For me, this was probably the most enjoyable episode to watch so far. It focused mostly on the Jedi team, which has always been the most interesting aspect of the show. I liked the discussions on Coruscant, and the fact that we’re seeing a “middle management” level of the Jedi hierarchy rather than always focusing on the supreme Council. I also liked the dense forest setting and creatures, etc.
I think it was probably a mistake to have that teaser scene at the end of Episode 1 showing the Sith Lord (and having him ignite a lightsaber for no reason just for the audience). It would probably be more effective to see him for the first time here in Episode 4. The reveal in Episode 4 uses the Sith Lord as a horror movie monster, which I can imagine some people will find stupid, but I thought it was effective.
Unfortunately, this show does seem to contain some Filoni-style “writing wonkiness”, just in smaller doses than previous shows. For example, I feel like Mae’s mission is just really unclear. Her master wants her to kill 4 Jedi. But he also wants her to kill at least one of them - I guess? - without using a weapon. In this episode, Mae and Qimir discuss this, and Mae says she has so far failed to kill a Jedi without using a weapon, and even concludes doing so is impossible. Okay… but I thought she succeeded at doing that when she talked Torbin into committing suicide by drinking poison. So I guess poison counts as a weapon? Does talking count as a weapon? I mean… what counts as a weapon now?
Also, the monologue given by the Sith Lord back in Episode 1 did not imply that killing a Jedi without a weapon was some kind of test or challenge - rather, the speech clearly implied that it was simply not possible (or at least not feasible) to kill a Jedi using a conventional weapon like steel or laser, and therefore more subtle methods were required. (Either that or the Sith Lord was speaking about the Jedi as an institution metaphorically, which seems like a stretch). But now the whole thing really feels like a mess - almost like different writers wrote each episode, and never communicated or shared notes.
Anyway, the show seems to be hinting that Qimir might actually be the Sith Lord - with Qimir prodding Mae along and then conveniently disappearing before the Sith Lord appears. But I kind of doubt it, because it seems too obvious at this point. (Also did Qimir stash his cool Sith armor under a tree somewhere in advance?) I suspect the Sith Lord is either an entirely new character, or maybe one of the witches who survived, like the birth mother of Osha/Mae (who seems to be the same species as Darth Maul… maybe they’ll even imply she’s an ancestor of Maul - isn’t Maul connected to witches somehow in one of the cartoons? [/Internet nerd speculation])