The first part of the 'Ducktales' finale "The Golden Goose" was great and did a generally wonderfully job with one of the show's best concepts. Not perfect or one of the show's very best, but one of the best late episodes and one of the best in a while. It was a delight to see 'Ducktales' return to its roots and be an episode that had more complex character writing than most late 'Ducktales' episodes and be one of the show's most emotionally investable.
Found the second part to be every bit as good and perhaps even better. It is as thrilling (even when more intimate in scale), complex in character writing and as emotionally investable and dynamic as the first part. It has all of the first part's numerous good things with the best of them brilliantly executed and even better so, and has numerous great things of its own. A delightful season and show finale and a gem for any show in its own right as well, so much so that any logic lapses were forgivable.
Bad things are actually very few and again fairly nit-picky. The frozen characters shot during the transformative powers exposition distracted from what was being said and wasn't really necessary, considering that it also didn't have an awful lot of relevance with what is being said.
Also felt that the wrap up felt a little tacked on.
Once again the animation is vibrant and beautifully detailed and the music is dynamic with the placement never jarring. The dialogue is both entertaining and intelligent, nothing is simplistic or convoluted and even when with moments of intimacy and stripping back the story thrills and intrigues throughout. The voice acting, especially Alan Young, is universally on point. Like with Part 1, absolutely loved the characterisation, with admirable emphasis on the characters' moral dilemmas there is more complexity to usual. Especially in the case of Scrooge, whose genuine grief and concern comes over as genuinely moving, really felt for him here. It shows how much he cares for the nephews and not just about money.
As well as the not too heavy exposition/explanations, the suspense and the amusement, one of the standouts of the writing was Scrooge's reverse psychology. It was great to see Webby show more maturity than with some of the other late season episodes, and also to see her have a memorable personality and treated with respect by Scrooge and the writers. There is a great emotional core here in "The Golden Goose: Part 2", genuinely cared for what happened to the nephews despite not caring for their characterisation in some of the late season episodes. The slapstick is wonderfully wacky and didn't feel at odds with what was going on in the rest of the story, while the spine-tingling climax is a contender for the show's most powerful individual scene. Glomgold is even more villainous this time around, one is able to take the Beagles seriously here too and Scrooge's character writing is nailed in a way that wasn't the case for a while. The transformations are imaginative and also surprisingly shocking, namely the climactic ones.
Summing up, great end. 9/10
Found the second part to be every bit as good and perhaps even better. It is as thrilling (even when more intimate in scale), complex in character writing and as emotionally investable and dynamic as the first part. It has all of the first part's numerous good things with the best of them brilliantly executed and even better so, and has numerous great things of its own. A delightful season and show finale and a gem for any show in its own right as well, so much so that any logic lapses were forgivable.
Bad things are actually very few and again fairly nit-picky. The frozen characters shot during the transformative powers exposition distracted from what was being said and wasn't really necessary, considering that it also didn't have an awful lot of relevance with what is being said.
Also felt that the wrap up felt a little tacked on.
Once again the animation is vibrant and beautifully detailed and the music is dynamic with the placement never jarring. The dialogue is both entertaining and intelligent, nothing is simplistic or convoluted and even when with moments of intimacy and stripping back the story thrills and intrigues throughout. The voice acting, especially Alan Young, is universally on point. Like with Part 1, absolutely loved the characterisation, with admirable emphasis on the characters' moral dilemmas there is more complexity to usual. Especially in the case of Scrooge, whose genuine grief and concern comes over as genuinely moving, really felt for him here. It shows how much he cares for the nephews and not just about money.
As well as the not too heavy exposition/explanations, the suspense and the amusement, one of the standouts of the writing was Scrooge's reverse psychology. It was great to see Webby show more maturity than with some of the other late season episodes, and also to see her have a memorable personality and treated with respect by Scrooge and the writers. There is a great emotional core here in "The Golden Goose: Part 2", genuinely cared for what happened to the nephews despite not caring for their characterisation in some of the late season episodes. The slapstick is wonderfully wacky and didn't feel at odds with what was going on in the rest of the story, while the spine-tingling climax is a contender for the show's most powerful individual scene. Glomgold is even more villainous this time around, one is able to take the Beagles seriously here too and Scrooge's character writing is nailed in a way that wasn't the case for a while. The transformations are imaginative and also surprisingly shocking, namely the climactic ones.
Summing up, great end. 9/10
