Kamen Rider Zi-O Episode 8

From the little I saw of Kamen Rider Beast back in 2012-2013 - which was a couple of episodes of Wizard and the Super Hero Taisen Z movie - his appearance here seemed quite in-character, including abruptly ending his fight with Geiz once he learned what he wanted to learn. What seemed off was Geiz letting him off the hook about the second Ride Watch... unless...!

Build and Ex-Aid both lost their memories again after Zi-O used their powers to defeat Another Build and Another Ex-Aid. Oddly, Cross-Z seemed to lose his memories again with the defeat of Another Build... but ignore that for now. Could it be that the Ride Watch Beast retained was the Beast Ride Watch, as part of some effort to retain his memories after the defeat of Another Wizard?

I don't know, but I have a feeling he'll be back with that Ride Watch eventually.

The ending disappointed me for two reasons, and made me happy for one. The happy one? I loved how Woz was able to look so happy and so disappointed at the same time. The disappointing ones? We'll never known what happened between Hayase and the owner of the magic stage in the end... and the phone call thing was not a good move, because now we need to wonder why they wouldn't do that again. If they defeat the Another Rider in 2018-2019, why not just have him call back and talk himself out of it?

Come to think of it, why don't they ever just go back a bit further and convince people not to make a contract with the Timejackers?

Oh well; as Build said, if you nitpick too much, you'll be kicked by a horse.

What really got me interested was wondering about whom Geiz was speaking near the end. He told Tsukuyomi he thinks they "underestimated him", and he looked concerned... but he's Geiz, he often looks concerned. Was he talking about Woz, or Sougo?

(I love Sougo so much!)

I liked how Woz appearing in the shop set off all the clocks. He's an intriguing fellow and I wish to learn more about him...