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Like another reviewer said, I'm not giving this episode a full 10 because I think it's completely at that level, but to counter the negative review bombs. It's a solid 8.5 for me though. I continue to not adore what I refer to as the FL's teenage tone of voice, I'm not a fan of much of the dialogue, and these episodes are far too short. But the "Sith" character is outstanding, Sol continues to be solid, and the fight choreography was stellar. This episode also just didn't come to play; it was a whirlwind of both the expected and the jarringly unexpected. I rewatched it once already and am about to again.

Other than the fight scenes, everything else was pretty unbearable again. The dialogue has been consistently bland and flat throughout these five episodes, and the monologues in this specific episode were just uninteresting. Like he was trying to cook, but I personally did not think he cooked. I would also say that 90% of Osha's dialogue within the last two episodes consisted of her and someone else walking through the woods, them stopping in their tracks, and then her just spewing out a bunch of nonsense.

I also have not been a fan of the editing of this series, specifically with the transitions from scene-to-scene and with the music. I don't know why it just feels off every time there's a switch in scenes (don't know if anyone else feels the same way). Even the fight scenes contain pretty decent choreography, but the editing just does a number on it imo.

Overall, definitely the best episode so far. I still find the dialogue and characters to be lackluster, but I guess it was a step in the right direction (maybe, idk)

Everyone is giving props to Leslie & Disney for this episode. If you knew anything about how action movies are made these days, you'd know that all action is subcontracted through specialists. So Leslie Headland has no say in the action choreography. Disney was smart to hire Christopher Clark Cowan to be the action director / designer. And because this whole episode was basically light saber and hand to hand fighting, it basically meant he directed the whole thing. And everything he did was great.

But Leslie's horrible leadership still bleeds through. The entire episode was filmed on this horrible jungle set, never truly looking like a real exterior. The dialogue was still cheap and corny, the twists were still predictable. Get a real director and pair them with Christopher Clark Cowan and we'll finally have something great.

Chiming in with everyone else who point out the fight scenes are basically the only redeeming quality of this episode. In particular the majority of the acting and transititions between scenes are absolutely horrible. Whoever edited this episode missed the mark, and the main character twin-person simply cannot deliver dialouge in a convincing way.

Squid game guy does well with such a poor script. Dafne Keen did an excellent job and was my favorite saber fight. Still cannot explain the constant "turns" and switcheroos with Mae over this and the last episode - bad writing and makes no sense. The lightsaber haircut was just insanely bad, please stop Disney. Please.

This is definetly the best episode so far of The Acolyte, but it doesn't change the emptiness of the previous ones. Starting with the good aspects of the episode, it does have some interesting fighting and coreography. In truth, all the battles in this episode are graphically great, in each one of the separate confronts. But this beauty is just graphically.

All the tension built for the revelation of the sith is wasted in a terrible scene, and to be honest, all the dialogue is still horrible. The whole changing of perspective of Mae turning on the sith because of Osha didn't make any sense before, and now she again betray her sister and disguise as Osha. It almost seems like the writters don't watch the previous episodes before making the next one.