'Deadly Class' episode 9 review: Truth comes to light and fan-favorite characters drown in darkness
'Deadly Class' episode 5 'Saudade' was hands down the best episode of the show until now. The penultimate episode titled 'Kids of the Black Hole' comes pretty close to stealing that title thanks to all the drama after Marcus (Benjamin Wadsworth) cheated on his girlfriend Maria (María Gabriela de Faría) with Saya (Lana Condor), and two major murders.
A lot actually happened in episode 9 and, despite keeping up with the show, it feels as though we ate something sour while relishing something sweet. Not that 'Deadly Class' is anything sweet. Set in the dystopian counterculture of 1980s San Francisco and revolving around a homeless guy and a group of assassins, the series is an acquired taste among millennials and those who are pop culture savvy.
Opening with a musical number sung by the villain Chester 'Fuckface' Wilson (Tom Stevens), it's intriguing to see the man who performs beastiality unapologetically sing a romantic song. Invasion of Shabnam's (Isaiah Lehtinen) home means party time for Chester and his really weird family with Chico's (Michel Duval) decapitated head still in the ice bucket and Shabnam's parents' caged like animals.
