The final fight with Vi and Jayce using the hextech weapons looked hilarious and totally unrealistic (though one can hardly blame a fantasy show based on a game). Sometimes there is so much action it is hard to follow for someone not familiar with the game aesthetics. The bad sister Jinx has been mostly absent this episode, though she might have recovered enough to try to kill Caitlyn. It seems that the big baddie Silco really cares for his adoptive daughter ;) There is Mel's mum, who brings to mind the queen Calanthe from The Witcher or some Skellige rulers. The best thing about the episode is that Ekko is alive after all.
From what I've read about the show, there is only one episode left and many things are still unclear to non-playing viewers, I wonder about the crystals, where are they from and can they be produced or harvested from a crystal-tree or is there a finite amount of them. It is said that Piltover banished magic and mages but what happened to them? Were they exterminated? Can some mages be consulted about the power of the crystals?
How does this show keep getting better and better. what a great episode.
Love the show, wish it had a better score as the music has hurt it all season.
9.5/10 - Another absolutely great episode <3
That decapitation scene was well cut :D Visually it kinda wasn't really brutal at all (apart from the blood at the end) but it was very clear what happened. I liked that style.
It was quite heartbreaking when Caitlyn's plan didn't work out. "It's gone." "It was all for nothing." That really hit me. I'm just relieved that they got to talk to the council so it wasn't really all for naught.
Speaking of that: It really killed me how Caitlyn's mom kicked the door open and stood there with the gun xDD And it was so lovely that Caitlyn brought Vi to her home. It was quite amazing to see Vi react to everything new. And the two are of course so sweet together! And they fell in love faster than I thought.
If Jinx wasn't insane before the procedure she's probably proper crazy now... :o That final scene was quite scary - I hope Caitlyn will be fine.
At least Ekko is still alive :) I'm so happy that he met Heimerdinger. I was afraid that he'd do something stupid or get into trouble but I expect that it'll work out very well now. It's awesome how he wants to offer his assistance to the people of the undercity (and that scene with the kid was lovely). He's much more grounded than I though (I already really liked him before but that probably makes him the best (smart, kind, etc.) character). I really want to see Ekko and Heimerdinger work together now! :)
It looked like Viktor's plan didn't really go well... :o And IIRC he was even aware that Sky is into him. Quite unfortunate! I guess that won't end well now...
And Vi has her gauntlets - at last :)
Like oil and water huh. Man this was an amazing episode. First, we got to learn more about Mia Maderda, and how her mother tried instilling the idea into Mia that you need to be able to go to war for some conflicts, beign diplomatic won't always be the solution, but because Mia rejected this idea, she was banished to Pultivor by her own mother, who seems to a warrior and leader in her home country. It makes sense that Mia know no longer wants Jayce to prep weaposn for war, realizing the consequences war can have for both sides, and that Jayce has no idea what he's getting his head into. But Mia's mom on the other hand, is going to do everythign she can to convince Jayce to go to war. Also, looks like Caitlyn and Vi failed their mission, thanks to Jinx stealing the crystal back at the last minute. Man, im surprised how much Silco seems to genuinally care about Jinx, the man was petrified by the fact that Jinx was half dead. And man, the doctor scene was terrfying and painful to watch, the tortorous lengths the doctor went through to save Jinx from near-death was gag-inducing, and watching Jinx's painful response to the treatment, plus the memories of her and Vi getting corrupted as she starts feeling like Vi replaced her with Caitlyn was painful to watch. Also, man the development Caitlyn has gone through has been amazing, Im surprised i'd like a character this much. Going from a person who naively had faith inn Pultivor and there government, to being exposed to the inhumane lif people living in the under city experience on a daily basis, while the people of Pultivor get to live laviouhly in a progressive technological hub, with no care or even acknowledgement of the conditions of everyone down below, and thus wanting change in how things functions, not just accepting that the pultivor governemt can sit back and relax as people are starving below. Man, I'm glad Caitlynn's mom allowed Caitlyn and Vi an audience with the council members, and ofcoruse all the council memebrs gave no solutions for the issues, but they were atleast able to convince (altho admittedly most Vi later on) Jayce to help. Looks like Jayce is now going to be fighting alongside Vi to take out all of Silco's manufacturing facilities for Shimmer so that the people of Zaun will turn on Silco and Silco will be taken down. Man the fighting animation is so good in this show, I loved how dynamic and stylized it was as Jayce and Vi were beating up dudes in robot armor w/there HexTech weapons. Though things didnt feel as fun when the reality of what Jace and Vi have done started setting into Jayce's mind, with Jayce seeing all the death they've caused, including a child who was forced to work for Silco. Also man, looks like Victor succedeed in using the magical orb to enhance his body and heal himself, but then a woman was evaporated by the very orb Viktor used to heal himself, hopefully this moment shows Viktor how serious the magic tech is and he calms down with using it so much. Also, poor professor heimerdinger, the man was completely correct about Viktor and Jayce not messing around with magic tech, and its looking like his fears are playing out into reality, and now that he was fired, there's nothign Prof H can do. Although, now that he met Ekko, maybe they could do soemthign together, unless Ekko just decides to stay back at his hideout and help his people there.Also, its starting to look like there might be an uprising within Zaun, with people like Sevika (who originally betrayed Vander to help Silco) thinkign that Silco's attachment to Jinx is holding him back and some other ppl wanting change in the leadership of Zaun. Also man, did Vi really have to do Ciatlyn like that, say that Caitlyn should just stay with the royals and forget about her, since theyre from two different worlds and as such could never get along, I mean Caitlyn and Vi were so close with eachother. Also, its looking like Caitlyn might be fucked, with a transformed (thanks to the doctors brutal surgery) Jinx whose out for blood right behind her.
When Vi winked at Jayce !!! When Jayce killed that child !!! Holyshiiit !!
Awww yeah, finally we get to see some league weapons, and ultimates.
Just don’t be a wimp Jayce… what did you expect, no sacrifices of war? You’re doing this to protect the people when nobody else will. Or at least I hope that’s what your intention will remain being.
This episode was bad until the scene at 35:30 then it was a good episode.
I love that this bs vigilantly solution backfired on him. It would have been a cop out for pretty good story about power balance.
Well... I'll just go and rate this a 10/10. That WAS a TOTALLY NINJA episode, the whole season is actually, and I don't see any other animation beating this any time soon. :heart_eyes:
Mel: "I don't need your guidance."
Mel's mother: "We'll see."
Jayce: "So thank you for your advice, Mrs Medarda, but I have a city to run."
Mel: "Jayce, you don't know war."
Caitlyn: "What about us?"
Vi: "Oil and water. Wasn't meant to be."
Caitlyn: "You're just saying that."
Vi: "Do yourself a favour, Cupcake. Go back to that big, shiny house of yours and just... forget me, okay?"
Jayce: "Yeah. I want to make Silco pay."
Vi: "I want in."
Jayce: "There is no in. You heard the Council."
Vi: "Fuck the Council."
Vi: "So... we got a deal, pretty boy?"
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The ending was so well crafted! I love this connection that has grown between Vi and Caitlyn. It has all the dynamics I so enjoy with wonderful angst surrounding it. Then to go from Caitlyn replaying seeing her last to realising Jinx is ready to pounce. Brilliant.
Jinx is such an interesting and twisted work of a woman. Each chance to reason with her has inadvertently pushed her deeper into her psychosis.