I say with certainty that this is the best episode of The Owl House by itself, but I believe that title should stay for the second part of this season finale. This episode distances from the previous seventeen episodes we've had so far. Although The Owl House is definitely a good series due to the absurd constraints and the fun with the cliches of children's series, the general rhythm of the story was slow and disappointing. I really love this series, but I was concerned if Terrace and her team managed to make a good season finale with great direction or accelerate the main story elements in one place just to gather all the information we have about The Owl House so far to conclude by minus the story arc of the first season in a really attractive or touching way, and after my experience with this episode, my guess can't be wrong.
The episode has a very interesting lineage about prematurely confirming essential information for the story of The Owl House that I thought would take a little longer to unfold: the curse of Eda. I am not going to lie, I was really impacted at the same time foolish because it was revealed that the creature that cursed Eda was very obvious and was before the eyes of many people. I think it wasn't really intentional on the part of The Owl House team, but I was still shocked by a plot twist that, although it was essential for the course of what lies ahead, was not so surprising compared to the other first season plot twists that we had in some animated series. I wish the producers had distanced the target of whoever cursed Eda to make fans more surprised, to have created false evidence to catch us by surprise, but that's just a personal opinion. I will not lie that this plot twist was very nice and contributed to the development of the characters in question. It may not have been the best of all but it was one of the most insane that I have seen, especially if you have been watching the episode and have noticed the way the revelation was shown.
The thing that stands out most in this episode in relation to the others of The Owl House is its tone and sensation. "The Intruder" may have been a sizeable and simulated episode in this level, but it will strongly lose its taste if you notice that between it and this episode differ from each other by the way they tried to show the big turn, which coincidentally both is about the curse of Eda. "The Intruder" is a series of fun events with a hint of horror that we haven't had until now, but it was a bit of an acceleration and the experience feels like it has nothing to do with anything, although this was my favorite episode of The Owl House for a long time. Now in the case of this episode it is something much more different and serious: the touch of terror is more intense and the final scene is one of crying, when Luz comes home crying and amazes King and Hooty to learn the bad news. This was the first time that we saw Luz strongly in intense and heavy feelings (disregard the time she was furious in "Sense ans Insensitivity" or when she cried emotionally in "Understanding Willow" which was something played by humor). The final scene is more serious and melancholy, making this episode the saddest of The Owl House to date, as we had never really had that in previous episodes.
I was emotional with Luz, a character who is unlikely to be furious or sad about anything from her optimistic and youthful nature. You feel that she was really touched by what she saw. And besides, in this episode I saw my view of Eda in a different way. She declares herself to Luz in an impactful way as she slowly suffers damage, ending the speech with "a thank you to Luz for being part of (her life)". The best moment of The Owl House that managed to be even more incredible for its dark and captivating tone than Luz and Amity's dance in "Enchanting Grom Fright" and the fight between Eda and Lilith in "Covention". By the way, about the latter, in this episode we had something similar and, if we consider that this episode was possibly produced at home, in the midst of the pandemic of COVID-19, something the artists had to complete the episodes at home, while the witch duel in "Covention" required advanced special effects, you are even amazed by the quality of animation here. Animation in The Owl House is always something unique in the series and a strong positive point, so you will be involved with all the action of the episode, which will not disappoint you.
I also really liked Emperor Belos because he was considerably pious for wanting to accept Eda into his coven and still wanting to heal her curse instead of just killing her. Probably by Lilith's plea but, I repeat, I liked the character a lot. The items on the patio of Emperor's Castle just got a little meaningless for me, which did not have a considerable repercussion during the episode and I think in the second part of the season finale, although Luz will use her cape that Eda had made in this episode for battle against the Emperor's Coven and Lilith, who the latter deserves everything for what she did, and recruit King for help. I hope that the final battle of the season will not leave anything to be desired and perhaps that the special effects will give a real horror show (metaphorically speaking) as it was here. Without a doubt, the best episode of The Owl House so far that will impact you, regardless of whether you love or not this show or most of the previous episodes, which in general, for me, were average and favorable episodes for the quality of the show. In addition, an excellent episode that unfortunately was not aired alongside his successor for reasons unknown by Disney to have changed the schedule of episodes of The Owl House, but that will not stop me. I really liked the episode and the big plot twist, although somewhat obvious and not so surprising if you are a guy who loves theories and riddles about series you can get frustrated easily, it's intriguing and intense just like the episode as a whole. The Owl House once again proving how distinctive and characteristically scary it is, and I like that.
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