[Xtreme RX]

The two parter had a rocky start but this episode was pretty good. Definitely felt like filler though, despite introducing a new villain.

I love that Melt and Banba were on the same wavelength and realized something was amiss. This, along with Asuna's horrible singing and Towa saving the Victim of the Week, felt like they utilized the cast really well. Ui played a small but significant role as well.

I wouldn't say that the twist, that Wizeru was posing as the sister the whole time, was wholly unexpected, but it did make him feel more imposing and threatening than in the last episode. Creating a copy of the Kishiryu so they could eat the "bomb" is kind of dumb but works with the format of the episode. Likewise, the whole "allergic to bad singing" thing was dumb but also a callback to earlier in the episode so I can't really say the show introduced stuff randomly (though it does always seem they have a RyuSoul for every little thing).

Loved seeing more of Banba and Kou's rivalry, but the reluctant fist-bump during the team roll-call was cute.

Action was amazing, as expected.

Next week seems to be more what I expected from a Sentai Series's early episodes. This will be blue's first focus episode and we'll be seeing Master Blue again and the debut of KishiryuOh Triken. Seems like the format got completely shuffled around, but better late than never.