When an avalanche turns into an earthquake, with the ground cracking and splitting in two, she finds the route easiest across to rescue the Elf King’s Palace. Jumping on the flying creature went all right the first time, yet when she tries it again later in the episode, the creature decides it does not like a girl using it as transport and barrels the both of them into the side of a mountain. What I especially liked was how Hilda would give her a solution that worked once but then never again. Yeah, there’s the jump on the creatures flying everywhere to get to the giant that’s bounding at mile-length strides, but there’s also her desperate appeals to the elves. “The Midnight Giant,” however, has the chance to show her thinking an obstacle through. it was only enough to get the broadest stroke of her character. In the last one, while we did see some of Hilda’s problem solving abilities and the way she thinks through a given situation. There are spoilers about.Īgain, a pilot episode exists to introduce us to the show’s world. “The Hidden People” may have been a strong introduction to this show but “The Midnight Giant” is a good indication that Hilda might be something special.Īs always, heads’ up. More than all that, we get a glimpse of how the show manages to bring its threads together, how it wraps up plots and explores character arcs. We also see the resolution of Hilda’s negotiations with the elves and our first glimpse of Trolberg. In this episode, we learn more about that giant creature looming behind the mountains. Maybe an hour long animated series just isn’t feasible today. It may have been a better idea to discuss these both at the same time, but it can’t be helped now, Jack. The situations, character arcs, story beats, and themes riff off each other, mostly to lay the groundwork for what the series is going to be.

“The Midnight Giant” and “ The Hidden People” are two sides of one episode.

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