The First Blow

The First Blow is the third episode of the third season of Snowpiercer. It is the twenty-third episode of the series overall. The episode aired on TNT February 7, 2022 and then internationally on Netflix the next day.
== Synopsis ==
TNT's: It's a game of cat and mouse as both Layton and Wilford vie for the upper hand.
Netflix's: Layton and Wilford play a game of cat-and-mouse as the two trains try to outmaneuver each other. Layton asks a favor of Asha, the survivor he found.
== Intro ==
==Plot==
SPOILERS AHEAD
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==Cast==
===Main Characters===
*Daveed Diggs as Andre Layton
*Mickey Sumner as Bess Till
*Alison Wright as Ruth Wardell
*Lena Hall as Miss Audrey
*Iddo Goldberg as Bennett Knox
*Roberto Urbina as Javier De La Torre
*Steven Ogg as Pike
*Katie McGuinness as Josie Wellstead
*Sheila Vand as Zarah Ferami
*Mike O'Malley as Roche
*Annalise Basso as LJ Folger
*Sam Otto as John Osweiller
*Rowan Blanchard as Alexandra Cavill
*Chelsea Harris as Sykes
*Archie Panjabi as Asha
*Sean Bean as Joseph Wilford
===Guest Starring===
*Tom Lipinski as Kevin McMahon
*Karin Konoval as Doctor Pelton
*Elaine Ko as Anne Roche
===Co-Starring===
*Miranda Edwards as Lights
*RJ Fetherstonhaugh as Jackboot Clifford
*Ellie Harvie as The Notary
*Esther Ming Li as Carly Roche
*Emma Oliver as Winnie
*Kurt Ostlund as Strong Boy
*Kwasi Thomas as Z-Wreck
*Kristian Bruun as Stu Whiggins
*Bola Omodara as Jackboot Gibbs
== Quotes ==
== Trivia ==
*The title of the episode is a line in Joseph Wilford's opening dialogue.
*Strong Boy is shown speaking in a mixture of Mandarin and English, calling a Jackboot "hundan" which means bastard in Mandarin.
*The Pirate Train is forced to disconnect four cars due to Wilford damaging a wheel with a harpoon, threatening a derailment. This now reduces the train to 1,029 cars long.
*There is no sign of Martin Colvin since his and Miss Audrey's failed mutiny in The Tortoise and the Hare, leaving his fate unknown after he was struck over the head by Till.
*While contacting Wilford, Layton identifies the Pirate Train as Snowpiercer while calling Wilford's train Big Alice, the first time that Wilford's train has been called by either designation since the separation.
*Bennett tells Javi in Spanish "abre una cerveza, amigo" which translates to "open a beer, friend." This appears to be a signal to Javi who secretly opens an coldlock to let Layton in.
*Wilford surrenders and Layton takes back both trains which are reconnected. When the trains are reconnected, full power visibly returns for the first time in Season 3.
*The fact that a rail yard exists for trains the size of Snowpiercer and Big Alice, suggests that giant trains were an emerging industry, or industry, before the Freeze.
*Sam Roche and his family are rescued from the Drawers by Bess Till and Doctor Pelton. However, Anne has died. Her desiccated corpse suggests that Anne has been dead in the Drawers for some time before her death was discovered rather than it being a recent development.
*Strong Boy is tortured to death by Kevin McMahon whom LJ Folger kills in retaliation in order to be on the right side of history.
**Despite LJ being half of the serial killing team in Season 1, this is the first time that she is actually seen killing someone on-screen. Oz is visibly horrified by this act.
*Ruth Wardell reveals that the Horn of Africa has maybe the worst stretch of track in the entire network and that there was a war there when the climate changed.
*Sykes appears to have sided completely with Layton now, confining Miss Audrey to Third and barring her from the Nightcar, stating that Audrey chose the wrong side.
*Ruth is seen wearing casual clothes for the first time in the series (other then her date with Nolan Grey in The Universe Is Indifferent. In the past, she has always worn either her Hospitality teal or, more recently, warm winter clothing due to the low temperatures on the train.
*The public address system of both trains have been connected, presumably after Wilford took control.
*Locations that the Pirate Train tested include, Sulawesi, Gujarat, Managua, the Atacama. And each one of these let them down.
**Not mentioned is North Korea as seen in The Tortoise and the Hare.
==Body Count==
*Strong Boy (tortured to death by Kevin McMahon)
*Kevin McMahon (stabbed in the neck by LJ Folger)
*Anne Roche (died in the Drawers)
==Gallery==
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====Behind the Scenes====
== Videos ==
==See also==
==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Season 3 Episodes