>>4688
>this just feels like one of those episodes that "hey, the end is near let's try this."
do you think that this will be the only time where they apply that mentality you have brought onto the table?

My answer is: Definitely not.

>this season almost surprised me by how normal it has felt so far.
>it still often feels like any other later season of the show.
well, it certainly seems like they could have gone further with this gen but better end up before it grows stale to everyone and reach the zombie state even though it proves how healthy this show has stayed until its very end and how it has had reservations and more fuel hidden and developed through the episodes to the point where a 10th could have been delivered.

As you say, it seems more like a continuation of the 8th season instead of setting itself up for the ending even though episodes like the premiere, the villains´arc along with Twilight´s, The Last Laugh´s first two minutes, Uprooted´s song and the feelings of world´s completion when the Royal Sisters were living as tourists for a day and the reunion of the characters the CMC have known in the past among other things; all of them drive you to think that we are witnessing more than a simple continuation.

>I have a lot more to say around here but I'm glad to be able to restart our episode discussions.
one appreciates that at its core. It makes things more lively. You were promising this days ago and it finally happened so yeah, glad to see that you have been able to do this as well.