Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-29684190-20191109160654/@comment-2238912-20191109174546

Ok, my two cents:

1. First things first, I absolutely LOVE the way Ironwood was written in this episode. He's not just a paranoid dictator, he's a reasonable guy who's forced to do some extreme things. He's fully aware that his actions cast both him and all of Atlas in a negative light, but he feels that they are necessary. And he comes up with a good idea to reestablish global communications. And I liked that bit of bromance between him and Qrow. All in all, props to CRWBY for handling Ironwood's character perfectly.

2. The Schnee siblings are finally reunited and it feels so good! Watching Winter go from threatening the soldiers to berating and hugging Weiss to chewing out Qrow was really beautiful to watch.

3. While I did like seeing Ruby keep her cards close to her chest, I can already tell this is gonna fuck them over in the long run.

4. The Ace-Ops are actually reasonable guys and I look forward to seeing them all work together with our heroes.

5. Tyrian and Watts are finally in Mantle. It was kinda funny seeing Watts walking around hacking everything around him. He'd really fit right in in the Watch_Dogs games. And only Tyrian can have a pleasant phone call while brutally murdering someone.

This was definitely more exposition than action, but it was still a fun episode.