Talk:Eden Rising/Episode 11/@comment-7317707-20140214210308

I finally got around to reading Eden after finishing up S1 a month or so back, and I must say that this is my favorite episode so far. The episode perfectly mixed character development and action, something you do in practically every episode so far. I've found something intriguing about all the characters, except maybe Phoebe, but more on that later. I love how Xander's arch has gone, as much as I HATE him as a character, he has been one of the most interesting. I'm honestly not suprised he cheated on Kitty at this point, but I'm curious to see how Kitty reacts when she discovers he and Gwen did it.

I also like how you brought the hope and happiness levels higher and higher, a drastic change from last episode ever since they left Glennly, but then sent it crashing down with the plane blowing up.

Another thing I liked was Tom, Manilla and PJ's development, and it made me have far more interest in them (especially PJ and Manilla). Rory and Leigh are two great new characters how I think have already been developed a lot for one episode. Griggs arch, as short as it was, was very dynamic, because although I disagree with him blowing the plane up and not letting Tom's group in, I still can see where he was coming from. The critiques I have for this episode are very limited: I thought Phoebe was a little washed out, I didn't even really notice her much in the opening scene, and that Sidney's scene didn't leave that much of an impact on me because of all that was going on. Other than that though, I thought this was a great episode and I'm sure Season 2 will live up to season 1!!!