Walker Roundup Season Four Episode Eleven: “Let’s Go, Lets Go”
The eleventh episode of the fourth season of Walker, “Let’s Go, Lets Go,” takes place mostly in Cordell’s mind in the form of a dream. (Please note that some places refer to the title as Let’s Go, Let’s Go.) It is amazingly done, portraying how even the craziest happenings seem understandable, though perhaps, disorienting, in a dream. Since it is in his mind, of course this episode is mostly about …
Cordell
This whole episode is a brilliant dive into Cordell’s mind – showing how he feels, his doubts – while also filtering the outside world into his dream world. All the while, part of his mind is trying to get him to wake up and save himself. He spends most of the day disoriented and feeling on the outside of the happy gathering which he thinks is for August’s graduation. The main people with whom he interacts are Emily and Hoyt because they’re dead, as he may soon be as well. This hits home as the graduation transforms into Cordell’s funeral, which was the real reason for the gathering all along. As was once famously said, “How many times am I going to get a chance to see my own funeral?” Even though this isn’t his actual funeral, it’s close.
The most devastating part of the whole funeral sequence is how he accepts, even welcomes, the idea of dying. He feels he has ruined everyone’s life, and the happy gathering he watches as an outsider is happy because he is gone. Hoyt gets to be a father and be with Geri; Geri gets to be a family with Hoyt.
Neither of Cordell’s parents nor his children need him; they’re used to his absence by now. It’s truly gutting how poorly he thinks of himself, even though somewhere deeper in his mind he registers their sorrow. Another part of him, that is sometimes represented by his mom, says “You know you don’t have to be here,” but that idea is more forcibly represented by…
Emily
It is interesting to think that Emily has actually only been in Walker twice. All other instances are either memories or Cordell envisioning her. “Let’s Go, Lets Go” was also the latter. She guides him with ease, knowing everything, able to easily do everything that confuses Cordell. At the end of his dreams, she also fully embodies the part of him that wishes to live. Despite his protest and assertions that it’s probably better if he dies, she keeps trying to get him to wake up, appealing to his desire to catch the Jackal, repeatedly saying, “Let’s go,” which morphs into “Let us go.” But she’s not the only one who begs someone, “Let’s go.” The phrase is also urgently spoken by a member of the …
Stetson Friends
From the same person who gave Cordell and Micki the nickname “Team Sassy Boots,” the Rangers have a new nickname. The only time “Let’s Go, Lets Go” deals with their real world is when Capt. James, Trey, Cassie, and Luna search for Cordell. Cassie is the one who first believes that the Jackal has Cordell. With their investigative prowess, they quickly track the vehicle the Jackal (or Jackals if that part of Cordell’s dream is correct) used to kidnap Cordell. Cassie is furious with Cordell for going off on his own, but she still looks for him. It did seem odd that two consummate professionals would break protocol and talk to each other on their phones when they had comms, but it is to make what happened later all the sadder, as Cassie once again doesn’t say, “I love you,” to Luna.
It is tragic how the moment they save Cordell, it seems Luna passes away in Cassie’s arms, after she tearfully begs, unknowingly echoing DreamEmily’s words, “Let’s go. Let’s get out of here.”
This is a brilliantly crafted episode. The small callbacks to previous seasons are enjoyable to search for. Characters that never got to interact finally hug on screen, which is amazing. The way the dream is portrayed, how it made no sense, but Cordell just went with it, is so relatable. The way sound, especially of blenders and birds, is used to connect the dream to reality is incredibly clever. It is an emotional hour, with amazing performances. It’s sad that there are only two episodes to look forward to.
4.8 stars out of 5.
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