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7/10
Radical solution
unbrokenmetal29 March 2014
Kali is summoned to a tribal summit, but when she arrives, she finds some visitors were attacked by masked enemies. A holy place, a cube-shaped rock, which was always shared by 4 tribes, is now claimed by one tribe exclusively, since they think they are most powerful warriors, so the symbol of power should belong to them. The country's ruler N'Gama traditionally keeps out of tribal affairs ('these things happen, best let them work it out'), so the rangers and the army will not respond to requests for help. Kali prefers a solution without violence, anyway, and rejects the offer of one of the other tribes to join in battle. Sheena thinks about a radical solution meanwhile that nobody approves...

Rarely has the show, entirely filmed in Florida, felt so much like Africa, because the natives are in the spotlight this time. It's down to earth, and it's sensitive, for example in one scene when Sheena approaches Kali to ask a question, but when Kali turns around, Sheena sees she was crying, and Sheena remains silent.
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5/10
It was OK
skinnybert7 November 2020
Man, does this episode try hard -- I gotta applaud that; they found a plot unique to the landscape, and reflective of the people ... but then delivered it in trite, simplistic strokes. Maybe it's the uninspiring dialog written for most of the African roles? As always, Jim Coleman is a delight, and the plotting does try to get at the complications of power. I just wish they did it in a way that felt like the writer actually understood it. In any case, an episode with a visually unique location.
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