Episode 9

SHOW OFF HOW IN LOVE YOU ARE (MISSION: 9　ラブラブを見せつけよ) is the ninth episode of the SPY x FAMILY TV anime series.

Synopsis
In order to prove to Yuri that they are actually a married couple, Loid and Yor are supposed to kiss. Loid is willing to get this done immediately for the sake of Operation Strix, but Yor can't do this sober, so she ends up downing a bunch of wine and gets drunk. Yuri sees his sister this way, also gets drunk, and is unable to make rational decisions anymore...

Summary
Loid Forger leans into kiss a panicked Yor Forger which leads her to down the bottle of wine as she can't kiss him sober. Loid whispers that they don't have to do this, which leads Yuri Briar to ask why they're whispering and whether they're actually in love or not. Yor throws a fork at Yuri to shut him up, grazing his cheek, and pushes down Loid to kiss him. As Yuri watches, he flashes back to his past with Yor raising him and him wanting to marry her. Yuri decides to leap in to stop an embarrassed Yor, who tries to slap Loid. Loid dodges her slap and Yuri ends up being slapped. Yuri flies across the room before crashing and momentarily waking up Anya Forger before she returns to sleep. A bloody Yuri gets up with and misinterprets the slap as Yor being mad that he tried to stop them.

Yuri concedes defeat, telling Loid that his sister's lips are Loid's for now and an embarrassed Yor hits him again. Both siblings try to stand up, but are drunk and start swaying. Luckily, they are caught by Loid who holds them both up and tells them how much he admires how wonderful of siblings they are. Loid thanks Yuri for all the work he has done to protect his sister and assures him that he'll do everything he can to support her as well. Yuri recognizes Loid's good nature but he slaps Loid's hand away and says he's going home. Loid tells him that he's welcome to come visit anytime for Yor and also to meet their daughter Anya. Yuri declares that he will come back to prove that Loid tricked Yor into this marriage and warns Loid that if he makes Yor cry he will have him executed, but cuts off before saying the executed part. Yuri then rushes off as Yor wishes him a safe trip home.

As Loid and Yor clean up, Loid proceeds to search the apartment to make sure that Yuri didn't plant any listening devices, and finds nothing. Yor thanks Loid for tonight and how he was willing to accept Yuri as family. Loid comments how he envies them as someone who doesn't have any other friends or family to rely on apart from Anya, and even she isn't his actual daughter. Most of all though, he's just glad that Yuri didn't find out about their pretend marriage. Yor agrees and says that she wants to go to bed to which they remember the shared love bed they had set up for Yuri's visit, and say they'll sleep separately. Anya and Yor sleep, while Loid reads an issue of Spy Wars. He contemplates when the last time he felt envious of someone was before deciding to head to sleep. As Yuri heads home, he asks two scary-looking men which direction the station is in and they tell him to go to the hospital.

Anya wakes up and says good morning to their plant, thinking it's Loid, who tells her to wash her face to wake up. Yor greets her good morning and says that it was too bad she couldn't meet Yuri last night. Anya asks who that is before remembering that he's her uncle. She reads Loid's mind and finds out that Yuri is a member of the Secret Police. She questions what the Secret Police are and concludes that they're something exciting. She cries out to Loid asking why he didn't let her see Yuri who's surprised that it meant so much to her.

Loid on the other hand is relieved that he's gone so he can return to helping Anya study. They begin eating breakfast while Loid questions his safety, now knowing that Yor's brother is a member of the SSS. WISE found nothing suspicious about her, and she seems to not know about her brother working for the SSS, but he decides that he should still remain cautious. Anya, who was reading Loid's thoughts, chimes in to tell him what Yor is before pausing and saying she's a bad cook. Yor is shocked that Anya could tell that she made breakfast today and apologizes, saying she did her best.

As the family prepare to head out. Loid calls out to Yor and wonders if planting a bug on her is going too far. He decides it would be best so he can prove Yor's innocence. He pretends to wipe off some gunk on her neck while planting the bug on her. Yor thanks him but is flustered, thinking he was going to kiss her after what happened the previous night. She reflects about how she can't cook, how last night only went well due to Loid, and her performance as a proper wife. She determines that Loid must have been disappointed in her, which is why he seemed distant this morning. As Anya is about to get on the school bus, she looks back at her parents and tells them to get along. They tell her they're fine and Loid tells her to get along with her classmates. Loid thinks to himself about how intuitive children can be before telling Yor they should be off too.

At the SSS headquarters, the SSS Lieutenant asks about Yuri's injuries since he was going to visit his sister's new family last night. Yuri says he barely remembers it and the Lieutenant assumes Yuri got drunk and picked a fight with Loid. Yuri tells him that Loid doesn't deserve Yor and is asked if Loid is a bad person. Yuri says that Loid seemed nice but it could all be an act and he's secretly a spy that he needs to lock up. The Lieutenant questions if he has any proof and Yuri realizes that he should've planted bugs. He stops himself, thinking that if he heard his sister's voice in those situations, his heart wouldn't be able to bear it. He slams his head against his locker thinking about it, making the Lieutenant question if the wounds were self-inflicted. The Lieutenant tells Yuri that he needs to get over his sister so he can focus on his work and catching Western spies, Twilight especially. Yuri agrees, but if Loid makes his sister cry it'll be a different story.

At Berlint City Hall, Yor is typing at her desk while holding back tears. Camilla questions what's with her and Millie tells her that Yor has been telling herself she's a failure of a wife the whole day. Sharon comes into the office and and learns that Yor wants to know how to be a good wife. She asks if they're not getting along and Yor explains that she is unsure of how to act since this is her first relationship. On top of the city hall roof, Loid is listening in on her conversation and confirms that Yor has never been with a man before. Yor worries if their relationship can go on since she can't even cook and Loid realizes that Anya's comment must have cut deep. Loid sees that Yor is trying to seem more wifely for the sake of their pretend family, but suspects that it could also be her trying to deceive him. Camilla says that it must be rough having a husband who is better than her, and Millie tells Yor that she should just break up with him, Yor responding that she can't. Hearing this, Loid thinks about the toxicity of Yor's relationship with her coworkers. Section Chief Barnes interrupts their discussion and tells them to get back to work, then asks if Yor can run a letter down to the post office for him. Loid considers that he won't figure out if Yor is suspicious without taking matters into his own hands.

Yor drops off the letter at the post office and on her way out, notices a sign about married couple bank accounts and thinks about how her and Loid have separate bank accounts. She wonders if the money she earns as an assassin could make her useful to Loid but also realizes it might end up being suspicious and that he probably doesn't need financial support. As she is thinking about this, she gets stopped by Loid and Franky disguised as secret police officers, who tell her they have some questions for her and take her to an empty alleyway. A bit earlier, Loid is getting Franky to help him with questioning Yor. Franky asks why he is being made to do this and Loid tells him to shut up and follow his lead. Loid tells her that in their mail inspection they noticed that the letter she just posted had a coded message to the West. They ask her if the "Barnes" on the letter is her superior which she confirms. When she tells them her name is Yor Forger, Franky laughs and tells her that her name is written as a collaborator in the letter.

Loid says that she's part of the conspiracy and Yor denies this, saying that there must be a mistake. Loid and Franky then tell her about someone they caught in the finance department who was tortured so intense he killed himself in his cell. Franky tells her that there was also a woman around her age who was the secretary of a parliament member who was caught last month. Loid adds that she had an SSS family member so they let her go. Franky replies that it's a perk of the job to make those doubts disappear. Loid tells her that they'll need to take her back to the station, thinking to himself that if she knows Yuri is in the SSS all she needs to do is say his name to resolve this. She has no reason to hide his identity from his coworkers and it will only further their suspicions if she resists.

Yor tells them that she works hard for her country every day and would never participate in espionage. Franky tells her not to play dumb and to come quietly as he lunges at her but gets interrupted by Yor throwing him to the ground, who reminds him that she's a married woman and asks not to be touched. Loid tells her there are consequences for resisting that may affect her family. Yor tells them that her husband and brother are respectable men and if they are going to harm them she'll show them no mercy, getting ready to fight.

Seeing that she is telling the truth, Loid asks Franky, whom he calls "Second Lieutenant Mop" if he's sure he deciphered the code correctly. Franky then says it was coded in the "Caterpillar Cipher" and not the "Raccoon Cipher". They tell her it appears to be a letter from Mr. Barnes to a hemorrhoid treatment specialist and had it encoded because of the subject matter. They apologize for the misunderstanding and tell her she's free to go but ask her to keep the contents of the letter a secret. As Yor leaves, Franky says they confirmed that she's not connected to the secret police while Loid removes his mask. Franky asks if Loid is feeling guilty and Loid denies it. Franky tells him to keep his emotions out of this and to never trust anyone if he values his life. Loid rips off Franky's disguise, irritated at being lectured by Franky with that disguised face. Franky complains since he was hoping to get some girls with that face. Loid tells him that getting women through deception is wrong and Franky retorts at the obvious contradiction.

Yor walks back home concerned about the events of today. She then runs into Loid who asks her if she wants to walk home together. He again pretends to get some gunk off her collar as he removes the bug. Yor apologizes for being a failure as a wife who's not even able to keep her clothes clean. Loid tries to comfort her by telling her that there's no correct way for a wife to act. Trying to live up to an ideal is admirable but they can constrict you from being who you are and utilizing your true strengths. He tells her that many of his patients struggle with that problem because having to perform all the time is exhausting. He tells her he just wants her to be who she is and how it would make Anya happy to see her smile. Yor thanks him for saying that and tells him she's glad she married him. Loid thinks back to Franky's comment about doubting her before crushing and throwing away the bug. He then tells her they didn't do anything to celebrate their fake one-year anniversary and should get some cake to which she agrees. Anya returns home and is welcomed by Yor. Anya reads her parents' minds and is happy to see them getting along and Loid says that they were never fighting. They tell her they have cake and she begs for some to which they tell her to stop jumping around so she doesn't bother the neighbors downstairs.

Anime Notes

 * Continuing from last episode's change, the secret police card that Twilight shows Yor under disguise does not have the initials of the State Security Service on it, only the emblem.