[7.7/10] This is an episode that shows the benefits of putting the focus elsewhere on Kaz. Sure, introducing a conflicted, turncoat love interest for Neeku is a little cheesy, but the two of them connecting over engineering, hinting at troubling pasts, and having a complicated friendship after all is revealed works well as something to build the episode around. I like that we get to learn more about Neeku here, and the fake out with the pirates supposedly stealing power is well done.
I also love how Synara sets Kaz straight about Nina from the get-go. (After all, who would know how easy it is to play the distress-signal-and-sabotage game?) Nina’s made all the more dangerous given how effective her plan is, and Kaz buying it while Synara sniffs it out from the jump makes for a cool dynamic.
The ensuing firefight with The First Order is pretty generic, but Nina’s connection to them and mysterious past qualify as intriguing in my book, and it gives Neeku and Kaz a chance to save the day in the dramatic fashion.
Overall, this one isn’t exactly amazing, but there’s more intrigue and depth by giving Neeku and the Synara the spotlight for an episode than the show can normally muster.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2019-11-12T23:56:21Z
[7.7/10] This is an episode that shows the benefits of putting the focus elsewhere on Kaz. Sure, introducing a conflicted, turncoat love interest for Neeku is a little cheesy, but the two of them connecting over engineering, hinting at troubling pasts, and having a complicated friendship after all is revealed works well as something to build the episode around. I like that we get to learn more about Neeku here, and the fake out with the pirates supposedly stealing power is well done.
I also love how Synara sets Kaz straight about Nina from the get-go. (After all, who would know how easy it is to play the distress-signal-and-sabotage game?) Nina’s made all the more dangerous given how effective her plan is, and Kaz buying it while Synara sniffs it out from the jump makes for a cool dynamic.
The ensuing firefight with The First Order is pretty generic, but Nina’s connection to them and mysterious past qualify as intriguing in my book, and it gives Neeku and Kaz a chance to save the day in the dramatic fashion.
Overall, this one isn’t exactly amazing, but there’s more intrigue and depth by giving Neeku and the Synara the spotlight for an episode than the show can normally muster.