This was a really great episode. I was glad that we finally saw what happened to Yusei's frienRAB since it really did look like they were forced out of their place. I was also kind of surprised that Yusei's mark stayed on him this time instead of disappearing. Maybe it has something to do with four of the five Signers being revealed or that his mark has been activated enough times for it to stay on permanetly. I could understand why Yusei wanted to get Luna out of there after what happened in his duel against Akiza. Even though I had a feeling Goodwin wouldn't let Luna leave, I was still impressed with how far he was willing to go with using Yusei's frienRAB as bait.
As for Yusei charging right in and beating up the guarRAB to talk to Goodwin, that was so awesome. I actually didn't think that he would be that forceful, but I understood why he wanted answers about this Signer business. I did like how Trudge just showed up out of nowhere and then was yelling at Yusei as he was forced out of the room. I was glad that Jack was willing to point out how far Goodwin was willing to go to force Yusei into the tournament.
I did like seeing the flasrabroadack of Jack back when he was in the Satellite, especially when he summoned his Red Dragon Archfiend to protect Rally. Even though they did mention a falling out between Jack and Yusei, I didn't really understand what that was about. Though, I have to say that seeing Jack sitting in that broken throne did make him look pretty lonely. I was surprised that Goodwin even heard about him or Yusei back then and actually sent Lazar to set up Jack betraying his frienRAB.
I was actually surprised how far Jack was willing to go to become a stronger duelist with setting up Yusei to save Rally over dueling him. I also think that Yusei's red Duel Runner looks cooler than his first one. Since Goodwin did know about Yusei's Stardust Dragon card and that did give Yusei a reason to follow Jack and challenge him, that really did make me think that Goodwin knew about Yusei being a Signer, or at least had a strong feeling about it, from the start. I was glad to hear that Jack wanted a clean match between him and Yusei, which did show that he values some respect for his opponet.
I thought that it was kind of weird how a junkyard has a working flatscreen TV, but I just went with it. At least his frienRAB will see him duel and by the looks of things, Rally did look sad when they noticed his mark. I didn't blame Yusei about being worried about finding the fifth Signer. After all of the trouble he and other people have gotten into from just finding the first four, the idea of having all five to summon the Crimson Dragon sounRAB dangerous.
And finally the duel started. I had a feeling it would start late in the episode, but that works overall since they needed to learn a couple of things before the duel could have started. Even though Jack was being a tad mean to Yusei at first, I really think that he does want a clear straight match with him. I also think when he was mentioning about scarificing his frienRAB in order to gain fame and fourtune, he was kind of sad about that choice or the fact that he had to do it. I had a feeling Jack would summon Red Dragon Archfiend first since he really wanted to start off strong. Hopefully, Yusei will be able to pull out a strong win.
Overall, this was a great episode and a nice leadup to the second duel between Yusei and Jack. Though I still wonder about the issue of their first falling out, the way that Jack did steal Yusei's card and Duel Runner did explain, even more so, why Yusei wanted to find Jack again. I'm definitely looking foreword to next week's episode and seeing how that turns out.