Indeed, the cave turned out to be a trap.…

Indeed, the cave turned out to be a trap.  I was sincerely hoping that they might take a different route and make the rat king good looking....he looked like an extra in cats.  It looked bad.  Anyways, we learn that the rat king indeed did meet with the leader of the healer tribe following the plague curse but he never received the crystal and that the healer chief has it.

Meanwhile, the healer chief seems to be showing signs of crazy as he plans to kill the bride to avoid giving up the crystal.  Luckily, Shi intervenes.  His son and Ka Suo and the rest then show up and it seems we learn the truth: that the healer tribe leader ingested it and was immune to the plague and gained immortality.  He does not want to give it up.  Yan Da hears this and removes it forcefully from him, which reveals his true age: an old man.  He is very ancient.

The black shadow fog everyone saw is actually a form of the fire lord. The crystal is used to heal the bride (Tuo seems to get over his dad's problems fast) and the bride returns to her normal age just from a sip.  The sisters are happy and embrace.

Ka Suo has the crystal but plans to formerly request it (is he a numbut?)  Yan Da meets up with Shi, and she gives him something to eat (she likes him)--she wants to know if he is on her side.  She says she respects his bravery.  the pill is to help him with his injuries.

The tribe healer is apparently turned into someone with the mentality of a child.  So now his son is in charge.  Li Luo struggles with Ka Suo being mad at her for taking a hit meant for him.

--AND THIS IS WHERE THIS DRAMA STUMBLES FOR ME--it turns goofy and awkard at parts (I can put up with the cheesy theatrics), when it could just seamlessly be a serious drama.  They don't incorporate romance very well into the show, in my opinion.

But I like that sweeping kind of romance.  They interject romance and it seems awkward like they put the show on pause to have a 'romantic part' instead of weaving it in well.  That is where this show really suffers, in my opinion--

So they fly some kite together and have a flirty moment.  Then we go back to the fire king who is literally baking the Ice King.  He shares that he is keeping him alive because of his expressionless face--he wants to break him and see him in pain.  He also wants him to tell the three realms that if they rebel against him they will be in for it. Obviously e refuses.

So the ice king is weak but he seems to be stubborn beyond all reason.  Which I like.  

Yu Shen and her sister leave because she the sister no longer wants to marry him.  Which gives Yu Shen an opening....

And SHI steals the ice crystal....because the ice tribe is stupid and led by Ka Suo.  Yan Da seems to be attracted to Shi's pride, and I guess his indifference.  I like her character the most in this series, followed closely by fire king and then mermaid girl Lan SHang...

Ka Suo gets the news that the relic was stolen by the fire tribe.  La Suo thinks this is good since they have an ally.  Ka Suo is unhappy about involving them but WHAT DID you EXPECt???

For reasons unknown, Fire Princess and her brother do not seem to get along  Anyways we are told that the next crystal is in the Dream Tribe...

The episode gets low stars because the execution of the plot was uninteresting.  I don't expect to be surprised in these dramas they are all predictable but the execution just did not hook me.  

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Over the top evil laughter!

The amount of crazy evil man laughter present in this episode was crazy! Which makes me firmly believe that cheesiness is the way the director and other such creative parties wanted to take this show. The rat guy had over the top evil villain laughter. Not only does the Fire King grace us with his evil laugh, but apparently the Chief of the Healer does too and he puts the Fire King in his place! No really that was over the top. Which of course I laughed my butt over.

The makeup for the tiger person and rat guy reminded me so much of Cats! Not to mention how adorable the baby tiger person was. Ah! (Though I was really amazed that the Healer Chief's son was so willing to bring out the violence on that poor tiger mom, they stole her baby!) It makes me sad that there won't be more Luna in the rest of the show. Maybe she'll pop up later, but it's clear she's not a reoccurring role.

Ka Suo and the older looking Kong Shi have such amazing chemistry. I'm really looking forward to watching them interact more. I can just feel the brotherly love and that's something I'm very pleased to see unfold. Clearly Kong Shi isn't just Ice .. . . and I'm very curious how that will all come into play.

Overall I had fun. Basically I've come to grips with the fact that Ice Fantasy is campy fantasy fun.

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