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The object? A child’s toy. Specifically, a broken music box that belonged to Princess Ilana’s father.

In the landscape of James Gunn’s burgeoning DCU, Creature Commandos has served as a chaotic, bloody, and surprisingly tender thesis statement. Episode 6, “The Merry Little Bathtub of Finnegan Oldfield,” is where that thesis crystallizes. Moving past the high-octane monster mayhem of previous episodes, this installment delivers a devastating character study that redefines the series’ central theme: Monstrosity is not what you are, but what grief does to you. creature commandos s01e06 msv

We learn that Flag Sr., after the death of his son (Rick Flag Jr., the ill-fated soldier from The Suicide Squad ), has taken to submerging himself in water to trigger the near-death sensation of drowning. It is a form of self-flagellation—a way to feel something other than the hollow numbness of loss. The episode draws a direct parallel between this ritual and the creation of a monster: just as Frankenstein’s creature was born in a bath of amniotic fluid and electricity, Flag Sr. attempts to rebirth himself in a tub of stagnant hotel water and cheap booze. But instead of a monster, he remains a man—which, the episode argues, is far more terrifying. A recurring motif in James Gunn’s work is the flawed, absent, or abusive father figure (from Ego in GotG Vol. 2 to Rick Flag Sr. here). Episode 6 reveals that Flag Sr.’s entire stoic, military-hardened persona is a performance built on the corpse of his parenting. The object

9.5/10 Essential viewing. A masterclass in using genre animation to explore clinical depression and paternal grief. Bring tissues. In the landscape of James Gunn’s burgeoning DCU,

The flashback to WWII-era Pokolistan is not just a mission briefing; it’s a haunting. We see a younger Flag Sr. receiving the news of his son’s death while in the field. His reaction is not tears or rage—it is a glacial shutdown. He doesn’t go home. He doesn’t bury his son. He buries the feeling instead. This decision is the episode’s tragic fulcrum. By refusing to grieve properly, Flag Sr. became a “creature commando” in the emotional sense—a weaponized human who functions perfectly in chaos but is utterly inert in the face of personal love.