Overall, I found myself not enjoying this episode quite as much as the others. I can’t pinpoint anything particularly wrong with it, I just didn’t feel enthused about it, and writing about it was a bit more of a drag compared to previous episodes. I got more enjoyment out of Call of the Cutie, even – but there’s still nothing I can pinpoint as the reason for my relatively low level of enjoyment, so I’ll give it a close 5.8. On paper I love the idea of this episode – I think one thing I can point to as being some detriment to enjoyment, even though it’s far from handled poorly, is the Cockatrice. His involvement in the story is very short, and his presentation is very much silly rather than scary, understandable as that is – it leaves the episode with stakes that feel quite low. 

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