Subject: We've watched episode 1 now (spoiler-free comments).
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Posted on: 2023-10-09 12:43:24 UTC

So O.B. is very much a Makes-Things. I'm not sure when he's a Makes-Things from - he's not TOS levels of skittish, but most later Makes-Things stories have him a bit grumpy; O.B. is more on the highly-strung enthusiastic end of things.

As is typical with Disney+ shows, I think every shot of O.B. in the trailers was from the first episode. That's fine; hopefully there's more to come! There's also lots of him that isn't in the trailers, so that's cool.

Writing-wise, O.B. works well as a counter to the returning cast's tendency to act as if you just watched the season 1 finale. ^_^ Kaitlyn described the episode as trying to maintain the energy of something two years ago, which is pretty accurate. It's not that they don't recap what they need to - it's that the immediacy the characters feel isn't matched by the gap we've had.

As far as potential fan videos go, O.B. has some very useful short lines, like "Yes" and "No", as well as a straight up "That won't work" which could cover a multitude of HQ's evils.

hS

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