Pretend Like It's the First Time

This episode makes me ask my self I'm with who , who is the villain and who is the hero.

A lot of things comes more easily to understand but those things creat an another questions I was before this episode with Victor because he want peace for other people and create a place for that.

Place that you can happy without hate and everyone love each other, he didn't want to fight at that time.

But Jayce Talis I don't know why did he killed him for what , for what he saw for his scars I don't know but at that time I was supporting vickor but ,now after episode 7 I don't know, and what victor want.

I don't know I'm with who.

Ill keep it short. I really really enjoyed this episode because, arguably for the first time this season, the story of this episode is focused and relatively simple to follow.

That creates space to breath. And, importantly, space to focus on the characters themselves instead of the plot developments. This season has been hectic and chaotic and, while incredibly awesome, it has left me personally little space to really emotionally connect in new ways. I still got emotional, but mostly on emotional currency build in season 1.

This episode creates space for that and essentially creates new emotional currency to spend later on (or in this same episode).

God damn, I cant take and more of these heartbreaking and emotional rides, that are designed to try and breake me apart in every possible way!

This episode was yet another masterpiece that felt line qn amazing and well thought out way to continue from the previous episode! A lot of the things that felt more vague, are elaborated even more with this episode!

This episode made me realize just how cruel this world is! Seeing an alternate version of how everything could have been, litterally broke me into a thousand pieces! This was art, emotions and feelings conveyed in such a beautifull way! Never have a seen something so beautifull before!

Within just a single episode, Ekko become one of the best written characters in the show! He solidefied himself as The Boy Savior, and put everyone before himself! His journey was both heartwarming and heartbreaking, as he realized he had to leave something wonderfull behind, to protect those he cares about! That scene with him and Powder... absolutely beautifull!

The finale act does not hold back!

Dude. This episode. After the shocker that was episode 6, this was can be seen as a slow episode. But nah, this is just the antidote that Arcane needed. A constant complaint I see on this show is that "oh, the pacing is too fast". However, this episode takes a step back and shows us what Arcane has up its sleeves. It's so heartbreaking to see what could've been. The pacing is perfect. This is one of my favorite episodes of the series as it TAKES THE TIME to give really well written character development. Also, it fills in the gaps that act ii did not address really well. Really good stuff. Bravo.

Won't even kid this might be the best episode of television I've ever seen. I'm no snob and I probably haven't watched enough for that claim to have any actual weight but for real this episode is perfectly executed and beautiful. No matter who you are, you have to acknowledge that love is at the very core of everything we are as human beings, and this episode is the pure embodiment of that concept to me. Every single aspect brings together this heartwarming and heartbreaking story of a love that never was. The music is some of the best to come out of this show, and the animation is gorgeous as usual, but certain painted backgrounds and stylized sections of animation are especially worthy of praise here. Even though I agree with some folks that the episodes after this had a few fails, I seriously think that the experience this single episode gives a viewer is, on its own, enough of a reason for the entire show to exist.