Some spoilers for the episode in this post so if you haven’t seen episode 3 maybe watch it before reading my comment. I thought this was another good episode for this show, in fact I think it’s my favorite so far. This episode has to thread a very fine line between revealing a lot about what happened leading up to the massacre on Brendok whilst also keeping tons of things vague and unexplained, as well as setting up some new mysteries for what actually happened there. It succeeds by telling the story mostly through Osha’s point of view, yes we do get a few scenes where she isn’t present with Mother Anesyia, but other than those we are firmly rooted in her perspective which allows the episode to show what happened without giving all of the answers. However, that leads me to one of my issues with the episode, specifically Mae and Osha’s confrontation at the end. It felt really out of character for Mae to try and kill Osha, and it’s not believable that her burning Osha’s book could lead to such a huge fire. I mean I guess she could use the Force, or Thread as the Coven calls it, but there’s still a disconnect. I’m really hoping this is intentional meant to throw doubt on whether the scene really happened as we saw it. It feels like a setup to show that either it wasn’t Mae who did that, or it was some illusion that made it look like it was Mae.
Back to more positives, the episode expands the lore by showing the Jedi from a completely outside and somewhat hostile perspective. The scene where the Jedi confront the Coven is wrought with tension as it feels like both sides are moments away from attacking the other. I also liked how much it differentiated Mae and Osha with Mae reveling in using the Thread and wanting to remain part of the coven, and Osha wanting a different life, to not become a witch and to be her own separate person from Mae. We also learned new information about Osha and Mae’s origins, specifically that they’ve been somehow created unnaturally and that the Jedi would kill the coven if they found out and that wasn’t known beforehand. We learned that the Coven was previously persecuted and driven nearly to extinction before leaving to settle on this planet in peace. There’s clearly way more to the story but it answers just enough questions for me to feel satisfied. This was really the episode that completely hooked me into the show, I liked the first two, but this is the one that’s making this show a must watch for me.