[Fish Sandwich]

Hey, remember how we all thought this whole Stinger/Scorpio drama was going to have some sappy speech from Lucky about brotherhood or something that just solves everything?



S*** like this is why I love loving this show. It's like every time I actually think it'll let me down it just slaps me in the face for not having more faith in it.

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and say we have a new best episode of Kyuranger. The only way it could be better is if the first 11 minutes had been a goofy Christmas special. The quality can probably be boiled down to a couple things:

- Lucky got about as much attention as Spada usually does, showing that they really are learning how to let him sit things out when he needs to.

- Stinger's actor is really good, and now he actually gets to do some real emotion. He really sells the episode and you can see just on his face all the conflicting emotions Stinger goes through as this episode drags him through the wringer.

- The twist with Scorpio could be seen coming from a mile away, but the episode makes it work to its benefit. Much like me, Champ isn't fooled for a second. And yet, I think they do a pretty good job of making it believable enough that you can easily see why Stinger buys it.

- Also Champ. What a legend. It feels like Kyuranger is starting to actively get something out of its large cast rather than feeling held back by it. You can't really write a character out like this, even temporarily, in your standard five man team. It's a twist I definitely didn't see coming, and even though things are sure to go back to normal soon enough, this was a really great show of character development for Champ.