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As soon as I saw this line, I knew this had to be the screenshot for this episode (@[email protected]):
Alas, no chocolate for me today since my whole face hurts after getting a root canal this afternoon. So, I will postpone this chocolate bar until next week's finale, whereupon I will consume two.
This episode sees a couple things happen:
...come to think of it, all of these are pretty Star Wars inspired so far. In any case, some thoughts...
I liked the Eden vs. Graufon fight visually, but the emotional weight just wasn't there (will be a theme this week). We never really got to see enough of the relationships that these guys are fighting for to really care that much. I felt similarly when Naomi and Rouge had their moment and Naomi shared her id with Rouge. I understand intellectually that it is supposed to be moving and show how much the bond that they share means to Naomi that she would do something illogical like that, but the scene lacked that kind of emotional heft. Similar to the Eden/Graufon fight, we just didn't get enough opportunities to see the two of them develop such a close friendship. If we got some slower-paced episodes where the two of them could bond more and we got to see Naomi and Rouge butting heads over what is logical vs. not, it would have gone a long way to making me care about this scene. Alas, the show feels like it has been cut down to 13 episodes, so we lost most of that in the process.
I don't know yet what role Cyan will play in all of this, so I will be interested to see how that plays out in the final episode. Junghardt makes a big deal out of the mask that he puts on her, so that will have something to do with it I guess. Before we get to the grand finale though, it seems like Rouge is going to be squaring off against Silvia once more. I wonder how sharing an id like Naomi is doing will impact Rouge's ability to fight. We will find out!