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I gotta say, that was the most fun I had with a Regular Show episode in a long time. Thomas (or should we be calling him Nikolai now? Eh, Thomas sounds better) was awesome, Rigby was awesome, everyone was friggin awesome! I think I cheered out loud when they burst out of the garage on Carmenita. The Russian’s “Master Plan” was enjoyably silly, and I loved the little in-joke on Thomas's character like, “Hey remember when I first came on, didn't do much and had little to no on-screen chemistry with the rest of the cast? Well that was the plan the whooooole time!” Clever writers, I see what you did there, very clever.

Most of all the episode felt big, they way they delved into Thomas’s past and used previous episodes to explain the infiltration process made the whole thing feel like a saga rather than a standalone special. Not to mention they took one of the least developed park workers and turned him into a badass martial arts expert/professional spy/ex-KGB fugitive, all in the space of 22 minutes! At no point did it feel too forced, which with a storyline like this, it easily could have so props to the team on that one.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s And then they write him off the show. . . ]

Jokes aside, I have mixed feelings about this. If it's permanent (refer to above link) I can kinda understand their reasoning. Like Wattamack previously said, they can't use those intern jokes forever, and with the current storyline as it is, it just wouldn't make sense for him to stay. If he's gone for good, at least he went out with a bang.

However, I also think this could be a great opportunity for the show. Personally, I always felt Thomas worked better as recurring character rather than being a part of the main cast. Now think about where they left off, we just found out he has all these amazing skills, he's proven his loyalty to the park crew and now he's on the run from practically everybody else. This story still has so much potential. What happens when the CIA or KGB catches up to him? What happens if certain groups come after the park because of its ties to this episode's events? Even if none of that ends up happening, Thomas would still be an exciting character to have pop up in an episode once in a while. At least those are my hopes for the show.

And that pretty much sums up my thoughts. Overall, fantastic episode, easily my favorite out of the season so far.