Oh Lilly. Please just pet Pikachu you silly person.
As the first episode focusing solely on Lily it does okay. We get to see that she lives on Lusamine's estate, we see a picture of Lusamine and Gladion, we get a confirmation from the butler that Lusamine is away somewhere (Aether Paradise) and a hint of a traumatic event involving Lusamine that's made Lily incapable of touching Pokémon.
Beyond this brief glimpse of Lily's past, and the important character milestone of having her finally feel comfortable enough to touch the egg, it's not particularly eventful or engaging as an episode. It drifts from receiving the egg, to Lily's house, to the battle against Oricorio to Slandit trying to eat the egg, without any climax or point of tension - Even Slandit was chased away fairly quickly. Hardly an exhilarating adventure as the dub title promises.
It's also forms another sad mark of Ash's regression. Not only did Rowlett loose against Oricorio. It failed to land a single hit. Fair enough the butler might be really good, but Oricorio didn't exactly do anything particularly skilled either given it only used two moves. I get that he's in a new region and only just caught Rowlett, but this is still a remarkable demotion considering the battles he was having at the end of XY.
Pikachu was cute throughout the episode, being run over by Togademaru at the start, then sitting perfectly still while Lily tries to pet him. I still think Pikachu looks better with the more detailed animation, darker colours and sharper images of the pervious series.
4/10 - I didn't hate it, it's just not very good.