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DK 24. Aw is Kit jealous?

This was probably one of - if not THE best - episode of the whole show so far. It may seem a little late, but the show is really starting to come together and go places. I dunno, everything just feels like it's clicking. From the leaps and bounds in the quality of the acting in and over suit, to the characters feeling closer and closer to their Rider counterparts. It's like the show has finally found its footing and the quality is just ramping up and up.

Sadly the problem with this is a lot of the first half of the show feels kinda pointless now, there were episodes that were setting the groundwork for the developments happening now but we have almost half of the Rider count dead already and minus Spear, who leaves his brother behind, they pretty much all died for nothing. That may be the point, but with characters like Thrust and Camo dying pretty much as soon as they were introduced I dunno why the show didn't just cut them out all together.

Speaking specifically of the episode, Damn Dragon Knight looks good in gold and black. Onyx's introduction was just awesome, easily one of the best fight sequences in a very long time. Maybe one of the best in the whole series. And then when I think the episodes blown its load in the cold open, we get that SPECTACULAR flashback fight sequence with all the Ventura Riders together.

Given what I know about Ouja, and the way Strike was introduced, I'm kinda shocked to see how soft Strike is compared to Xaviax. It isn't so much a bad thing, but with O'Leary's charms and clear enjoyment of his role you sometimes forget that he is this world destroying alien forcing innocent people to kill one another so he can save his own planet. It was nice to get an episode that really focused and highlighted how much of a bastard he really is.