Title: "Now the sons of Eli were worthless men." From 1 Samuel 2:12. Eli was a high priest during the era of the Judges. His two sons did not perform the sacrifices properly, and had illicit sexual relations, so the Lord punished Eli by killing them. Uh-oh, Jesse and Kelvin are doomed.
Keefe's Mushroom Head: After their Friday night encounter with the blackmailers, Jesse has their van towed to Kelvin's garage, talks to Kelvin, then fetches Judy. Jesse is wearing the same clothes, but Kelvin has changed out of his Faith Factory t-shirt.
As they are talking, Keefe comes out of the house, wearing only a shirt and socks, eating cheese. "What's going on?" he asks.
Jesse: "Sickening!"; Judy: "Cool mushroom tip"; Kelvin: "That shirt's not as long as you think, Bud. Just go back inside." We see his dick peeking out from below his shirt, and then his butt as he turns around.
Structurally, this seems to be a joke on Keefe being drug-addled, combined with a view of his cock and butt that leads us to ask "are they or aren't they." But in- universe, it becomes much more significant.
First, notice that just a few episodes ago, Kelvin was terrified by the sight of Keefe's testicle. Now he is embarrassed but not alarmed. He is used to seeing Keefe naked.
Second, why is Keefe wearing only a shirt and socks? Was he in bed? No -- when you get dressed, you put on your pants first. Getting ready for bed? No, when you get undressed, you take off your shirt first.
"Go suck your Satanic boyfriend Keefe."
A likely scenario: After the Club Sinister rescue, the guys drop Dot off, then go home and change clothes. Some time later, Keefe decides to move forward with the relationship that Kelvin has been suggesting, Since he rejected a bj offer earlier, it makes sense that he would want to start with a bj. He takes his pants off, and his shoes have to come off, too. Kelvin is so overcome by passion that he doesn't have time to take his clothes off -- he just drops to his knees.
As they are getting busy, there's a knock on the door. Keefe waits for Kelvin to return, gets bored, goes to the kitchen, gets some cheese. Then he hears everyone talking and, assuming that his shirt is long enough to cover his dick, investigates.
It makes structural sense: Keefe looks for love in Episode 1.4, rejects the Satanists to follow Kelvin, and ends up in Kelvin's bed. If Kelvin's "celibacy promise" was real, tonight he broke it, thus making his later despair more realistic. And it would lead into the isolation tank rescue.
Saturday or Sunday: Rev. Seasons announces that his church is closing due to losing members to the Baby Billy's Locust Grove church. We cut to Eli, Baby Billy/Tiffany, and BJ/Judy playing golf. Wait -- shouldn't they be in church? Or is this Sunday afternoon?
"This isn't normal": Meanwhile, at Jesse and Amber's house, Gideon comes down to breakfast with a black eye. His parents are upset, but they don't make the connection to the car chase last night. So it's Saturday morning? Was the Rev. Season scene a flashback?
These timeline inconsistencies are annoying. Let's just think about Keefe's cock again.
More about Keefe's Cock: Kelvin's garage, several days later (queer code: there's a neon picture of a flexing bicep on the wall).
They are very rude: Since the van is gone, Scotty has to live in a tent. Why doesn't Gideon spring for a cheap hotel? Gideon tries to help him set it up, but he goes dark again: "I'm tired of this shit, and I'm tired of your fucking family! They are very rude people!" But at least he looks hot in a black vest with no shirt.
"The van in my uncle's garage," Gideon tells him. Completely ransacked, with all of Scotty's stuff taken. Scotty is irate: he needed that stuff!
Cut to Jesse and Kelvin informing the crew that they have the van. Inside they found a sleeping bag, tongs, a copy of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics (so Scotty is a Scientologist?), some potato chips, some beans, soiled Q-Tips, and yellow, crusty paper towels. Conclusion: the blackmailers are "fucking amateurs."
Suddenly all of them get a phone call from Scotty. He wants his van and his stuff back, or "I'm a fuck your life in the ass." I'm surprised no one riffed on that. "I'm a release the video."
Back at the campsite, Scotty and Gideon clasp hands.
Jesse doesn't think he has the video, and tells him to fuck off.
More after the break
Why Kenya, when it's a haven for refugees, not a source (it's the 13th largest asylum country in the world, with 650,000 refugees)? Maybe because Swahili is the most well-known African language (viewers might not recognize Hausa or Xhosa). Or because it's 60% Protestant, so joining the Salvation Center makes sense.
Jambo instead of Karibu: After a scene where Jesse tries to reconcile with Gideon (they admit that they "like" each other), we cut to the church. As the Kenyan refugees file onto the stage. Kelvin says "Jambo!" and tries to make small talk ("I like your outfit!"). Keefe hands each a white rose. Two takeaways here: Kelvin is pushing up the flamboyance, and he and Keefe are already inseparable.
Meanwhile, Eli yells at Baby Billy for stealing his daughter ("Just like you took Aimee-Leigh").
Spank that ass: Judy is in her dressing room, preparing to perform with Baby Billy at the satellite church. BJ offers her some tea to calm down, but instead she pulls down his pants and wants to spank his bare butt. He refuses, so she slaps his dick: "Let's see that snowy white dick! I need a release, dude!'
He refuses again, but he does gift her with a soda machine (a parallel to Kelvin's), and retreats to the car so she can masturbate.
This scene is parallel to the "mushroom head" scene earlier in the episode. Both partners become nude, BJ by design, Keefe by accident. Judy's response is aggressive, masculine-coded, while Kelvin's is passive, feminine-coded. Judy's attempt to make everything about sex, and Kelvin's attempt to ignore his erotic desires, create the conflicts with their partners that will lead to their breakup and reconciliations.
Scotty visits: Jesse's house, family game night. They are all playing Jenga, when the phone rings. It's Security Guard Brock, Cullen Moss, for Gideon: "A guy here says he's your buddy all the way from L.A: Scotty Steele." Funny, I never knew until now that he had a last name. He's all cleaned up, hair slicked back, wearing a suit and glasses, looking indescribably evil.
Gideon is shocked: he doesn't want the guy who threatened to kill his Dad in his house, but if he says no, Scotty will tell everyone about his involvement in the blackmail scheme. Will he, though? He would have to implicate himself! "Ok, send him in."
Scotty flirts with the security guard: "Hey, you're kinda ripped. You ever think about doing stunt work?"
I thought this review was a little light, so I included some photos of Kenyan guys
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