At the start of the episode, Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji) and Young Jun (Jason Tobin) ride in a carriage. They’re supposedly taking the body of a relative somewhere. The others in the wagon aren’t too fond of them. Ah Sahm and Jun are ridiculed all the way. Soon, they arrive in a small town and enter the tavern. Young Jun takes the coffin inside with them. The locals are not too happy with them. A cowboy enters and asks for a bed. He is offered a bed and a woman. He turns down Wankeia (Rachel Colwell) because she is Indian.

He gets rid of Sally’s current customer and takes over. After the intro, the cook delivers food to Ah Sahm and Young Jun. Ah Sahm strikes up a conversation with the man, Lu (C.S. Lee). Lu agrees to give them some rice wine. They speak about home. Young Jun is left out of the conversation because he was born in New York. He has never been to China. Sally gets finished. The cowboy returns and causes trouble. The priest gets involved and convinces the man to sit down for a drink. Ah Sahm isn’t forced to fight him just yet. Wankeia and Jun lock eyes.

Ah Sahm speaks with Lu in private. Lu admits he wishes he could throw the cowboy out. Young Jun and Wankeia go upstairs and sleep together. He tells Ah Sahm about it later. Despite not being able to speak with one another. Jun believes the relationship is perfect. The cowboy starts trouble once again. He ends up pulling a gun on Jun. Harlan French (Christiaan Schoombie) and his gang enter. French shoots the cowboy dead. The gang prepares to rob everyone. Jun refuses to give up the coffin. A fight ensues. French’s men are killed. He is forced to make a run for it.

Ah Sahm decides to search the coffin. He cuts open the body and discovers a sack of gold in the dead man’s stomach. Lu’s wife tells the group that French will return with his men and he will kill them all. After a little back and forth, everyone agrees to stay and fight. Young Jun admits he thought about leaving. If he had a brother, he would want to be there to fight alongside that brother. This is his reason for staying with Ah Sahm. Young Jun finds Wankeia trying to escape. He gives her a piece of gold. They exchange names and she leaves. French returns to find Ah Sahm sitting on the coffin.

The two men negotiate briefly. Then, gunfire breaks out. Wankeia returns just in time to save Young Jun. French traps them from behind. The priest finishes him off. In the morning, Lu and his wife thank Ah Sahm for saving their lives. Lu and his wife will be getting the rewards on Harlan. They’ll use that money to fix up the bar. Ah Sahm and Jun are given horses so they can get to Mooney Flat. Lu tells Ah Sahm that he hopes he can find something worth fighting for. Young Jun and Wankeia smile at one another. At the end of the episode, Ah Sahm and Jun ride off towards the sunset.

 

Warrior Review

Initially, I thought this episode was going to be a sidestep and a waste of time. In a way, it was. The start of the episode was a little slow. The cowboy who caused all of the trouble was a red herring. Still, it managed to pull things together in the end. We got to see some relationship building between Young Jun and Ah Sahm. It was cool that Lu encouraged Ah Sahm to find something worth fighting for. That is likely setting something up for future episodes.

The action scenes weren’t bad either. The episode scores a 7.5 out of 10. Catch up with past recaps of Warrior before you leave!