Dutch, D'Avin, Jonny and the rest of the Killjoys crew have discovered that the real enemy behind the alien menace of the Hullen is "The Lady", a mysterious and malevolent entity that exists in the psychic(?) stasis realm of "The Green", and who seeks a way to (re-)enter our world through the minds and memories of humanity. If she ever succeeds, it would mean Bad Things.
This fourth batch of Killjoys episodes reminds me a lot of season 2. Like that season, a major theme here is that your enemies might not be who you think they are, and that the obvious "bad guys" might have good reasons for their apparent malevolence.
That's a potentially interesting arc to explore, but as with season 2, I don't think it really works. These ten episodes have to justify a pretty huge shift in not one but two enemies into allies, and for my tastes it has pretty limited success in doing so. These characters have shown active pleasure in their own 'wickedness' before now, and their journey to the side of the angels is pretty much justified solely by the old rubric 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'.
Also like season 2, I think this series suffers from trying to do too much, too fast. The show covers a lot of ground here, in addition to the shifting alliances there is a new arachnid menace, a cross-species pregnancy which leads to a baby that rapidly develops into a 'vital to the plot' teenager, and all sorts of other shenanigans. For my tastes, even as individuals elements and episodes can be quite enjoyable, it doesn't really gel as a whole.
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