Rescue

Beastmaster Episode Review

In which Kyra gets away. Again.

What Happened

In between his yammering about fate, the Ancient One frees Kyra and gives her back to King Zad. While Zad is distracted by Kord's potential rebellion, Dar sneaks into the Terron camp and frees his lost love.

The Good

• Give it up, Tao. No one wants to know what you're going to do with your gourds.
• The Sorceress turns Sharak back into a human. He doesn't look exactly thrilled about it, being far too worried about the Ancient One.
• The Ancient One seems sad to set Kyra go. That is a beautiful shot of him releasing her reflection into the water, then turning her into a butterfly.
• The Zad and Kyra scene. Steven Grives brings the creepy.
• And it's Beat on Tao Day.
• Kodo and Podo to the rescue, chewing through the ropes that are tying Tao up. Fun upside down Tao-view shot of them. And then, the soldiers walk past and he throws himself up on the cross, and they don't even notice he's not upside down anymore? Hee.
• Zad demands that the Sorceress give him a disguise so he can go into his camp and find out which of his men are plotting against him. So, the Sorceress turns him into a white ass. Which Tao rides to freedom on. Ha.
• Tao meeting Kord in the mist, him offering Dar an alliance, and Dar refusing. Another beautifully shot scene.
• See? Kyra appreciates Tao's inventions.

The Bad

• Nothing, really, except for the foreboding feeling that Kyra won't be long for this world.

The Cliche

• Dar and Kyra's moonlight reunion montage. The mud-fight was a bit odd.

What Did I Think?

Great rescue, particularly the scenes after Tao's capture.