S1EP05 “Havin’ a Ball
The episode introduces Pop and Cub. Pop pulls his pipe out of his mouth and winks at the camera. Hmmm curious. What could the man be winking at the audience for? Is this an invitation?
Cub waves his arms up and down with closed eyes like the silly little baby he is. Awwww!
The two play a game of play ball right next to a highway. Pop reluctantly retrieves the ball and seems to be hit as he comes back with a tire wheel in his arm and tracks on his face. He successfully gets the ball just before falling off a cliff to his doom. Cub has not only walked through the highway completely unharmed he also climbs down the cliff with a rope perfectly fine. Compared to child physical milestones, I would say Cub is 3 or 4 years old.
Clearly Pop cares a lot about his son and will go at great lengths for him. Cub seems to not very care for his dad, or realize his father’s death/pain. Lumpy appears at the end of the episode and fails to wheel himself out of the way.
A helicopter being featured in the episode is a huge impact as the helicopter was developed from the first successful rotary-wing aircraft, the Autogiro. This success was what led to the development of the helicopter especially for WW2. Combining that with the previous episode showing radio active waste you have to wonder what's happened in this world’s history.
Pop surviving getting hit by a car is a feat, though he has visually damage which gets points taken off.
