That’s not a bad thing, as Gauis is a covenient character to have around in a lot of ways. Gaius (played by Lewis Tan) is getting more and more focus as the show winds itself down. Yes, it’s a brutal moment, but one that most of this show’s target audience was waiting for all episode. Tilda and Gaius sneak into his mother’s fortress, and Tilda kills her. Remember his more innocent days at the beginning of the series, back when Badlands was filmed in New Orleans? Yeah. It’s hard to believe that this is what he’s become. is a totally different character this year. In fact, she helps Sunny go on a sidequest to find Ankara and has a fateful showdown with M.K. In other news, this episodes officially marks the point where Nix (Ella-Rae Smith) finally hops off the fence and lands Sunny side up - er, on the side of good, I mean. (That’s not a Hellraiser reference, I swear.) But over here on Into the Badlands, she has more screentime, so Ankara is more fleshed out, so to speak. You might say that this character is reminiscent of Ohila, the High Priestess of the Sisterhood of Karn on Doctor Who. One major highlight of this hour is the re-introduction of Ankara the Mad Witch played by the fantastic Claire Higgins, one of those truly gifted actors who makes the most of every scene she’s in no matter what.
The plot flows much more naturally than it did even during the show’s sophomore year. So, yes, “The Boar and the Butterfly” is yet another very extensive info dump session.