Samurai Jack Season 5 Episode 3 Review (XCIV)

Short Version: ALL OF THIS BLOOD

Long Version:

   So, 2017 has so far been a good year for stories about grizzled heroes past their prime who decide to grow out their facial hair and must undergo one deadly, final journey that will hopefully allow them to do something right after a long string of failures; a journey that turns out to be far more violent than anything that they’ve done before.

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Samurai Jack Season 5: Episode 1 (XCII)

Short Version: 12 years later, the future still sucks and our samurai savior may not be up to the task anymore…

Long Version:

So, going into this new season, there are a few expectations that are shaping what people like me would want from Samurai Jack’s return, mainly something that takes me back to the presentation and style of the series’ original run, while delivering on the staff’s promises of adding more mature themes without having to sacrifice the overall feel of the show. So, after this premiere, how’d they do? Let’s see…

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