Her Brother's Keeper
Writer: Michael Reaves.
Summary
Tidbits
The title, "Her Brother's Keeper", is derived from the biblical story of Cain and Abel; Cain, after murdering Abel, is questioned by God as to the latter's whereabouts and indignantly protests, "I know not; Am I my brother's keeper?" (Genesis 4:9). Elisa's concern (if overzealous) for her brother's well-being, of course, contrasts with Cain's fratricide. The original title was to be "Brother's Keeper", which would have displayed more clearly the focus on sibling relationships in the story (including alongside Elisa and Derek, not only the trio and Jackal and Hyena, but even Goliath's lament over the deaths of his rookery brothers in the Wyvern Massacre).
The "gargoyle-copter" rebuilt by Lexington from the Pack's chopper was designed (like the motorcycle in "Temptation") as another potential toy for Kenner's Gargoyles line - however, Kenner rejected the idea altogether.
Brooklyn has clearly been acclimatizing himself all the more to the modern world, delivering such sci-fi-related quips as "Use the Force, Lex!" and "You and what Starfleet?"
Another hint of things to come is planted in this episode through the name of the Coyote Diamond; only two episodes later, an actual Coyote will enter the series with strong links to Jackal and Hyena (and the Pack in general), and to Xanatos. I seriously doubt this to be a coincidence.
Matt and Officer Morgan get cameos in the men's locker room scene.
Lexington displays his grudge towards the Pack from "The Thrill of the Hunt" again, showing himself to be more concerned with hunting down Jackal and Hyena than with resolving the Derek issue.
Xanatos's upstate retreat of Xanadu appears only in this episode. (The name was reportedly inspired by both the Xanadu of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's unfinished poem "Kublai Khan" and that of the movie "Citizen Kane".)
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