The last two episodes saved this season. For whatever reasons episodes 3 through 8 were cornball juvenile nonsense that simply did not work and became a chore to watch. Thank the Maker everything got back on track with this episode. After an out of place musical cameo things get moving and instead of doing it all by the book the writers give its characters true conflict, growth, choices to make and prices to pay. It's also quite thrilling during the tournament matches, even if you can guess some of what's going to happen. And naturally it ends on one hell of a great cliffhanger leading into the 10th episode, easily one of the best episodes of the entire series.