Thoughts on “Terror of the Terra-firmians!”:
Best episode since the pilot, IMHO, but even so there’s a few nagging issues. The most obvious is Launchpad being as dumb as a sack of hammers; he wasn’t the brightest bulb in the room in the original series, but he was at least a functioning adult. More subtly, Huey was treading near idiot-ball territory, with his dependence on the Guidebook and his reluctance to leave the light even though staying there meant certain death; I get what they were trying to do, but it felt like they laid it on a bit very thick. And getting to the point where it’s virtually nitpicking but still annoying: As uber-competent as Mrs. Beakley is, she couldn’t see and use the crowbar that Lena found lying just a few feet away? None of these complaints are major, of course, but it’s starting to feel like Ducktales is a very good series held back from being great because of minor details like these.
Still, as I mentioned at the start, on the whole this was an excellent episode, with some well-timed action and suspense, as well as some great character interactions. Although, if I’m being honest, I have to say the episode was pretty much stolen by Louie, even though he had the least at stake and the least to do.