[Locke]

Man, this was a really mature, intelligent episode that really made it stand apart from its peers. I may not be one hundred percent sold on this show - God this should be my catchphrase - like so many others, but when Gaim does something right it really does it RIGHT.

People have got heads screwed onto their shoulders, everyone has personal goals and motivations and everyone is willing to step on someone else to get what they want. Even if they don't know it yet. It makes for a better realised set of heroes, and villains. And if nothing else, Kamen Rider is in dire need of some solid memorable villains.

No character ever feels like they do something out of turn, they establish the characters in detail and then leave them on screen enough so every action feels justified with the audience. Every twist, every micro-action, it all just makes sense.

The only real downside, as I've found in a lot of the episodes, was that the action was a real mixed bag. I totally get that Marika wasn't even trying because of the wider goal of the whole plan, but there is no excuse for how much more exciting the out of suit fighting is in this show. The little fight with Bravo was fun though.