Gaim debuted like a BOSS.

Ultimatum was kind of weird, though, and you can probably argue that it wasn't Eiji's real body, just his spirit.

I definitely saw it that way, especially since W switched to and from FangJoker so easily.

So I haven't watched anything besides the first episode of Wizard, I'm going to be horribly spoiled by watching this aren't I? Because I don't really care I really want to watch it.

Probably not a ton. The show's main plot is over, but while there will likely be some references to what happened I doubt it will be too spoilery.

Dang it!
One day, one day.

I loved this episode, simply because it seemed to just revel in its absurdity :lol seeing straight-faced Haruto react to all the AU characters and campy villain were brilliant, as was his deadpan "I don't think so" response to the "So this is Wizard's world line" :lol Gaim made quite an entrance too.

Also, could AU Haruto be any more obvious?

Holy crap this episode sucked.
Like, jesus. Gaim's debut was practically the only thing that saved this episode. The Riders being constructs of the Rider rings is so boring. They kinda sorta have memories of the actual Riders but are blindly loyal, like Di-fucking-End's summons. The kids were annoying, Koyomi is back, and I was bored to tears.

And oh boy. Tsukasa comes back next episode, and lemme guess, the Rider group shot are all Rider ring constructs (Sans Decade and Wizard), not the actual characters pulled to this universe via Decade's BS powers. Riveting.

I haven't been watching Wizard since the film director episode, and they've made it so you didn't really need to follow Wizard in order to understand what the episode was about.

Man that was a lot of fun! And after Wizard's lacklustre finale, damn refreshing.