It's hard to say much about this episode, which functions as a triumphant culmination of everything the show set up back in season one, without spoilers, but I'm going to do my best here. The two unwillingly separated crews finally reunite here, and couples like Jim and Oluwande and Lucius and Black Pete have to work through what's happened to them while they've been apart. (The Lucius and Pete stuff was well done, but Jim and Oluwande's scenes left their current relationship status oddly unclear; I'm left wondering if there was some cut material that would have clarified things.) Ed, separated from the rest of the group, confronts a figure from his past and reveals some of the deep-seated emotional issues that have been driving him all along. Stede shows the core of emotional strength that's been in him all along, establishes that he understands Ed far better than anyone gave him credit for, and it all leads up to a shatteringly romantic reunion for the two of them that against all odds manages to be worthy of the cliffhanger that ended season one. I'm not sure what else to say about this, except that it might be my single favorite episode of a show I love deeply.