Well, if it weren't for the fact that I already knew that Gladion appeared in the last episode in Japan (can't really help but be spoiled when Serebii plasters an image of his face right on the home page), Lillie's picture of her family would have been a very pleasant surprise. Interesting that she's not a runaway in the show, obviously they're going for a completely different story. And based off that comment about she can't remember why she's afraid Pokémon, but it has something to do with her mom, we could be going into something very deep here. Perhaps its some sort of PTSD from seeing an Ultra Beast, or maybe she was part of some sort of experiment relating to the Ultra Beasts that traumatized her so much, she forced it from her mind. Very interesting potential.
But where was Team Rocket? They didn't even get there obligatory appearance. What gives? That Salandit was so random, they might as well have replaced it with Team Rocket, and the episode would have been better off. I had assumed it was a Team Skull Salandit, but no, it was completely random. How strange. I hope this is just a one off with Team Rocket not appearing.