surprised that; One this arc seems to be a Two-Parter, I assumed this dinner event would be a one and done, but perhaps the episode length should have inferred otherwise; Secondly that this type of episode was the Christmas cliffhanger, these episodes do tend to however fall on these breaks (Hello Chapter 9 Volume 5, or even Chapter 8, Volume 6 if I'm not mistaken. I liked the former, the FNDM didn't... where as i didn't like the latter but everyone else did, seemingly a common occurrence actually, but hey we all have our tastes and preferences) Speaking of tastes... seeing Whitley again is always a pleasure, I've always enjoyed his character & whilst this episode did show the worst of him, his mothers redemptive plea more then made for it, teasing an actual, more serious Whitley / Weiss conversation to come. Though the wine spilling was admittedly also quite funny as sure the rest of the "Shitley" crowd will enjoy too.

And from segway to segway... Mothers! Or more accurately Willow, Miss Mama Schnee, and whoa... what a dark character, with some subtler nuisances under the surface. A character we've waited for, for quite some time quietly delivered in a big way, I think really showing were Weiss gets alot of her best traits from. She is tragic and brittle, but yet somewhat strong and wise, a beautiful contrast with a beautiful design. Literally every-line felt impactful and filled with meaning with such gorgeous delivery and writing, so hats off to Caitlin & Miles, so much so I shouldn't need to explain just go listen.

Robyn being at the meeting through me off-guard at first, but I suppose Thanks to May, Robyn's vigilante acts have gone un-noticed by the fellow councilmen, & the last thing Ironwood needs is to accuse Robyn and make more enemies in the Kingdom. Seeing the first council of the time in series was appreciated & whilst the small amount of members way be odd, it lines up with previous examples of the councils from the end of Volume 2 & the WoR series typically only showing 3 to 4 silhouetted members. Jacques has prepared himself well, cause to be honest he makes all the right points in this meeting, of course we know the bigger picture but he's not wrong with his accounts, but still enough hypocrisy to trigger Winter leading to more wholesome Penny\Winter interactions which have been the dark horse highlights of the Volume thus far, but Jacques jab at Penny, as with any jab at Penny was rude to our poor best girl... but fair...I guess. Also seeing all 3 Oscar, Ruby & Weiss come together to question everything with Jacques and Ironwood was really satisfying to see, Weiss making the connects between the SDC and recent security risks, Ruby acknowledging that Jacques now needs to watched in case he may have any connection or support for Salem's allies & especially Oscar with his maturity and evaluation of the upcoming situations (Maybe Oz really is beginning to merge but i think this is just he's development more then anything) And I thought Watts was just using the SDC heating as security loop-hole... nope! he's just done and gone shut the whole system down, & whoa, this actually super helps justify the Atlas designs, cause these street heaters clearly make a huge impact, changing the climate so drastically that when disabled, the rain immediately begins freezing and turning to snow...and that shoot of Watts was just awesome.

So excited for whats to come in these finale 5 episodes, C'mon Neo and her new outfits 'n' her two scoops... wait, did i type that out loud... Ah oh... [runs*] xD







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