Stick – Season 1 Episode 4 Recap & Review

Zero Sum Game
Episode 4 of Stick begins with Pryce trying (and failing) to get through to Santi. Of course, he's off with Zero celebrating his big win. Its been 3 hours and he's missed dinner, much to Pryce's annoyance.
Eventually he does rock up but Santi makes a point to ignore Pryce the whole time. Santi also introduces Zero to them before they decide to hit the pool together. Pryce wants to hang but Santi is having none of it.
Pryce is not about to give up though, and in the morning he tries to get on the same page with Santi. His analogy to them being in a marriage doesn't work, nor does the breakfast sandwich. Will he ever get through to the kid?
Well, Santi is off to the quarry with Zero and her friends. When Elena finds out, she believes they should all go and get him back. Santi needs to learn to stick to his commitments and Zero is obviously not a great influence.
When they arrive at the quarry, they're forced into buying a floaty but only one can go ahead. That one person being Pryce of course. He goes on ahead and tries to convince Santi to get to work, while Zero rattles on about late-stage capitalism and living in the moment.
Pryce eventually apologizes and explains his actions to the kid, but Santi bites back and tells him that nobody is going to tell him how to play. He didn't like the way Pryce was coaching him, and it reminded him of the past. This time, he's going to play his way and is confident he'll win the whole time.
Back in the RV, Mitt speaks to Elena and talks to her about Pryce's past. He tells her about Pryce's son, Jett, who was 4 when he died of cancer. Elena is shocked when she finds out, especially given her comment to him the previous night about 'not understanding children'.
Lashing out on the golf course appears to be linked to Clark, the sleazy Ready Safe Insurance salesman we saw briefly on an advert earlier in the episode. He's also a golfer and it appears he may have said something to Pryce on the course, hence why he snapped.
That night, Pryce decides to try and use Zero to get through to Santi. Her annoying anti-authority stance happens to be the only thing Santi is listening to. Pryce decides she could help on the golf course, and even offers up 10k for her services.
Eventually she agrees, but Mitt is not happy.
The Episode Review
Stick returns this week with an episode that holds off on the golf and moves in on the feelings instead. The bond between Zero and Santi looks set to derail everything though, especially her anti-authority, anti-capitalist stance that's starting to influence Santi.
Although to be honest, it's quite funny that by the end of the episode she completely flips on her ideals when she gets the chance to win some money. It shows how flippant her beliefs actually are and hopefully we dive a bit deeper into her past as well to explain her motivations.
Beyond that though, there's not much else to write home about here. The drama and characters are fine but the series is stretching its premise thin, with – as I said last week – a story that feels designed for a feature movie but stretched out across 10 weeks.
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