(Continued)
Then, in late February or March of 2023, I look back on the last 8 episodes of The Owl House that I missed from Season 2 and wrote a Doc to give my thoughts on it. I'm still not too crazy about Yesterday's Lie, but in hindsight, it's stupid of me to give up the show after one episode when they have gotten so much better afterwards(plus, missing a lot of the context).
So, here's what I wrote:
Then around the same time, I wrote a theory about The Collector and my predictions for Watching and Dreaming:
So that's what I wrote at the time.
Then, in late February or March of 2023, I look back on the last 8 episodes of The Owl House that I missed from Season 2 and wrote a Doc to give my thoughts on it. I'm still not too crazy about Yesterday's Lie, but in hindsight, it's stupid of me to give up the show after one episode when they have gotten so much better afterwards(plus, missing a lot of the context).
So, here's what I wrote:
Looking Back on 8 Owl House Episodes That I’ve Missed
Hey everyone. It’s me again. I’m going to do something a little bit different here when talking about The Owl House. The series finale is coming, and recently I rewatched the entire series in preparation for the last episode. However, there are episodes in Season 2 that I had missed after Yesterday’s Lie.
In late August 2021, I decided to stop watching The Owl House due to being incredibly disappointed Yesterday’s Lie was and fear it’ll go down the same path as Star Vs The Forces of Evil. As time went on, I began to focus on Amphibia since that show was about to end. After Amphibia ended, I decided to come back to watch The Owl House again with the episodes Clouds on the Horizon and King’s Tide from Season 2 and Thanks to Them and For the Future from Season 3.
Even though Clouds on the Horizon and King’s Tide are really fantastic episodes, Thanks to Them was the episode that made me love The Owl House again.
So with that said, with the series winding down, I rewatched the series. When looking into Season 2, I realized there were episodes that I had missed that were actually important to the story. At first, I tried to rewatch them, but I skimmed through it. Now, I rewatch them again with fresh eyes and act like I was seeing them for the first time.
With that, here are my thoughts and opinions on 8 episodes of The Owl House that I’d missed.
Follies at the Coven Day Parade: Not as bad as Yesterday’s Lie, but I didn’t really care about the episode all that much. To be fair, there are some good things I actually do like from this episode. I like Amity’s friendship with Willow being rekindled. Amity called Luz “batata” (which means “sweet potato” in Spanish) made me squeal, because it was just that cute. Kikimora is so hilarious ironically when she was trying so hard to be sympathetic.The introduction of Raine was pretty cool. And the relationship between Luz and Amity was still sweet as always.
Anything else? Eh. I find it pretty dull. The whole parade thing didn’t really do it for me. The humor is very hit and miss. And considering that this is the episode that continues after Yesterday’s Lie, is something I would rather pretend it doesn’t exist.
Overall, I thought the episode was meh. Not bad, but not good either. I’d give it a 6.9 out of 10. It’s not something I would rewatch again.
(Also, I used to give Yesterday’s Lie a 7 out of 10, but now I’d give it a 4.9 out of 10. It sucks.)
By the way, Follies at The Coven Day Parade will be the first episode that Belos announced A Day Of Unity, which is a very important plot point that will come to play in the later episodes.
Elsewhere and Elsewhen: I actually do like this episode, and it’s one of the better episodes of Season 2. I really do like Lillith Clawthorn in this episode. Back then, I didn’t like Lillith Clawthorn all that much because she comes across as way too mean to Eda, but as the show progressed, she started to grow on me a lot more.
The plot of this episode felt like an average time travel story, but it does give us an interesting insight of who Phillip Wattabane really is. Luz wanted to know more about Phillip, but Phillip himself was…(I hate to use this word) very sus, to put it lightly. He wanted to create a portal door, which contains ingredients such as the Titan’s Blood, and he wanted to find The Collector, which is a character that will play later on in the season.
Luz did help Phillip to find The Collector, but little did she know that this is probably not a good idea. Even Lilith thought Phillip was pretty sketchy. When Phillip got what he wanted, he pushed Lilith and Luz by having them mauled by a beast (only for Luz to tame it much later). You know what is crazy about this? It actually reminds of the Season 1 finale in which Lilith captured Eda (in Owl Beast mode), and when Belos got what he wanted, he pushed Lilith to the side. This cannot be a coincidence. It’s really obvious that Phillip and Belos are one of the same. Hell, the ending already gives it away by Phillip drugging himself the palisman souls, similar to how Belos is doing.. That’s messed up, but this is only just the beginning.
One of the main highlights of this episode for me was Eda meeting up her dad, Daddy Dell Clawthorn. I thought it was so sweet and I’m really happy to see him again. Another highlight was Lilith punching Phillip in the nose. I thought it was cathartic.
Overall, it’s a solid episode. I really enjoyed it. I’ll give it an 8 out of 10.
Now, The Collector is on Phiilp’s hands, I wonder what he is going to do with it? Hmm, I guess we’ll just have to find out.
Alright, next episode.
Any Sport in a Storm: It’s alright. Not the best episode, but I thought it was okay.
I do like how Willow has become a lot more confident than ever before and the concept of her opening up a flyer derby team (similar to her fathers did) was pretty unique and interesting. I do like that this episode was able to utilize minor characters from Season 1 to become a lot more prominent like Barkus, Viney, Gerbo, and even Skara as well. The subplot with Amity and Luz opening up an Azura Book Club was pretty fun. I actually do tolerate Boscha in this episode. Back then, I hated Boscha from the first season because she was so annoying. When Season 2 came, she was less annoying and didn’t appear all that much in this season. So I’d say it’s a good thing.
Now, in this episode, we get to see Hunter try to fit in with the kids at Hexside. He did come off trying to be a Golden Guard rather than just being a normal kid, but keep in mind, he was used to that type of lifestyle and he never had any friends back then.
When Willow first met Hunter, she thought Hunter had the best skills and he could be a great teammate for the flyer derby. Hunter seems like he had a lot of fun, but he puts up a facade and captures the rest of the kids. Of course, it did backfire on him as Darius captured the kids on his ship. Hunter feels guilty for letting the kids be put in this situation.
So Hunter rescues the kids, apologizes for his mistakes, and lets them go. Plus, here’s a surprising twist. Darius was so impressed by Hunter’s heroines that he let him have an Instagram account since he was 16. Yeah…that makes sense.
Nothing much else I can really say about this episode and not much I really dislike about it. So I’ll give it a 7.3 out of 10. It was okay.
With that said, this might be the first episode that we get to see the other side of Hunter that we may never ever seen before. However, that’s only the lighter side. The dark side? Oh boy….We’ll get to that MUCH later.
Anyways, next episode.
Reaching Out: This…was a tough episode to go through, but in a good way.
Luz was acting pretty weird in this episode when I first saw it. But there was a reason for it. It was the anniversary of her father passing away. This time, without her mom picking up flowers together in honor of her dad. Granted, it doesn’t really excuse her actions, but at least I can understand where she’s coming from. It is a very personal thing for her. Losing a loved one at a young age is very heartbreaking and truamatic.
On top of that, earlier in the episode, Amity told Luz that she had problems with her dad, Alador, by not joining this WWE-esque witches duel, and join the Emperor's Coven tryouts instead. That really struck a chord with Luz. Not really out of “jealousy”, in my opinion because I don’t see Luz as a jealous person at all. However, “she needed a distraction” is 100% possible since she is always reminded of her dad. One interesting thing about this episode is that when the Abomaton’s alarm goes off, Luz gets scared and breaks the alarm. I do have a theory about this. This alarm siren triggered Luz because it reminded her of dad being hospitalized due to either having a car accident or being sick. I can see both of the possibilities, but to me, the car accident is probably the most likely.
Before I get into the good things I like from this episode, I want to talk about Alador. He is so negligent towards her own daughter, and kinda enabling since he follows Ohdalia's orders and not doing anything about it. Amity wants to be part of the witches brawl, just like her father does, but her father said “no”. But when she did go to the brawl, Alador was mad at her about it? That part really rubbed me the wrong way. With that said, at least Alador is nowhere near as bad as Ohdalia, in my opinion. Sure, Alador did come off as negligent, but at least he does care about his kids. As opposed to Ohdalia, she is psychologically manipulative, abusive, and conditioned her own daughter to be the way she wanted to be. Even Amity told off Alador that joining the Emperor's Coven was mom’s dream rather than Amity herself.
Speaking of that, this might be an unpopular opinion, this is the main highlight of the episode for me way more than Luz’s dilemma. Don’t get me wrong, it’s sad to see Luz’s dad die and Luz was upset over it, but I was kinda expecting The Owl House would tackle something like this.
This, on the other hand, is completely different for 2 different reasons. 1. Amity’s snobbish attitude from Season 1 makes much more sense than ever now. She was conditioned by Ohdalia and her upbringing rather than Amity being herself. When she was very very young, Amity was very cute and sweet, but unfortunately, due to her parents’ control (more specifically, Ohdalia’s control), she was used to being snobby towards everyone because her parents wanted her to act this way and be with the popular kids.
2. This may sound weird, but hear me out. This part feels like a perfect social commentary of parents living vicariously through their own children. Parents see their children as an extension of their own lives rather than seeing kids as their own humans. Parents would be given any opportunity to utilize their own children as props and accessories for their own lifestyle because they didn't get it when they were young. Parents want their kids to do this thing or that thing, even though kids don’t want to do this thing or that thing. They want to do their own thing. Unfortunately, for some parents, they don’t want their children to get that opportunity.
Take Jeanette McCurdy for example. I know it has nothing to do with The Owl House, but please bear with me. To put it shortly, Jeanette did have a toxic relationship with her mother. Her mom living her daughter vicariously, manipulating her to do things that she doesn’t want to do, conditioning her daughter to get into the child acting industry all because she had a dream of her becoming a actor that she didn’t get growing up, even though Jeanette didn’t want to become a actor. She wants to become a writer. Sadly, just like Ohdalia, Jeanette’s mom didn’t get her daughter that opportunity.
I find that very sad to me because parents need to understand that kids are their own human beings, not dolls or extensions of their personalities. They need to be treated with dignity and respect, and they have a right to privacy. If these parents are forcing their kids to do things they are not interested in, it’s going to affect them negatively down the road, and they will resent their parents for it as the kids get older. Just like Jeanette McCurdy did to her mom after she passed away.
That’s the main reason why I like this part. Because it made Amity’s character from the first season a lot more sense, and a great social commentary of most parents living vicariously through their children. Not to mention, it’s relevant in this day in age in which there are so many social media accounts of parents oversharing their children’s personal and private information on the internet for millions of people to see, forcing them to become social media stars, or in most cases, exploiting their children for monetary gain, likes, and views, which is abhorrent, gross, and morally wrong.
Okay, enough of that tangent, here are some things I do like from this episode.
Warden Warth has returned for the first time since the first episode of the show. It’s cool to see him again.
I like that Edric and Emira are always looking out for Amity, and their reveals are…actually pretty funny.
Amity’s witch duel outfit was so cute.
Luz wearing Eda’s varsity jacket was pretty spot on and it does fit for her.
I really love that Eda's relationship with Luz has grown stronger and she treated Luz like her adopted daughter. Which is so sweet.
The joke about Alador was about winning the championship belt, but he acknowledged already had one and he didn't really need it really made me laugh.
I do like that Alador was willing to listen and make amends with Amity because he realized that Amity was able to make her own choices and she had her life going with Luz.
I really like the ending where Luz and Amity pick flowers together in honor of Luz’s dad (Spoiler alert: his name is Manny). What a nice way to end the episode.
Overall, I like this episode. Not really my favorite of the whole series, but it’s still pretty good. I do like how it tackles heavy-handed subject matter in a delicate and mature way. It had great character development. Best of all, the message is very clever and very relatable.
With that, I’ll give it a 8.8 out of 10. It’s great. Go watch it.
By the way, here’s another hint about the upcoming Day of Unity. According to Warden Warth, he knows about The Day of Unity. It was supposed to be an event where everyone united with the Titan. However, some of them think the “new world” wouldn’t accept the magic kind. Hmmm, interesting. Maybe The Day of Unity wasn’t as uniteful as we thought? Guess we’ll have to find out.
Alright, moving on.
Them's the Breaks, Kid: I gotta say, this is my favorite episode of the season. I may be a little biased considering the fact that I’m a sucker for backstory episodes of cartoons, but I don’t care. This is a great episode.
Seeing the adult characters as kids like Eda, Raine, and Lilith were so adorable. I was able to catch some great easter eggs like Boscha’s parents, Amity’s parents, Darius, Gus’ dad, and Willow’s dads. That was also cute. While this episode was basically a backstory of how Eda and Raine first met, I think it works. It gives us an extra layer on who Raine was and why Eda has a great relationship with them. Honestly, I think it’s really sweet. They are a really cute couple.
Nothing much else I can really say about this episode other than its ending. On present day, Raine finds out that there was a draining spell going on at The Day of Unity. When I saw that, I was like, “Wait. A draining spell on The Day of Unity? Something’s not right here.” I thought the whole purpose of The Day of Unity was to unite everyone together on this special event. Why the draining spell? Getting rid of everyone’s magic? That seems very suspicious.
However, there is a possible solution to counteract the draining spell is to use The Owl Lady AKA Eda. Raine doesn't want to put her in danger and they are trying to work things out together. In the end, Raine deep down really loves Eda and is willing to keep her safe. Awww, that’s so sweet.
Overall, it’s a really cute episode. I really loved it. Even though it didn’t have anything big going on, it didn’t really need to be. It provides an extra layer on how Eda and Raine were as characters. It was a nice break from all the insanity, dramatic, and weird moments from the previous episodes of the season. Best of all, it was simply fun.
With that, I’ll give a 9 out of 10. Very marvelous episode.
Alright, let’s move on from the cute stuff because we are about to get into the dark stuff. Here we go.
Hollow Mind: This episode, man. THIS. EPISODE. This is the episode where I should go back to The Owl House. Because there is no reason for me to not look at this and go, “Holy crap! This is insane!” Seriously, I regret not watching this episode when it first came out because not only was it my favorite episode of the season, it was one of the best episodes of the show. I’m not kidding.
Everything about this episode was perfectly delivered. It’s about Hunter and Luz going inside Belos' mind, and there’s A LOT more dark things from Belos than most people realized. My goodness, it is so enriching. It is so interesting. The main highlight for me is that if you see the background paintings, it’s a secret timeline of Belos and his brother’s life. I really want to see it as its own backstory episode because I want to see more of this. But sadly, that’s not going to happen, but I digress.
What made the episode so great is that it is a full closure on who Belos really is. Even though it's already hinted at early episodes of this season like Elsewhere and Elsewhen, with this one, it was like the big reveal. Phillip Whattabane is Emperor Belos the entire time. Everything from the manipulation, using the Palisiman souls as drugs, you name it. He wasn’t a person that uses his powers for good, he uses his powers for evil. Plus, he is a witch hunter. So, it really does make me think about the draining spell for The Day of Unity. It wasn’t a day of uniting everyone, it was a day of draining all witches’ powers at once. That’s messed up.
Here’s another crazy twist: Hunter is a grim-walker. So basically, Belos created Hunter that was very similar to his late brother (Spoiler alert: his name is Caleb) that he can suck up to instead of making Hunter as his own person. For a while now, Hunter always looked up to Belos as an uncle. When he found out who Belos really is, he was devastated because he was so brainwashed by Belos’s gaslighting orders. I feel really bad for the poor kid because I feel like he wants to be his own person, but couldn’t since he was used to this lifestyle and nobody was telling him the actual truth.
Luz was going to tell everyone how The Day of Unity was one big lie, but Belos told Luz that she was drinking the gullible Kool-Aid in Elsewhere and Elsewhen. Luz was in denial that Phillip is Belos the entire time, but sadly she faced the truth. She was screwed, seven ways to Sunday. To be fair, it’s not really her fault. She wants to know more information on how to create a new portal door. Unfortunately, Belos has a notorious reputation of being so manipulative and getting away with it.
Now that Hunter and Luz know the truth, Hunter runs off to hiding and Luz is telling Eda and King everything in the next episode.
Overall, it’s a fantastic episode. It’s very well written, very well told, very well directed, and a great conclusion to Belos’ arc. It was a masterpiece when it comes to the animation, humor, suspense, and thrills. It was emotional, raw, and serious when it needed to be. It really did keep an edge on my seat on what to know what happened next.
The reason why I regret not watching Hollow Mind when it first came out was because it answered a lot of questions that I wanted to see. Plus, it’s a good catch-up without feeling too lost. Even though I did watch reaction videos of Hollow Mind, I didn’t see the episode myself until recently. Now, I understand it fully.
With that said, I’ll give it a 9.5 out of 10. What a wonderful episode.
Alright, moving on to the next one.
Edge of the World: This was the episode I was looking forward to, but didn’t come out as I expected it to be. Not to say the episode was bad, I did enjoy it, but it’s not one of my favorites of the season.
Ever since the Hooty episode came out, the ending made me squeal with joy. King’s dad being in this episode is something I really wanted to see. It could be such a wholesome reunion between King and his dad. And…..turns out I was wrong.
Apparently, this large “Titan” is not King’s dad. Yeah, I was upset about it, but the more I think about it, I don’t think he was intended to be. Even if that was the case, leaving out Baby King and almost being taken by this weird creature in Echoes of the Past, makes him come across as very negligent. So yeah, it really wouldn’t make sense if the large “Titan” (his name is Tarak) was actually King’s dad. I don’t know if that is the case, but that’s just my theory.
Anyways, Edge of the World continues where Hollow Mind left off in which Luz tells Eda and King about Bello’s revelations and blames herself for perpetuating the problem. I feel bad for Luz because it’s not her fault. She’s the victim of Belos’ manipulation.
Eda and Lilith tell Luz to go on an adventure with Hooty and King to The Titan Trapper Island and meet King’s “dad” and “relatives”, while they find a place to hide from Belos’ minions.
After Luz, King, and Hooty left, Eda was really sad and upset because she is not protecting Luz and King. If you look back at the earlier episodes in Season 1, Eda was…..somewhat dismissive towards Luz and King at times (even though, it’s not really her intentions), but as the show goes on, she developed a great relationship with them, down to the point that it made Eda a great motherly figure to Luz and King, and treat them as their adopted kids. Now, with Luz and King having been going through rough patches, Eda blames herself for not keeping them safe.
I can understand what she is coming from. Say what you will about Eda, at least she does care about Luz and King and loves them very much and she will do anything to protect them. Lilith reassures her sister that they are figuring out a plan on keeping the kids safe and going into hiding.
Going back to Luz, King, and Hooty. They go to The Titan Trapper Island. And this is where they met Tarak. By the way, I really love the fact that the King called Luz his big sister. That’s really cute.
Even though Tarak wasn’t King’s dad, he was surprised by King himself. Tarak shows them the Titan Trapper Island where all of his “kind” or “relatives” live. King does seem like he is having a good time, but Luz and Hooty noticed something very…..off around here.
When I think of the name “Titan Trapper Island”, I imagine an island that was filled with people who trapped the Titans. In this episode’s case, it proved me right. When Luz tells Tarak the Titans are extinct, Tarak said that not all of them since there’s only one survives, according to The Grand Huntsman. Gee, I wonder who that could be?
Luz and Hooty meet The Grand Huntsman (aka Bill) and ask him to help to defeat Belos. One thing I want to mention about Bill. He was voiced by Chris Houghton, the co-creator of Big City Greens, and the voice of Cricket Green. When I heard his voice, I only imagined Cricket Green as an adult. How funny. I used to adore Big City Greens (but not anymore), and Chris did a good job voicing Bill.
Anyways, Bill was going to help out, but he is on a hunt looking for the last Titan. It always has a wailing outburst that makes him go crazy, and the Titans act like monarchs and stuff like that. When I heard Bill say the Titan goes “weh” and have these screaming outbursts, it reminded me of King. If you look at the Hooty episode, King has screaming powers.
So basically, that makes King the last surviving Titan that ever existed in this show (in-universe). I always thought King was a demon-dog like creature, but a Titan? That’s……… interesting. Very interesting. On top of many dead Titans and a Collector shrine, it is really a fascinating development.
So Luz tells King the truth that he is a Titan and the Titan Trappers are not his kind. In fact, they’re cannibals, and they’re going after King, and killing him. So Luz, King and Hooty ran off and never returned to the Titan Trapper Island again. So they go back home and get back to Eda and Lilith since now they are in hiding and The Owl House was ransacked by Belos’ minions (thanks a lot Kikimora.). One interesting thing to note is that King looks at the Big Titan skull, it looks like his father, and waves “hi" to him. It’s sad, but bittersweet.
Overall, this episode is okay. There are some moments that I find incredibly underwhelming, and it wasn’t as good as the previous episode, but I do enjoy it. The whole lore with the Titans was really interesting and I wish this show would have explored more of that. Unfortunately, what really bogs down the episode for me is that it tries way too hard to hammered it in on the fact that King is the last Titan, without any explanation. It could’ve done so much better if it was actually given more time as to why King was the last surviving Titan instead of rushing through it just for the sake of making King cry. I find it so underwhelming, in my opinion.
Other than that, I thought the episode was alright, but it’s not one of my favorites. It has its moments, but it could’ve been done so much better. I’ll give it a 6.8 out of 10.
Nothing much else to say, so let’s move on.
Labyrinth Runners: I gotta say, this was an interesting episode for both characters, Gus and Hunter.
Gus wasn’t really my favorite character in The Owl House in general, but there are some moments that I actually do enjoy from him. This episode is the most well-written Gus episode of the show. We get to see Gus when he was young has been going through anxiety panic attacks when is in a vulnerable state. Which I can relate to. Seeing Willow teaching Gus to calm down was such a sweet moment and a great introduction of how Gus and Willow first met.
Remember when Hunter runs off to hiding in the end of Hollow Mind? Well, now he lives in Hexside. Which is probably the best decision for two reasons. 1) at least Hexside is much safer for him and 2) even if he stayed in The Owl House, Kikimora already got him the bag.
There’s not really much else to go over about this episode, except for one main highlight. Hunter having a conversation with Gus. Hunter always wanted to impress Belos because he believed he was doing something good for someone, but finding out who Belos really is, Hunter felt betrayed. In some ways he wants to believe the lie, but most of the time, he doesn't, and it’s really hard to trust himself. That is a great character development for Hunter. I was very neutral on Hunter when he first showed up in the beginning of Season 2 (though I was worried that the writers will make him a love triangle plot device, but thank god it didn’t happen), but as time goes on, he did grew on me, and I consider him the most likable character in the show.
Overall, this episode is pretty solid. I’ll give it a 7.9 out of 10.
Alright, let’s move on to our final go-round.
O Titan, Where Art Thou: We finally get to the last Owl House episode that I’ve missed.
This episode is….pretty rough for Luz and Eda. For King, it’s pretty decent.
Once Luz, King, and Hooty get back to The Boiling Isles, they find out they were wanted by The Emperor's Coven, the Owl House has been ransacked by Belos’ minions, and Eda and Lilith are in hiding.
Once the trio find Eda and Lilith, they announce to the sisters that King is a Titan. The sisters loved and congratulated King. With that said, Eda tells Lilith that they don’t have a plan for The Day of Unity and she wants to keep Luz and King safe.
King wants his bunny doll, Francios, back from Belos’ minions so Eda and Luz go to the Emperor's Coven to get it back. I really do like Luz said that we didn’t have 20 more adventures to explore in this show. This may seem like a not-so-subtle petty jab at The Mouse House for cutting the show short, but I don’t care. It’s very damn accurate. Those who think otherwise can touch grass.
Anyways, as Luz and Eda go to the Emperor's Coven to get Francois back, Eda hears Raine on the crystal ball. Eda asks Raine for help because not only does she need backup, she needs them to keep the kids safe. When Luz heard about the conversation, she thought Eda was sending her away, which obviously that’s not the case.
I gotta be honest, when I first saw Luz and Eda fight, that made me feel uncomfortable. I love Luz and Eda. They had such a great bond and they worked wonderfully together. Seeing them fighting with each other didn’t really feel right to me. Yeah, I get it. Sometimes friends or family can have their conflicts, but I don’t know, maybe because of personal experience, but it just turns me off. After Luz and Eda fight, they get caught by the Coven Scouts and capture them.
Meanwhile on King’s side, King needed some time alone to self-reflect on what happened after the Titan Trapper episode. This is where he met Steve, a former Coven Scout. Steve and King did hang out and talk about how they were going through, but one thing that King mentioned is great character development for him. Back in the day, the King wanted power, control, and fear of others. However, he realized that this is not the kind of person who he is anymore. He changed a lot throughout the whole show, and I really do appreciate the writers giving him much needed development that he really does deserve. On top of that, Steve does relate to him, which is great. By the way, I have no opinion on Steve other than he’s alright.
Going back to Luz and Eda, Eda tells Luz the truth that she has no plan to stop Belos and The Day of Unity. She and Lilith don’t have powers since the Season 1 finale, no allies, no nothing. All she got was the kids and she wants to keep them safe, but now, it’s all over. She doesn't know what to do. Like I said in Edge of the World, I understand what Eda is coming from since she is in a very tough and scary situation. On the other hand, Luz wants to fight Belos after everything he has done. So yeah, it’s a tough situation for both of them.
Thankfully, we got ourselves a major turn around. After Luz got out of the wagon, it was a relief that we finally got back up, all thanks to Raine and their buddies. So now, they have a plan to stop The Day of Unity (SPOILER ALERT: it got backfired).
In the end, Luz and Eda give Francois to King, Eda gives Luz a custom made palisman (SPOILER ALERT: Luz’s palisman is a rattlesnake), and prepare to stop The Day of Unity.
Overall, there are some moments in the episode that really rubbed me the wrong way, but there are some moments that I actually do like. So, I would say it’s a good episode, but there are episodes in this season that are much better, in my opinion. I’d give it a 7 out of 10.
As a special bonus, the final four episodes are where everything went down, but setting things up for the series finale. Here’s a quick rundown.
In Clouds of the Horizon (9.7 out of 10. Fantastic episode of the show.), Luz reunited with her friends, Hunter has redeemed, and they stick together to stop Belos, but Luz goes alone.
In King’s Tide (9.5 out of 10. Amazing season finale), Luz fights off Belos, and her friends are on her side. King wants to help out, but Luz’s friends already got this in the bag. King saw The Collector and The Collector wanted to be free and have fun. King lets him go. The Collector defeated Belos, stopped The Day of Unity, and created his own wonderland. King goes out with The Collector and Luz and her friends go to The Human Realm.
In Thanks to Them, Luz and her friends had fun in The Human Realm, but it’s time for them to get back to The Demon Realm to stop Belos and The Collector.
Finally, in For the Future, The Collector is having a good time with King. Luz and her friends returned to The Boiling Isles, going through the obstacle to reach The Collector's home, and provide some great character development along the way. However, Belos and The Collector are not giving up as they are ready to fight Luz and the gang for the final battle.
And thus, I finally conclude my thoughts on all 8 episodes of The Owl House that I have missed from Season 2.
So what do I honestly think of them?
While there are episodes that are more memorable than others, I really do enjoy them and it was a really great experience to binge them all. Now, I understand the whole story and the way it was connected makes sense. Although there were some moments that were executed that I’m not too crazy about, I do give the writers credit on what they were trying to do with the story, and for what it's worth, at least they did good on what they were given..
Am I being overreacting that I stopped watching The Owl House all because it would go down the same route as Star Vs The Forces of Evil? To a degree, yes. At least The Owl House was a more well-written and consistent show than Star was, and it would be naive of me to think that Owl House’s ending will be just as bad as Star Vs, because for what I’ve seen in The Owl House, it cannot further from the truth. But then again, I don’t know how the Owl House finale is going to be. I’m still a little worried about how it’s going to turn out, but I’m holding off on my opinions until the finale release in April. I’m just going to have to wait and see, but I’m hoping and praying it’s good.
Then around the same time, I wrote a theory about The Collector and my predictions for Watching and Dreaming:
With that said, now I’m done talking about my thoughts on the episodes, and I want to talk about a certain character in the show that has been on my mind lately, and that is The Collector.
When The Collector was first introduced in this show, I was really digging on this character. Sure, he can be annoying at times, but I really find him interesting. When he was first revealed in human form in King’s Tide, he looked really cute. He kinda reminds me of Spinel in Steven Universe in a way. He’s cute, but very powerful at the same time. Then, we get to see him again in For the Future, and I’m not gonna lie, I was a bit let down mostly because I find him a little more annoying than he was before. However, I did rewatch For the Future many times, and I like him a little better now. He’s crazy, but at the same time, he’s having fun and just wants to have a friend.
So the reason why The Collector has been on my mind lately is because when I saw him in For the Future, he’s not really all that evil. I know this may sound like an unpopular opinion, but he’s not that intimidating to me besides turning people into puppets, and even then that’s tame compared to what Belos has done 95% of the time.
What I do see in The Collector (and this is just my theory) is he is a child that wants attention that nobody was giving him. He was a kid that was rambunctious, but he was having fun. He has insane powers, but is also very unique with it.
However, nobody was looking out for him. Nobody is protecting him. Nobody is keeping him safe. Nothing. He was alone. All the grown-ups failed this kid. Belos is, hands down, the worst offender of this. He basically lied, groomed, and manipulated The Collector for his own selfish gain, and I find it absolutely disgusting. Seeing The Collector feel betrayed really breaks my heart. I feel so bad for him.
He was a type of character that needed the love and attention that he deserved. Other than King, nobody was looking out for him, and that’s really sad. One thing I’m hoping for in the finale is The Collector gets a chance of redemption and has someone to look out for him. I think someone like Camilia would be a perfect candidate because she loves Luz and Vee unconditionally, so I can see doing the same with The Collector, and hopefully keep his powers under control.
One thing I do find very interesting about The Collector is that he has a past. When King was reading The Collector a bedtime story, there were parts of the story that were scribbled off.
The bottom text reads: “but should meddle in our affairs, we’ll clean the planet and scorch the air.”
Below the text, there was a picture (which got scribbled) of adult Collectors and people bowing to them.
That part really got me thinking, “why doesn't The Collector want King to finish his bedtime story and what was he hiding?” I think I had a theory as to why.
The Collector was not very proud of his past nor his family. The Adult Collectors want control over The Demon Realm to make their world as they see fit. As opposed to their enemies, The Titans, they want their land to be peaceful and full of life. As you can see the murals in The Collector’s house, The Big Titans and The Big Collectors don’t get along at all. The Collector and the Baby Titans on the other hand, do get along, and they like being friends together. It does seem like The Adult Collectors don’t want the Kid Collector befriends with the Baby Titans as seen as it was aiding with the enemy, which is not the case. The adults (Collectors) really don’t understand that being so conflicted with the Titans is going to cause negative effects on themselves and the child, and the child didn’t ask for any of this. If the Kid Collector didn’t want to be friends with the Baby Titans, the child would turn to the Big Collectors to get some attention, yet the big ones didn’t get him attention. That’s really sad. I had a really strong feeling that if Collector were to let King finish the story, The Collector would speak out the truth about the Adult Collectors that would break him down and cry. This may seem a bit of a stretch, but I can only imagine that if the show were to get a full third season, there would be a Collector focused episode that would be just as gut-wrenching as Reaching Out, if not more so. Unlikely, I know, but think about it, it could be possible.
So that’s just my theory on The Collector. I don’t know what his character is going to do in the final episode of the show, and I could be wrong about my theory on him. So we’ll just have to wait and see when the finale comes around.
Speaking of the finale. As you guys may be aware, Dana Terrace confirmed that the final episode of The Owl House will be released on April 8th, and it was titled “Watching and Dreaming”.
Here is the synopsis:
The fate of everything on the Boiling Isles now rests on the shoulders of a human, a cursed witch, and a determined but tiny little King
By the way, on a side note, I really like the titles of the Season 3 specials playing on words such as “Thanks for Watching.” I find that very clever. Not to mention, the synopsis is an interesting full circle. Luz has met Eda and King since the first episode. Now, in the series finale, Luz, Eda, and King band together to defeat Belos and The Collector.
While we don’t know what the synopsis is about, we do know that things are going down after For the Future.
So here are my predictions for the finale:
A very powerful moment of Luz fighting off Belos. I really like to see Luz fighting off Belos in a similar fashion to Azura because it would make her character a complete full circle.
Answer a lot of the questions about who Evalyn is, get to know more about Caleb, and why Belos is behaving this way.
Belos get defeated once and for all. Considering everything that Belos has done, he doesn’t deserve redemption. I hope he’s dead, gone, and never returns.
I want the Collector to be redeemed. In my opinion, I don’t think The Collector is a bad guy. I do see he had some good in him. It's just that he needs love and attention that he doesn’t get. So that’s what I wanted to see.
My final prediction. The show ends on a HAPPY SATISFYING CONCLUSION. A GOOD ENDING! I don’t want the show to have an Amphibia ending by saying goodbye to The Boiling Isles. I definitely don’t want a Star Vs. type ending by merging two worlds together. I want to have a good, fair, and balanced ending by having Luz travel between two different realms anytime she wants too. Now that would be a good ending, in my opinion. If The Owl House were to have a time-skip moment in the finale like Amphibia does, I can only imagine that Luz reads her book to the kids about her adventures to the Boiling Isles, and seeing Luz and the gang as young adults like Anne, Sasha, and Marcy are. I wouldn’t be surprised if that were to happen, but I’ll be sad at the same time.
Bottom line, all I want for The Owl House is to have a great satisfying conclusion that feels rewarding, incredible, and best of all, graceful. I want a show that I can look back on and say “yeah, it was such a great show.” Even though it’s very disappointing that Disney cut the show short when it did, to be fair, what we got in the third season so far is absolutely incredible and it makes me hopeful that the series finale will end on a massive high note.
So those are my predictions for the finale. I’m really gonna miss this show and I’m not ready to see it go, but I’m sure the finale will go out with a bang.
See you all on April 8th, my owl friends.
So that's what I wrote at the time.
