tl;dr it’s ok to not have expectations met wo reverting to either dooming abt the future or insisting it was all perfect. my trust in the show is by no means diminished & i eagerly anticipate the next ep but i didn’t sufficiently feel like the spirit of ar was in the room here
3,02 thoughts: after 2 rewatches i feel slightly better about it, but i think my overall feel is vague disappointment. i enjoyed individual sections but overall it didn’t quite gel, which may be the purpose, but as a single ep, wasn’t satisfactory to me in the same way 3,01 was