NT Warrior: Evil Empress Roll! (Part 2)

Plot Synopsis
Roll is still evil and with WWW they give a beating to MegaMan. Mayl eventually gives up and gives Lan permission to attack Roll, but Lan and MegaMan refuse to hurt their friend. Yai, Dex and Tory decide to track down who is controlling Roll after they find out Yahoot was responsible for giving Mayl the chip. Lan meanwhile tries to stall for time for them while Mr. Match and Maddy get into an argument. MegaMan seizes the opportunity and eliminates WackoMan. With TorchMan and Roll still against him, he's not out of hot water yet.

Eventually Yai, Dex and Tory track down Count Zap, who takes off running. While chasing after him, Dex and Tory cause a loud thump which jostles the real Mr. Higsby awake. He gets up and heads down to the arena to help out Lan and Mayl. He tells Mayl the way to eject the chip in her PET is to use a Cyclone chip, which brings Roll back to normal and she uses the Cyclone to wipe out TorchMan. Lan and Mayl win, but Roll is completely drained and her data is damaged, so Mayl has to withdraw from the tournament.

Meanwhile, Chaud has his tag match, and like an ass, attacks his partner for the hell of it. The episode ends with Lan and Chaud pumping up their inevitable match up like they've been doing since the N1 arc started.

Critique
There's a lot of clever lines in this episode and I like how the writers decided to subvert a couple of cliches. One part, MegaMan convinces Roll by talking to her to stop attacking him, but that turns out to be a trick which is played off very well. Higsby also starts to have some amnesia until NumberMan immediately reminds him that he's the best chip collector in the world which is also kind of funny. I also like his line that he would rather sell his shop than give away a single rare chip.

That said, the episode drags a bit in certain areas but it's still worth a watch.

Rating: Thumbs Up!