That alone made my day. I'm so happy. I hope she makes it to the big leagues and gets as much involve in the Kalos Queen competition as the Grand Festival in Sinnoh. When Team Rocket does something other than Team Rocket stuff, they're at their best.
Braixen is so fabulous. I loved this episode as well. I appreciate how "female-lead character focused episode" in XY have the female-lead character
really focused. Twice now that Ash is barely doing anything in Serena episodes. Excellent.
Though I found the "crying" pointless, it was still pretty moving to watch, and I loved how Pancham and Fennekin responded.
Also,
Shota is so hideous, and his voice is extremely annoying. If there was any part of him that I liked before this episode, it's now gone.