Rui-Long Monico - Geneva // USA Conexion

Tell us what you don't like about yourself...

Damn this episode was short. Short but dense. Full of very controversial themes too such as whether or not animals have soul, the principle of trans-sexuality, the relationship between parents and children, or the reinsertion of violent criminals.

This episode is entitled Kiki, which is the name of a female gorilla. Guess what, some crazy scientist is asking the clinic to heal a scar the gorilla has on her face. The theory Behind that ridiculous demand lies the theory of natural selection. In brief, this gorilla won't be able to reproduce if her mate sees the scar because it would pass a bad trait to the future generation. Under Liz's pressure and without Sean's consent, Christian operates the gorilla but her mate ends up on killing her cuz he felt there was something wrong about her. 6th sense I guess. The story with the ape underlies the main theme of this episode: how we try to change our appearances to hide or forget the past but fail to change our inner-selves.

We are also introduced to an ex-Cuban gang member trying to get a fresh start in his life by surgically remove his tattoos. Quentin Costa, the clinic's new associate, snaps a the gangster and acts like a real asshole. So far, we have very few information about this new character but this sudden anger burst gives us some clues. Unfortunately for the poor Cuban dude nobody wants to hire him since he was convicted for violent crimes even though he changed his lifestyle and erased his tattoos.

The really interesting topic of this episode turns around Sean McNamara's son: Matt. In the second season, Matt had an affair with an older woman named Ava who, in fact, turned out to be a transsexual guy. We were left off when Ava takes off and her "son" stabs himself to death. Back to present, Matt goes to Ava's empty apartment and masturbates in her bedsheets then discover, in a disturbing scene, the decomposing body of Ava's son. While he gives his depositions to the cops, Sean tells him that Ava was a transsexual. Traumatized, Matt now questions his sexuality and try to prove himself that he is not gay. First he goes to a transsexuals bar, hook up with a she-male, follows him/her to its apartment and finally beat the shyt out of it when he discovers that the she-male was pre-op and has a dick. Then he decides to shave his long hair in an attempt to look less queer.

In a superb scene in the end rythmed by a beautiful score, we see that Cuban guy chased by his ex-gang brothers and Matt chased by the she-male and her friends seeking revenge.

Perfect example of how complex the characters are is the radical change into the depiction of Julia's mother. In previous episodes she was the definition of the materialistic emotionless bytch. Now she comes back as the cool grand-ma, smoking weed and having a good time with her daughter.

I also find it quite funny when Christian & Sean are operating a patient and talk shyt to each other with the slick music on the background. Talks about ethics, uh uh...