PROBLEMS: Overall a strong episode, however the amount of back-and-forth in this episode made it jarring, from Shiro’s dreams to Keith’s perspective to the Yalmor shenanigans, the viewer is put through more whiplash than should be considered necessary SOLUTION: This episode should be split in two!
Episode one: Keith and Shiro’s story. Adam is given a greater role as a positive figure in Shiro’s life and a relationship is established also between Keith and Adam–namely that they are acquainted with each other. Additionally, more time should have been taken to make keith look as though he were growing up during this course of events instead of permanently 14 like the episode suggests. At the end of the dream, it should have ended with the easter egg from an earlier seaso, with keith (at 17yo) and Shiro at the launch site of the shuttle to Kerberos, with them just talking about the mission and giving us insight on shiro and why he wants to go to kerberos so badly. Shiro wakes up to just Keith and Krolia, the latter stepping out for a bit.
I also think the talk that was previously in “the Black Paladins” from the previous season should be cut from this episode to make way for other things; perhaps establishing some more of the relationship Shiro has with Matt and Sam.
Episode two: The first 12-15 minutes of the episode are spent on the yalmor shenanigans which stays mostly the same. After the yalmor shenanigans and everyone seeing Shiro again, everyone gets to hug the poor man as a group, starting with a sobbing lance and ending with even Krolia getting in on it. They segway into the conversation that originally starts off episode 2, ending it with the “implications” of the lion shenanigans as they fly into space, ending the episode on a humorous note.
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SOLUTION: This episode should be split in two!
Episode one: Keith and Shiro’s story. Adam is given a greater role as a positive figure in Shiro’s life and a relationship is established also between Keith and Adam–namely that they are acquainted with each other. Additionally, more time should have been taken to make keith look as though he were growing up during this course of events instead of permanently 14 like the episode suggests. At the end of the dream, it should have ended with the easter egg from an earlier seaso, with keith (at 17yo) and Shiro at the launch site of the shuttle to Kerberos, with them just talking about the mission and giving us insight on shiro and why he wants to go to kerberos so badly. Shiro wakes up to just Keith and Krolia, the latter stepping out for a bit.
I also think the talk that was previously in “the Black Paladins” from the previous season should be cut from this episode to make way for other things; perhaps establishing some more of the relationship Shiro has with Matt and Sam.
Episode two: The first 12-15 minutes of the episode are spent on the yalmor shenanigans which stays mostly the same. After the yalmor shenanigans and everyone seeing Shiro again, everyone gets to hug the poor man as a group, starting with a sobbing lance and ending with even Krolia getting in on it. They segway into the conversation that originally starts off episode 2, ending it with the “implications” of the lion shenanigans as they fly into space, ending the episode on a humorous note.