The Villain's Feast

A clever episode in a clever setting that leans well into the characters' personalities while embodying the classic detective murder mystery dinner vibe, coming in somewhere between Hercule Poirot and Clue...well, ok, maybe more like a very expensive Mafia game.

Well-paced, appropriate surprises throughout to keep it interesting, and fits in quite well with the gaming esthetic of the show, though less virtual than usual.

In a show that's mostly about pointless character development for fun, this fits in and is not a disappointing side quest like it light be on a show less used to flights of fancy. This is a show that's literally done an episode or two in the distant past without any main characters before-which I did like, but this was not that.

Mythic Quest is an absolute phenomenon.

Across episodes, you get interesting character developments, a manageable plot with entertaining fillers - and then there's that one episode in every season that takes something out of the ordinary, wants to be creative and creates something very special away from the actual storyline.

After A Dark Quite Death, Backstory! And Sarian, the writing team once again manages to conjure up something very special on screen, only this time with the main characters themselves and with consequences for the series as a whole.

Not only is the acting once again outstanding, which is essential for the course of the episode, but the setting, the vague playbook and the idea of what they want to tell here is also incredibly well conveyed.

This is how you have to approach the subject, stage it and let it unfold.

Once again, the series surprises.