So often, the very nature of brothers sees them fighting, making up, fighting, making up, lather, rinse, repeat.
After the finale of last week's Kayfabe episode, the bond between Jack and Ace Spade seemed completely broken, with Jack going into business for himself and shooting on his brother, nearly snapping Ace's shoulder out of place and scuppering his purported move to the big leagues.
Dusty Finish's first half very much leans into this, with the brothers distant and with Jack forever ducking questions about his sibling. By the time that Jack and Crystal turn up at the karaoke bar to save Ace's drunken ass, it's believable that the elder Spade would stand up for his brother and the wrestling business' integrity in such a situation.
What doesn't work quite as well, though, is how Jack and Ace's broken bond is magically near-fixed after this incident. Like, the pair are both back on decent terms by the time Ace's hangover has worn off the next day. In doing so, it felt just a tad too rushed in how Heels took such a major step in repairing this fractured relationship here.
Is that relationship fully healed? No. Will it ever be? Probably. The point is, we got to this point in the rebuilding process a smidge too soon.
Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics.
As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.
