While this is by no means a bad episode, it is a bit disappointing.
The main disappointment is at the start of the episode when we meet the batch on Pabu. I was really looking forward to seeing the interaction between Crosshair and Hunter and Wrecker after he agreed to let omega give herself up. You'd think that they would at least show crosshair arriving, saying where's omega and then having some brief argument with Crosshair. This could have been a core part of the episode and link back to trust issues between crosshair and hunter. To not even discuss it after a 5 second mention was frankly annoying. I understand them not wanting to spend the whole episode on it but they should have included more friction between crosshair and hunter and had crosshair doubt his ability. Eg 'I had one job and I couldn't do it' - something like that.
Anyway, the rest of the episode was alright. It was another bad batch mission episode sprinkled with some tantiss omega stuff. The mission itself, while predictable, was fun and some good action and was relevant to the plot. Bringing back rampart was a nice idea. The Tantiss stuff was a little underwhelming but I assume we'll get more of that next episode.
With only a few episodes left, this episode felt a little bit meaningless and we could have spent more time on tantiss or maybe released next episode with this. Or maybe 50:50 between the mission and omega stuff rather than a couple scenes at the start and end. Just an idea.
In all, I think this episode missed opportunities to develop characters alongside action which this season has generally done well. I'm sure the finale 3 episodes will be better and should answer the questions they've been setting up this whole show. I'm still excited for a big conclusion to this show..
The main disappointment is at the start of the episode when we meet the batch on Pabu. I was really looking forward to seeing the interaction between Crosshair and Hunter and Wrecker after he agreed to let omega give herself up. You'd think that they would at least show crosshair arriving, saying where's omega and then having some brief argument with Crosshair. This could have been a core part of the episode and link back to trust issues between crosshair and hunter. To not even discuss it after a 5 second mention was frankly annoying. I understand them not wanting to spend the whole episode on it but they should have included more friction between crosshair and hunter and had crosshair doubt his ability. Eg 'I had one job and I couldn't do it' - something like that.
Anyway, the rest of the episode was alright. It was another bad batch mission episode sprinkled with some tantiss omega stuff. The mission itself, while predictable, was fun and some good action and was relevant to the plot. Bringing back rampart was a nice idea. The Tantiss stuff was a little underwhelming but I assume we'll get more of that next episode.
With only a few episodes left, this episode felt a little bit meaningless and we could have spent more time on tantiss or maybe released next episode with this. Or maybe 50:50 between the mission and omega stuff rather than a couple scenes at the start and end. Just an idea.
In all, I think this episode missed opportunities to develop characters alongside action which this season has generally done well. I'm sure the finale 3 episodes will be better and should answer the questions they've been setting up this whole show. I'm still excited for a big conclusion to this show..
