The Fort (Into the Badlands)

The Fort is the very first episode of Into the Badlands. It's the start of Season 1 and is the beginning of the series. It starts off with a brief summary of what to expect from the Badlands, and Sunny riding on his motorcycle to do an order from Quinn.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The episode starts off with a beautiful view, and that's not the first.
 * 2) The fight scenes are spectacular. They are shot at promising angles and it shows the impact of each hit.
 * 3) The viewers are introduced to Sunny, The Widow, Quinn, and M.K. for the first time. Their personalities are well shown through their interactions with others and their dialogue.
 * 4) The moving insects on the corpses is a good touch of realism.
 * 5) A few good quotes:
 * 6) *"I prefer The Cat in the Hat."
 * 7) *Quinn's first speech is very memorable.
 * 8) *"There is nothing outside the Badlands."
 * 9) There is well executed use of expectation subversion.
 * 10) The acting from each actor, except perhaps Aramis Knight, was very convincing and sold what their characters were.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Unfortunately, the pacing and writing is shoddy.
 * 2) Even though season 1 is only six episodes long, the world-building in this first episode falls a tad bit short; which is one of the many flaws about a short season. In a first season, one may expect more lore to be given about the setting; instead season 1 is only six episodes long and the first episode only gives information about The Fort.
 * 3) Sunny walks into Veil's place without knocking, which results in him being seen by a Cog. It'd make more sense if Sunny took more care to not be seen with Veil.
 * 4) Veil is a bland character and was introduced to be Sunny's lover, but it's not eleborated on how they met or why Veil loves him.