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Kamen Rider X - Episodes 19-21
An interesting transitionary period for everyone's favourite Kaizorg, as he brings and end to the first set of villains, in what certainly feels like a satisfying conclusion for the first half of the series.

Episode 19 - The Corpses at the Ghost Mansion!
GOD plans to drive Tokyo into a terrified frenzy with Occultos and his power of illusions. He apparently can't create illusions of anyone without killing them, of course, but that just means we have an incredibly morbid episode - you could not get away with people hanging themselves on Western TV, even at the time. Aside from that sudden shock, it's not the worst plan they've ever had.

Episode 20 - The Mysterious Snake Person Appears
GOD's latest plan to mutate the people of Japan into [x] hybrids to cause chaos and destruction or whatever. This time - snakes! Highlight is probably the actor for X 'fighting' with a real snake... aka he lightly moves it around while holding it. Perhaps the most surprising part is that Chiko and Mako don't end up as snake people.

Episode 21 - Apollo Geist's Last General Attack!
So the reborn Apollo Geist finds out he's dying when he can't get a perfect bullseye on his morning training, and because he killed 1/2 of the pair who brought him back to life, his only chance is to get X-Rider's Perfector installed into him. He then kills the scientist who told him that, because he's got a record to keep up. He brings back a bunch of generals, and kidanaps Chiko and Mako to force Keisuke to fight him. We then get the most amazing series of events.

Tachibana, sweeping up: "Damn that Apollo Geist, messing up my coffee shop to kidnap the girls again."

[A pile of Yen is thrown on screen]

Apollo Geist: "Here's compensation. Also, money for Jin Keisuke's funeral. I don't want my enemy thinking bad of me."

Apollo Geist then kidnaps Tachibana.

Keisuke, meanwhile, convinces a reborn Achilles to turn on GOD by asking him if the benefits are that great, and they sneak into the Palace of Apollyon together. Apollo Geist shoots Achilles straight away, the pair fight, Tachibana almost gets guillotined, a fitting end to a great villain. Apollo Geist was smooth, suave, and dangerous.