Episode 5: Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker
*The Digi-Destined Walking Through A Barren Area*
Sora: We passed this place before.
Joe: You mean we've walked around the whole planet?
Mimi: That just can't be. I can't walk that far right? I'm so tired!
Over exaggeration at it's finest. The group settles for a pit stop to relax for a little bit with Izzy handling out a plan to do something of sort on his computer until Tai snatches it out of his hands. Tai needs a kick in the noggin for doing that. Computers are not just "dumb things."
Tai's pride and perfect 20/20 vision gets the best of him as he catches a glimpse of an abandoned factory in the distance. He leads the group in finding their way and going the distance. The whole factory looks deserted with equipment here as they are (working?) being pulled apart and randomly put back together.
Our heroes separate with each other into two different groups with Izzy, Mimi, T.K. and Matt discovering the power supply room and Tai, Sora and Joe discovering a wounded Digimon named Andromon stuck like glue in moving equipment. Joe retaliates by not wanting to help move Andromon but Sora puts him in his place for mocking his weak demeanor.
Joe: My mom doesn't want me to move heavy objects. I have bad knees.
Sora: Relax. We'll do it.
Agumon accidentally wakes Andromon up as he becomes evil thanks to the black gear getting stuck inside of him. Andromon goes on the hunt chasing down Tai, Sora and Joe down the whole factory.
Matt, T.K. and Mimi leave Izzy by himself in the power outlet room as he tries to make a headway discovery about the Digital World. Izzy becomes a very likeable character here in this case as while he's serious about his studies he pokes out a joke to tell every now and then.
Izzy: Give me a nano here. *Telling Tentomon To Wait A Second*
Tentomon: I'll even give you three.
We also later find out Izzy has a dark secret he keeps to himself. I'll get to that some other time.
Everyone eventually reunites with each other somewhere in the factory as Andromon attacks taking aim at T.K. and tries to attack him with his own missile attack but Gabumon digivolves to Garurumon blocking the move. Greymon and Garurumon attack with all their might to take down Andromon to no avail with Tai invisioning failure in his eyes.
Tai: Is it possible we could lose?
Izzy acts like Eddie Guerrero for the day (cheating but not lying or stealing. Okay so maybe he's not acting like Eddie Guerrero but still) hacking into his computer making Tentomon digivolve to Kabuterimon. Kabuterimon and Andromon go to war with each other slamming each others faces down on the metal pathway several times until Izzy reveals that Andromon has a weak point on him and it's in his leg. Kabuterimon fires an Electro Shocker attack releasing the black gear from Andromon who then turns himself back to good again.
Andromon apologizes for the harm he may have caused. The group accepts it as he leads the heroes down the path with what may be the best place for them to explore next. The sewer.
Verdict: 7.5/10 Pretty good episode from beginning to end. I may be underscoring this episode here a little as Izzy was a shining star here but I felt like it was missing something. I think it may be due to the fact that I didn't like the whole factory setting this was all unraveling in I don't know. But I was delighted by everything going on here that I can't really fault the episode here but just nitpick.