FMA:B continues its general awesomeness during its term in the snowy realm of Briggs. The introduction of Sloth a few episodes back was pretty cool, as we finally get some substantial airtime on one of the two homunculi yet to be revealed in the series. This incarnate is markedly different from the version in the first anime, and definitely fits his name better.
The major event in "The First Homunculus", of course, is the reveal of the identity of Pride, ironically the last to be revealed after being the first created. I had been spoiled on who it was beforehand (argh!), but I thought the revelation was very well done, nonetheless. ::shivers:: who knew? It took a lot of courage from Riza to confront the homunculus the way she did, and she even managed to get in a barb at the end. Really gutsy there. Go Riza! Still, I was holding my breath for her throughout that chilling scene. Pride is just scary!
Elsewhere, Winry turns up at Briggs, a not-so-subtle reminder by Bradley and Kimblee to Ed and Al not to try anything funny. Kimblee gets another chance to show off his maniacal psyche when quizzed by Ed as to why he's helping the homunculi, though I'm not sure how advisable it was on Kimblee's part to allow Ed to reveal to Winry that she's actually being used to keep the brothers in check. Still, it was nice to see Winry react affirmatively when she knew of the situation. Another great episode.
The pre-title sequence in "Battle in Baschool" has Riza, visibly shaken, returning to her apartment after her confrontation with Pride. Poor Riza...anyone else would have completely lost their marbles by now...all things considered, she's taking it extremely well. Still, watching her, usually so composed and unfettered, jump at the sight of Hayate and at the sudden ring of the phone, was pretty jarring, and I couldn't help but feel for her situation. Nice subtle touch of Riza refraining from telling Roy the truth when she noticed her shadow and was reminded of how the homunculus might be lurking in the shadows. Affecting moment when Riza hugged Hayate after putting down the phone. Roy, of course, sensed something was wrong in Riza's voice, and it'll be interesting to see where this goes from here.
Absolutely loved the silent movie recap of how Yoki knew Ed and Al, and it was hilarious how the brothers completely forgot who he was, after Yoki had built his backstory up to such monumental proportions. Another highlight was Winry wanting to look Scar in the eye and have a direct conversation with him, and again, the cliffhanger (how'd they get from capturing Scar to him having Winry?!?) has moi eagerly counting down the days to the next episode. Most awesome show on TV.
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