I really get the feeling they are trying to rekindle some of the old with this season. I think they forgot how much they enjoyed it until they started rewatching during the podcast. I know not everyone is enjoying this season but it feels like a return to what made it great.

I enjoyed this episode. Lots of favourite old irregular characters returning, and I had a particular fondness for the scene where the women were psyching out the men. Charlie suddenly being hyper aware of his elbows was a great concept, magnificently executed. And I’m also glad to see Dee getting some proper screen time - it feels like she’s been wallpaper all of this series so far.

“I SUMMON THE VERY FACT THAT I AM A MAN!”

Holy shit I almost busted my appendix laughing at that scene.

Second weakest episode of the season, but a big improvement over Rat E. The Dennis scenes were fantastic, he’s a high level summoner. Plenty of laughs, really happy with this season that the bar is high enough that this is considered a weak episode