All the thumbnails being 75% flame effects really sell this episode.
Impressions:
I like how the big bad probably realized that his grand plan of “I want ultimate power to… have ultimate power” was maybe not the most compelling, so he felt the need to give a long speech explaining how he’s also super racist. Not just racist, but he’s done the science. It’s not racism, it’s just science. His science? He saw some humans being dicks a couple times. Oh, well, can’t argue with that logic. No flaws anywhere there. They’re pathetic and ruled by emotion, not like me, a slavering ranting lunatic screaming in rage.
So time to yell “Not all humans!” and punch him a few more times. Also, at some point, he raised up the last boss dungeon, presumably just to be in the background, but oops, they forgot to draw it anywhere and then I guess it went back to its home under the lake and everyone was happy to let it be. So that was also pretty cool. All this may indicate that I was unimpressed by the long series of grunting and randomly punching at things with big explosions and no actual effect until the fight randomly ended, and that would entirely be correct. I’m not sure what would have salvaged this last episode, but the above certainly isn’t it. The funniest part may be that the sister still isn’t allowed to wear real clothes and has to stay in her hospital gown forever. Or just that the supposedly main heroine got underbilling to the Team Rocket comic relief squad and had maybe ten seconds of screentime in the final episode.
Season preview should be up next week. Holidays make it awkward, but I can at least say that there are four originals next season, and each one looks nonsensical in their own unique way, so that’s already a step up from this dire season.
Next Episode:
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