Editing The First Blow (section)

== 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 [[The Freeze|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]]''.