Basically, Black Lagoon is nothing but one big sitting duck.