"Clash of the Connoisseurs!"
After beating the Icirrus City Gym Leader Brycen and winning the Freeze badge, Ash and Co. arrives in Opelucid City....only to find the Opelucid Gym closed. So the group decides to go Virbank City so Ash can challenge the Virbank Gym instead. But then a with limousine pulls up in front of the group and a man comes out of it, asking for Cilan. When Cilan introduced himself, the man forcefully throws them in the limo. Tbh I thought he was kidnapping them or something until the man said that his master a.k.a Mr. Hatterly requested a skilled Pokémon Connoisseur and his pick is Cilan. I liked seeing Burgundy again, it was funny how she was banging her head on the entrance gate for getting the permission to help Mr. Hatterly. Being a 'C' class connoisseur must be awful to her. She made me LOL many times in this episode.
It turns out that Cilan wasn't the only 'A' class connoisseur who's is invited by Mr. Hatterly, there was another 'A' class connoisseur named Ricard Nouveau. Tbh Ricard's appearance creeped me out. It's weird when he was shacking himself like that, it was even more weird when he sniffed Cilan's hand. Cilan didn't seem to like it at all.
Mr. Hatterly explained he called the connoisseurs because it's time for his daughter Marigold to have her first Pokémon, so he needs the connoisseurs to pick a perfect first Pokémon for her. I liked Marigold, she was kinda cute.
Seeing "the legendary S class connoisseur" Burgundy.....I mean Fauxgundy was funny and weird at the same time. It's creepy when she he bagan sniffing Marigold all over, making her freak out. It's funny when Lilipup revealed Burgundy's C class badge and the butler threw her out.
I liked the battle between Cilan and Ricard. Even though he was afraid of Ricard's Purrloin, it's cool how he won the battle with Crustle. It's funny when Burgundy blasted off and Ash made a comment about it. It was nice to see Cilan figuring out who would be the best Pokémon for Marigold, it showed his connoisseur skills.
Overall, it was an interesting episode focusing on Cilan and his connisseur skills, I enjoyed Cilan's rivalry with Ricard. Tbh I think Ricard would've been a good rival for him, but sadly he didn't appear again after this episode.