I saw someone refer to the teams as “Team Double Date” and “Team Biggie Smalls,” and I think that’s just about the best thing ever

Pike and Grog’s friendship goes back that far, it’s one of the most beautiful things of campaign one. Wilhand, Pike, and Grog have been together since that day, they became his family, and he their protector. As for Scanlan, without giving any spoilers, there is another tie to what he heard from the Sphinxes and his interactions in this episode.

I did love the callback to Season One when Pike was leaving and Grog was looking at her all hang-dog, saying, "But what if I need you?" and here is Pike, telling Grog, "But what if I need you?"

"How much gold do they need ?"

Yes, Pike healed him in Craven Edge's case too. A lot of the other characters would be pissed of afraid. She just brushes it off as an accident, and helps him get rid of the sword.

I still remember Travis bellowing "KEVDAK!!" on the stream and peaking the mic and scaring the crap out of everyone at the table, Matt included lol

Yeah that was definitely Pike. Her hair turned white....because reasons. A thing that happened before they ever started streaming that I don't know if they're gonna go into in the show or not so I won't say.

This episode definitely had me crying 😭 Pike and Grog's friendship is priceless!

"But what if I need you?"

I love that Grog is a redeemed character, and especially that it is Pike that redeemed him. Sarenrae, the diety that Everlight is based on, is the goddess of redemption. Her followers are tasked with always attempting to redeem evil first, and only resort to killing when redemption is impossible. The goodness of Grog is a testament to the value of that doctrine.

That was young Pike, not her mother. Even in that episode she refers to Willhand as her grandfather.

It was Pike who healed Grog, her hair used to be black but as others have mentioned it changed before the campaign even started.

Fun fact: Grog's dad is named Stonejaw Strongjaw, because the player/VA forgot that he'd given Grog a surname when he was asked what his dad's name was. It was a running joke whenever Grog's family/past was brought up.

I love the switch of the line "but what if I need you". With Grog saying it to Pike in season one, and now Pike saying it to Grog.

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Seeing young Grog kill a bunch of innocent people hurt to watch

I don't remember if it was in the show or in the campaign (I think it was post Season 2 in the campaign), but there is a scene where the group runs into a bunch of gnomes. Grog's, or I should say Travis' reaction is to squee out "eee! GNOMES!" and jump around like a 5-year old surrounded by puppies. It is a small but enlightening event that gives nice insight into Grog.

Just caught the "occupado" line being a call back to the Scanbo episode.

The mountain in episode 7 that they make their way towards resembled Gatshadow from the comics. In the home game before streaming, Pike & Percy had not yet made their appearance. Grog had simply vanished after the first mission and the party was tasked with rescuing him. Won't spoil the story but Pike made her appearance in Westrun to rescue him from a ritual and Percy was found by the twins in a dungeon when they hunted for an ingredient to cure Grog of the damage done to him by that ritual

This is the first episode of...anything, actually, that's made me break down weeping in a long time. Pike and Grog's relationship - more a life partnership than a friendship, honestly - was one of the best parts of Campaign 1, and the love and reverence they gave it here was just incredible. Henry Winkler as Wilhand is probably my favorite guest casting in the entire show so far; everything he says is as sincere as it would be coming from your own grandfather.