For all the other missteps the TV series has had, it does tend to have pretty consistently good opening scenes that get you interested for the rest of the episode (regardless of what ends up happening in the episode itself ;p). I like the opening here where it ends with Ruby going "Hmm," but you don't know what she's thinking yet.
Other assorted thoughts:I got a kick out of "Up in the Sky" being a cheap knock-off of "The Legend of the Lone Dinosaur".
And then I laughed out loud when it showed them up on that platform traveling through space.
Speaking of songs, when Red Claw's roar interrupted "I Feel So Happy", I had the thought that even he was getting sick of that one.
I think I actually like Redclaw now because he stopped them from singing. Why doesn't he do it more often? XD
Hehehe, yeah. My thoughts exactly.
One thing I wonder is why didn't Ruby's family go to the great valley with her? It'd be a safer place to raise their kids.
I didn't think of that before... but that is a very good point.
Regardless, it was nice to see that Ruby's family is alive and well. I've wanted to know more about them ever since they first appeared in the flashbacks of "The Star Day Celebration".
I wanted to point out Ruby's line to her parents, when she says,
"I still need to help Chomper find out how to help save the Mysterious Beyond from Red Claw."...
Okay, now that is interesting. This is the most of an explanation we've ever gotten as to why Ruby separated from her family to take care of Chomper.
It's still not 100% clear what Ruby meant when she said that. But it makes me wonder if she's going to try and train Chomper, himself a sharptooth, to be able to fight off Red Claw someday? I'm struggling to imagine how that would work out in the series, but it's a really interesting idea, if that is indeed what the writers were going for.
I lamented about Ruby & Chomper's relative lack of backstories in the past. But this part here, along with the general reappearance of Ruby's family, is enough to convince me that the writers probably would have further fleshed out Ruby & Chomper & Red Claw if only we'd gotten that second season...
Good episode.