A Simple Truth

Beastmaster Episode Review

In which Kyra gets away.

What Happened

Kyra flees King Zad's encampment, but even as she and Dar reunite, the magic of the Sorceress and the Ancient One reach out to separate them forever.

The Good

• Dar bonds with warrior-boy. Fenno wasn't annoying and Fenno achieved his Great Realization About the Nature of Life quietly in background.
• Fenno: "I've killed bears with less."
  Tao: "They must have been asleep." Tao and Dar's friendly laugh. Cute.
• Kyra coming up with an escape plan of her own, rather than waiting for Dar to show up and rescue her. She might have taken Zad's knife with her, however.
• "Make her suffer," says Zad. "Give her sores on her hands and her breasts." He's imaginative; I'll give him that.
• The Ancient One describing a Sorceress who fell in love and the fate of her and her lover, obviously talking about the Sorceress and Sharak.
• Dar and Kyra's reunion. Aw.
• "At least that's the theory." Snarky Tao is fun Tao.
• The Ancient One taking Kyra. Clever. The secondary characters on this show were so interesting.

The Bad

• The bit in the middle with the beast-men was so random and forced Kyra back into the screaming silly role.

The Cliche

• They skipped the whole "magic has no sway over the human heart" crap.
• "As long as you seek revenge against your enemies, you are a prisoner of your own anger." Tao's Lesson of the Week.

What Did I Think?

You didn't think she and Dar would be allowed a couple happy episodes, did you?