Western Energy

"I seem to have been stolen by that little cowboy friend of yours."

- Stolas, to Blitzo when he got kidnapped by Striker

Western Energy is the fourth episode of the second season of Helluva Boss and is the eleventh episode overall. It premiered on May 20th, 2023, on Vivziepop's YouTube channel.

Synopsis
Striker returns, things sure do happen!

Plot
the episode starts at a cafe where Stolas has a meeting with Stella and her brother Andrealphus regarding their divorce. after a back and forth of Stella and Stolas insulting each other, Andrealphus states Stella needed more compensation, adding Stolas technically cheated on her, while Stolas defends himself because Stella never cared about him during their arranged marriage. it's at that moment striker barges in causing Stolas to flee, but not before getting captured

later he calls Blitzo who was on his way to the Slothe ring to get Loona's five year shot. Stolas tells him about his current ordeal as he was currently tied up with blessed rope and couldn't do anything, and striker hangs up. Moxxie volunteers for him and Millie to rescue him, as they had a score to settle with him, to which a reluctant Blitzo

Blitzo and Loona arrive in the hospital where blitzo schedules Loona's appointment,but the lady on the counter is illiterate, and constantly calls Blitzo as spelled, much to his annoyance, while Loona his terrified of getting her shot

after a western style musical number, Striker takes Stolas to his lair where he is tied to a train track, noticing the cliche of it. he also questions the statue of striker which he made (with an erected penis) before striker starts stabbing him with a blessing tipped knife

meanwhile Moxxie and Millie arrive at the gas station where Millie asks the wherabouts of striker, while Moxxie tangles with a motorcycle gang because the leader points out his hat, which millie had given him earlier, was the same as his. when Millie gets the help they need, they head off, but not before the gang leader gets killed in the process

with Stella and Andrealphus, they relish how Stella had sent striker earlier, but andrealphus questions the situation, as he points out that if he dies, Octavia will have his throne as she was the current heir, and Stella would get nothing out of it, so reluctantly she agrees to tell Striker to call the kill off

at the moment Moxxie and Millie come to the rescue, as it frequently cuts to Blitzo trying to get Loona to hold still so the doctor could giver her her shot. ultimately it ends with Millie chopping the statue down on top of striker, but he gets away

later, they take a badly injured Stolas to the hospital as Blitzo and Loona walk out, with the latter wearing a doggie cone. a crowd of people trample over him as they get stolas inside, and after being told what happened, is surprised that Stolas could get hurt that easily. in his hospital room, Stolas gets a message from Blitzo to get well soon. when he texts back that he would be in the hospital for a while, and he could visit anytime, he gets no response. the episode ends with Stolas setting his phone on the counter, where all the petals from one of the hell roses have fallen off.

Characters

 * Employees of I.M.P
 * Blitzo
 * Loona
 * Moxxie
 * Millie
 * Goetia Royal Family
 * Stolas
 * Stella
 * Andrealphus (debut)
 * Octavia (mentioned)
 * Striker

Locations
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Objects
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Songs

 * Ballard of Striker
 * Whatcha Thinkin' About?

Trivia

 * This episode has scenes shown in animatics from the trailer for season two, to which some shots were completed and improved.
 * As of this episode, due to Norman Reedus' busy schedule, Striker is now voiced by Edward Bosco.
 * This episode features the guest music of Silva Hound and Andrew R. Butler whom both produced the pop song "Whatcha Thinkin' About?" and with the latter producing Striker's theme song "The Ballad of Striker". Silva Hound previously produced and written the song ADDICT based on the Hazbin Hotel pilot. Joel Perez and Blake Roman, who provided vocals for "The Ballad of Striker", would also become cast members on the Hazbin Hotel series.

Cultural References

 * When Blitzo was going to shoot a mother and her child, she fell to the ground in a position similar to the Family Guy death pose.
 * This is the third episode of the series where a character does that pose, with the former being "C.H.E.R.U.B" and "Seeing Stars".

Continuity

 * At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Stolas was trying to make things better with Blitzo from their night at Ozzie's.

Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.

Gallery

 * Western Energy/Gallery