[DreamSword]

Episode VI: Black Knight

This episode gets personal, but not for our heroes.

This one is all about how a blacksmith's' son enlisted to become a knight, but ended up dying in a Trial by Combat, and how that's affected the family since.

The episode did a great job at developing the family; From Julio's' upbringing as a street rat, to how the Father has changed due to the influence of the Horror, I actually got really interesting in seeing how it'd all play out.



The character humor was on point in this one too! The scene with Leon being tempted by two hookers was a highlight, and it featured the return of Emma! The bickering between Leon and Herman was nice too, especially the beginning bit: "Good luck with that, I'm the one with the money." I loved it.



On the action side of things, it was nice seeing Herman finally throw down, and I do like that they showed he had a personal stake in this particular instance, ontop of how cleanly he dealt with things, thus hammering in that he's got over 17 years of experience doing this sort of thing. His talk about how people are frail at the end was a nice touch too.

Overall, the only real downside to this episode was that, despite being in the "last time on" segment, Alfonso was nowhere to be seen. I guess he really is the B-plot in this show, but it's a shame. Would love it if both Leon and Alfonso got to share screentime as co-leads. I love it when shows do stuff like that. But hey, maybe he'll get another focus episode soon. But yeah, another good episode, and I'm glad I'm digging this show more and more as it goes on. It's a good sign.