I wonder if Palad IS the Bugster virus kinda like Sagara was Helheim.

This is why I love Kamen Rider.

That's not a bad idea. I kinda like it. It would be a good reason as to why we know praticaly nothing about him and as to why he has powers.

This show is really dark. Everyone thought Ghost was going to be dark since it actually deals with the dead but that wasn't the case. We all thought Ex-Aid was going to be colorful and fun but this happened.

Well, after seeing Ex-Aid like this, I actually appreciate Ghost even more. Ghost felt like a bit of calm before the storm before everything we got... in Ex-Aid. You know never judge a book by its cover in similar case like Gain :P

............ I'm sorry, what? Are we forgetting about the super deformed riders with chibi eyes, or almost everything done by Poppi. I mean last episode had an out of nowhere christmas song scene. The show has definately been raising the stakes but to call it "dark" seems like a very gross overstatement.

While it's definitely dark, thankfully, it's not bleak. It's still a really fun show to watch, not a "okay, let's gird ourselves for twenty two minutes of total suffering" (Faiz).

It's a great kid's show!

Not really, we've had murder, suicide, a coroner who wanted bodies and now terminal illness. It might not be all shadows and frowns but that's dark material. It's just not handled in the usual "DAAAARK" way.

If a Rider show seems dark conceptually, then it'll probably be on the goofier side (Decade/Kiva/Ghost).

If a Rider show seems bright and colorful, then it'll probably be pretty dark, or at least have darker elements (Drive's 2nd half/Gaim/Ex-Aid).

I really liked this episode. The comedy wasn't as forced as it usually is and I loved Zombie's suit acting. It was so creepy. My favorite part was probably Emu and Pallad's conversation and the Might Action Brothers appearance. I love the idea of one person splitting into two. I was really worried about the show when Kiriya died, not just because he was my favorite character, but it looks like the show will be just fine.

I wonder why Emu decided to be a Surgeon though. I though he was training to be a pediatrician? Also, why doesn't he just be a nurse? Don't they typically have the a closer relationship with patents then a doctor does?

That 2nd part of the rule PRETTY Much applies to everything I watch points to Steven Universe and Yugioh Arc-V