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- I'm somewhat disappointed to have no OP still, but it's not that big a deal, really; I imagine it'll probably just be another week before we see the actual OP sequence. And besides, it's hard to think of any scenes I'd cut in this episode to make enough room for it.

- So, we all agree that Nem is definitely gonna turn out to be the main villain, right? /j

- I'm surprised that Baku seems pretty open about his Rider identity with the cops. I'd been kinda expecting that Fujimi's investigation of Baku would be dragged out for a while before they discover his whole dreamwalker thing. Though I guess secret identities aren't really something Takahashi tends to do, huh?

- Between the warehouse battle in the beginning, and the bike chase of the climax, the action of this episode is a big step up from the nighttime fight of Episode 1. It's good to know that wasn't an indicator of what the action of this season is normally like, even if I'm not expecting every fight to be so bombastic as the bike chase.

- Also, obligatory mention that it's really nice whenever we get bike action in Rider. Especially with as many practical effects as this one had!