Easily best episode yet. I thought the Winter King would be the pinnacle of quality but this show just keeps on giving.
As a standalone episode the A, B and C plots are all great. This universe seems to be the last stop in the multidimensional-hopping series of episodes that began in "Destiny", and it's a fitting end. The "What if the Lich won?" timeline is desolate and ominous, the atmosphere really captures what made Ooo 3000+ so great in the Adventure Time finale. The dead treehouse with a single note from Finn saying he'd be right back sets the tone perfectly, and the melted Ice Kingdom now being a pile of Ice King's old stuff is a really cool image and the expired Candy Kingdom is even better. BMO is amazing as always and has a similar reaction to the state of the world as they did in the 3000+. The writers know that they can never make Fionna and Cake as loved as Finn and Jake in so little time, so throughout the show (and this episode in particular) they've been developing them as very separate people. Cake especially seems to have faced her first real serious moment after the vampire universe, better late than never.
The background story of Simon and Betty is also surprisingly heartfelt. It's nice to see Betty actually get an episode that shows her as a person, devoid of magic and time travel.
The small, infrequent portions of the prismatic world was also very fun, Orbo being a highlight character. What makes this episode so great is how the plots connect by the end. The Betty story serves as therapy for Fionna throughout the episode, but just as the portal is closing the story allows Simon to learn why he loved Betty (maybe even though Fionna's similar energy) and achieve his goal without him even wanting to. To be honest I really didn't expect this show to be that good but so far it's blown me away! If episode 9 and 10 follow trend of every batch of episodes getting better, this show will be a 10/10. They have the Lich, Prismo's boss and Golb all about to come into play, so I have faith in the finale living up to expectations.
As a standalone episode the A, B and C plots are all great. This universe seems to be the last stop in the multidimensional-hopping series of episodes that began in "Destiny", and it's a fitting end. The "What if the Lich won?" timeline is desolate and ominous, the atmosphere really captures what made Ooo 3000+ so great in the Adventure Time finale. The dead treehouse with a single note from Finn saying he'd be right back sets the tone perfectly, and the melted Ice Kingdom now being a pile of Ice King's old stuff is a really cool image and the expired Candy Kingdom is even better. BMO is amazing as always and has a similar reaction to the state of the world as they did in the 3000+. The writers know that they can never make Fionna and Cake as loved as Finn and Jake in so little time, so throughout the show (and this episode in particular) they've been developing them as very separate people. Cake especially seems to have faced her first real serious moment after the vampire universe, better late than never.
The background story of Simon and Betty is also surprisingly heartfelt. It's nice to see Betty actually get an episode that shows her as a person, devoid of magic and time travel.
The small, infrequent portions of the prismatic world was also very fun, Orbo being a highlight character. What makes this episode so great is how the plots connect by the end. The Betty story serves as therapy for Fionna throughout the episode, but just as the portal is closing the story allows Simon to learn why he loved Betty (maybe even though Fionna's similar energy) and achieve his goal without him even wanting to. To be honest I really didn't expect this show to be that good but so far it's blown me away! If episode 9 and 10 follow trend of every batch of episodes getting better, this show will be a 10/10. They have the Lich, Prismo's boss and Golb all about to come into play, so I have faith in the finale living up to expectations.