After two solid episodes it was expected that they would drop the ball somewhere but holy:
EPISODE 3
The weakest so far, my God what they did to Charlie? Remember those episodes every cartoon used to have where the mc ends embarrassing themselves in front of everyone for no reason? That was this episode, in a proper comedy it might have worked, the Dany-do-bad scenes were somewhat funny because Erika and the animation where carrying it but it's the context that makes it very retarded, the fucking redemption song sounded just like that song Pim was singing before Mr.Frog kicked his ass lmao. I didn't buy Vox and Velvette's chemistry, hard to see their dynamic working together when Charlie is delivering everything they need in a silver plate.
Cherry's song was ok, she and Baxter are barely characters as I feared.
EPISODE 4
Alastor gets raped the episode. Good that they didn't went with the gay mustache but lamentably kept the dyke haircut, "Don't you forget" was a fun song and I did like seeing him plot behind eveyone's back, ok backstory I think you get the idea that he's a power hungry asshole that felt cheated out of his deal with Rosie. Vox gets more focus and it was pretty funny to watch him buckbreak big Al but he being a gay twink that wanted to be friends with him just feels so forced, obvious fujo bait aside it's hard to believe this guy is a cult leader if this is how he acted before meeting Alastor.
Fight scene was cool but lacked the big "umpf" to make it stand out to me, I agree with
@Re(Runner)48 on the lack of context in what their powers even are hurts the understanding of the whole sequence, I didn't even knew that Velvette was supposed to be some kind of technowitch!
Niffty's song was also fun, I still hold that the visuals don't fit her character tho.
Overall, not a good look, Charlie as a character has suffered a lot thanks to these two episodes. I understand what they were going for, she feels guilty for Pentious and was in a high after knowing he's still alive but making her act like a complete retard with zero disregard to consecuences was not the way to do it, if anything this is where she gets serious and realizes how much the Vees represent a huge obstacle to her goals. Of course, this would only happen in a more well written show.
Ngl with the throwing around of catchphrases and how even Nifty held her own against Val, I thought I was watching a pitch vid for a fighting game. Tag me when a game is announced at the end of this season.
Unironically speaking, Hazbin Hotel would have worked way better as a fighting game. Not only has Viv a knack for creating countless characters with different abilities but being able to follow each character story individualy would have resolved many pacing issues. Fighting games are also known for having convoluted plots.