Arcane: Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy (2021)
Season 1, Episode 5
9/10
Rollercoaster
5 September 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is honestly one of my favorite TV episodes, in general.

The episode starts with a scene from Caitlyn's past, where we see that her parents intended for her to be an officer from the start.

Then there are a few scenes of Vi in prison, which are pretty good. She basically forces Caitlyn to let her out. Also, Vi getting trauma from Powder's bombs is great. That damn mechanical monkey.

Talking about Jinx, we get a scene where we see the Powder side of her once again. She tries to use those magic bombs, but immediately gets trauma from that day and runs off basically crying. I do like when shows and movies write insane characters with a reason, and Jinx is an example, her Powder side still being afflicted from that day. It's not every day that I nearly shed a tear for a mass murderer terrorist.

Then we have scenes with Vi and Caitlyn that are just great, Vi doing all those acrobatics and casually shutting off Caitlyn by saying that Powder was better than her at 7. Despite being the weakest of the group, Powder was still a beast.

Then there are funny moments with Vi and Caitlyn in Zaun, Vi still having great chemistry with that world despite not being in it for years and Caitlyn being completely disoriented.

We have a good scene with Marcus blowing himself up, but actually he didn't. I didn't really like Marcus before this episode, but he has grown on me. When I saw the fake scene of him taking Silco down in a suicide attack I had to pause to realize what happened.

There's also Jinx getting the Powder PTSD again from going in the room where they practiced. Great scene.

We then have the full transformation of Powder into Jinx. Silco's scenes are written to be uncomfortable, and damn they are.

Viktor then nearly dies while working on the magic science. All this while Jayce is having the time of his life.

And at the end there's the fight scene with Vi, which is animated damn well. The whole fight I was just shouting at Vi to win. Caitlyn also helps.

Overall, the chemistry between the characters is amazing, there are several scenes that recall the past which I really like, and I give this 10/10. Jinx and Vi are perfectly written.
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