There were a lot of, uh.. interesting choices made with this episode.
The first half was a bit of a roller coaster ride. Some parts were nice, some not so much. I really enjoyed the little extended filler of Viola and The Family. It was great seeing Monet speak again and getting some Vergo name-drops as well. Tied everything together and it didn't feel like padding at all.
Now about King Riku..
His whole killing spree could have easily been about three minutes shorter and nothing would be missed. We get it, you're sad about killing people and the people are sad about being killed and everybody's sad. The manga handled this bit better. Sometimes less is more.
And while we're on the subject of Riku. What's going on with his VA? Those noises are something I'd expect from a weasel being repeatedly stomped, not a grown man.
Looking forward to next week's. Hopefully it'll break this stink train of episodes we've had to suffer through lately.