The Heart Killers 1×05 Review: Episode 5

The cards are half-dealt in this episode. By that, I mean half of our couples know the full truth, while the other half are still partially in the dark.

As we saw at the end of last week’s episode, now that Style knows, he is being different around Fadel. It’s enough that Fadel notices; given how suspicious Fadel is by nature, and considering he even gives a speech later about never knowing someone completely regardless of relationship, I have to believe he knows that Style is lying to him about something. I waver about what it is he thinks Style is lying about, though.

On Style’s end, he is obviously conflicted about the situation he’s found himself in. He flat-out tells Kant that Fadel scares him, but he’s also weirdly attracted to him. And later he tells Fadel that he’s scared of him, but he also feels safe with him. Kant tells him not to get too deep into his feelings, which is totally unfair – especially from Kant. Style is the only person who got into this without knowing anything, and we saw in episode 3 that he was already starting to feel some sort of way about Fadel. It’s hard to turn that off.

I’ve also started noticing a cooling off between Kant and Bison, at least on Kant’s end. Their arcade date was adorable, and they were both smiley and affectionate. And despite the fact that he has this mission looming over him constantly, I think that sometimes Kant forgets that Bison is a hitman, because he’s just so cute.

So the reappearance of James, Kant’s “ex”, has Kant realizing just what it means to be pursuing a hitman romantically. (By the way, do we think Kant is lying about the nature of his relationship with James, or did James get too attached to a one-night stand?) He knows that Bison is impulsive and prone to violence, and he immediately thinks the worst when he finds out Bison went to see James. Not that I blame him, considering he couldn’t get a hold of James after.

But even after Bison admits that all he did was scare James – and that it had nothing to do with him being Kant’s ex, but because he’d been following them – Kant is still scared. This was likely in part due to the realization that Bison had a gun on him all during their date (and later pointed it at Kant and Babe). I’m sure the discovery he made in their secret room also had something to do with it; for the first time, he’s confronted with actual evidence that Bison and Fadel are, in fact, hitmen.

The scene in Kant’s room near the end of the episode is what seals it for me. Bison is acting normal – or as normal as it gets for him. Meanwhile, Kant seems somewhat removed, even numb. He still smiles at Bison, but it isn’t at all the same as it was even earlier in the episode. I think it didn’t occur to him, before, that Bison might actually kill him.

Someone on Tumblr made the point that Fadel will likely get over the betrayal faster than Bison because, as previously mentioned, Style was completely unaware of nefarious purposes when he came in. I agree with this; I also think that Style and Fadel are being more honest in their deception than either Kant or Bison.

Let me explain. Currently, everyone is lying to each other to some degree. Bison and Fadel are lying about the fact that they’re hitmen. (Or, well, they’re lying by omission. But as Picard says, that is still lying.) Kant and Style are lying about the fact that they know Bison and Fadel are hitmen. They are also lying about why they approached them in the first place – but whereas Kant was from the start aiming to get them arrested, Style thought he was helping a friend (and getting a car).

However, Kant and Bison are lying to each other about bigger things, as well. We saw in episode 3 that Kant is putting up with some stuff in the bedroom that clearly makes him uncomfortable. Bison keeps insisting that he’s super innocent and could never hurt a fly – all the while lowkey threatening anyone who crosses him. (To be fair, if he weren’t a hitman, this wouldn’t look so threatening. I can threaten people all day every day but if you’ve known me for more than three seconds you’ll know I’m full of it.)

Meanwhile, Fadel is, like, actively trying to discourage Style from dating him. He’s said multiple times that he’s dangerous to be with, and while he might not be telling the truth about why, he’s not trying to hide it. He comes out and says point blank that he’ll basically never trust anyone 100%. And when Style tells Fadel that he would like him no matter what he tells him, he’s absolutely serious, since learning that he was a hitman didn’t even turn him off in the slightest.

Going back to the James thing, I think this proves that, while Bison is impulsive, he’s also pretty methodical. I mentioned last week how observant Bison has been shown to be; he noticed the bruises on Babe right away, and determined that he was being bullied at school. He clocked James following them immediately. This makes complete sense, given his job. He has to be observant.

Everyone assumed he went off half-cocked after Kant’s ex. Even Fadel thought that, when Kant explained the situation. I’m honestly surprised that had nothing to do with it. And now I’m curious how long James has been following them, and why. Was it just because of Kant, or has Captain Christ just been recruiting from the dregs of society?

On a semi-related note, I’m more convinced than ever that Lilly, aka Mother, is the bad guy. The way she talked about Bison and Fadel’s parents being murdered, so she had to raise them… I’m starting to wonder if she had their parents killed for the sole purpose of raising them to be her soldiers, or if that was just an added bonus.

Which will come first, do you think: Fadel and Bison finding out the truth about Lilly, or them finding out the truth about Style and Kant?

Listen, OK, I need a happy ending. Shakespeare had three types of plays: comedy, tragedy, and historical. Tragedies always ended with a bunch of people dying. Comedies always ended with a bunch of people getting married. “The Taming of the Shrew” is a comedy. I expect to see some weddings when all this is over.

Author: Jamie Sugah

Jamie has a BA in English with a focus in creative writing from The Ohio State University. She self-published her first novel, The Perils of Long Hair on a Windy Day, which is available through Amazon. She is currently an archivist and lives in New York City with her demon ninja vampire cat. She covers television, books, movies, anime, and conventions in the NYC area.

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