[Brainchild]

This episode cemented Micchy as my favorite character in this show. I genuinely felt bad for him, even if he was a manipulative traitor and cowardly. Urobuchi did a good job of making him a confused kid trying to get by in a cruel world.

As for the rest of the episode, I think everyone's covered it pretty well. Almost certain that Kouta will be revived next episode by the sheer power of Toei requiring at least one main Rider suit scene per episode, but I'm hoping that it's more than the typical MacGuffin route taken by Kamen Rider in the past.

I can see Jam being a crossover villain, but I'm still hopeful considering we had Drivers dropping all over the place this episode.