I liked it, Sho was cool. I like the way he spoke. I also enjoyed the throwback to season 1 and sticking to the continuity, it was nice to see it still happening this far on.
I thought the throwback was a nice surprise for long time viewers of the series, but it felt like the writers were out of ideas for a new episode, so they decided to rehash the Pikachu evolution subplot more out of unoriginality than nostalgia appeal.
