I'm still enjoying the show, so I shouldn't complain too much, but this show is so very formulaic in its structure. 20 minutes of tension building, peak conflict in the last 4 minutes, with some sort of cliff-hanger ending. In this episode, it was Cruhteo's punishment of Slaine, until he was enlightened just in time for Saazbaum to attack and take Slaine off. I'm half-tempted chart the episodes to see how they compare to this pattern.