Probably the best episode of the season so far, mainly because of the development of the "Master"
We now know that Qimir is the "Master" Sith, and we saw the power of the Sith as he pretty much casually and brutally killed everyone. That's right Yord ended up looking at his own bum before he died, Jecki was made into a lightsaber pin cushion. The only survivors were Mae, Osha, Master Sol.
The fights and deaths were brutal, and the fight cherography was really well done, as we had duel welding light sabre action.
The explanation of the Master and the why's were a bit convoluted, He wants an acolyte and he wants freedom to weld his power without rules, which goes back to the Sith Code.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken.
There was some strangeness and hints. The Master told Osha not to trust her Master, and in the confrontation between the Sisters when Osha blamed the death of the witches and the fire on Mae, Mae told her she was brainwashed by the Jedi, and Sol was acting fairly guilty near the end of the episode.
But in the end after spending the episode trying to kill Mae, the Master showed some compassion towards her.
And then we got the weird moment when Mae gave herself a hair cut with her newly acquired lightsabre.
I still believe that the Jedi killed the witches, with Sol at the lead, If I'm right this will go full circle to why the Jedi will fall. The arrogance and religious zealotry.
I'm also more convinced then ever the Qimir is not the master, that the Master is out there pulling the strings, and Qimir is like a Darth Maul, a berzerker, that is just there to kill Jedi and learn from his master.
I'm still convinced that we've seen the true Dark Lord of the Sith, and I'm even more sure now that the cat is out of the bag with Qimir announcing that hes Sith, remember 100 years down the road, the Jedi had thought the Sith extinct for a 1000 years.
But overall one of the better episodes, because first of all, it was mostly action, and second of all because they made the Sith look incredibly powerful, without throwing lightning or anything else.
Trivia
- Damn Manny Jacinto has some guns, but it was weird that he had armor that could short out light sabres (Cortosis) and yet was bare armed.
- Jecki's death was the second most brutal death tonight, and it was filmed excellently as you saw it from behind her as the Sith just kept punching holes on her. Thought the casual neck snap of Yord was cool too. Oh and there was the other when he ran through two Jedi at the same time.
- Its interesting that Osha's whole life with the Jedi could have been based on a lie.
- It was an interesting slant back to the Darth Bane books, as Mae who seems to run from everyone apologized to her Master, who then tried to kill her. In the Darth Bane books during a fight with one of his former masters, the master begged for mercy and Bane scoffed at his pleas "Those who ask for mercy are too weak to deserve it" Then he crushed him.
- At the end of the episode in the final scene with the Master we hear Kylo Ren's theme.