[Frontier]

Honestly "I'm really just an average guy" is as much a bold-faced lie as "I'm an Agent of CODE."

Zero never wanted to be a father, what he wanted was the decisive weapon that could make the difference in humanity's battle with Nightmares and ensure good dreams win over bad dreams. And he saw the solution in Zeztz: something that could only be born from his own son and the "bad dream" of the Catastrophe Gore Nightmare he had within him.

What are Nightmares? Entities that date back to critical consciousness of humanity and the source behind all evil and crime. CODE was formed to stop them, but in the escalating conflict Nightmares have become even more powerful.

Well, Lady gets point for being the mom who prioritizes her daughter over everything else, even if Nem isn't in the mood to accept that or let it make her feel better. Though I'm not surprised Lady's forgotten how to even sleep at this point.

Good job running in those heels, Nem. Maybe that's "dream magic."

That's got to be the most forced "yes" I've ever heard.

It's nice to see Baku and Nem commiserate over their parental drama and the fact that, if not for Zeztz and Nightmares, they might have never met.

Threaky finally makes his move to oust Zero and Zero honestly saw it coming. All this comes down to is CODE: Somnia and whatever it does, and he's the true threat Zero was holding back from going after Baku and co.

I can't believe Nasuka is the one to say "is this a Black Case?" for once. She's also legitimately the only actual police officer in the cast, even if she treats Odaka like her Senpai. Fujimi was so convinced he and Odaka could be buddies over having to deal with Nasuka and Odaka shoved Fujimi's balls straight into Nasuka's kick. Ouch.

Minami, Baku's adoptive sister, has to be the one to tell him that his biological fathers' Nightmare is a sign of how much he truly loved Baku as a father, something Baku was unwilling to accept. Especially if it meant their last meeting was because Zero knew he didn't have long left.

The last thing any father can do for his son...is send his super cool Rider Machine back to him so he can be a true Kamen RIDER once more.

Uh...random Agito movie tie-in?

Baku could have probably easily ended this with Orderm but thematically he needed to end it with Physicam Impact. Both because it matched the Zeztz Nightmare and it conveyed Baku carrying his fathers' legacy and belief in him into this fight and prove Baku could overcome a Bad Dream.

Bike stunts! Bike fighting! Bike scenes!

Nothing more petty than Threaky intentionally stepping on the father-son picture.

I guess I should've known it would come down to a Rider Kick duel. ALSO OVER-BANISH!!!!!

Oh dang, they broke the Driver! Baku can't transform! Now there's nobody who can fight the bad guys other than NOX and he's still kind of all over the place!

Next week: Nem's Nightmare! Saori Hayami? And ZEZTZ EX-DREAM!!!!