Spoilers, I guess.

I assumed the show was being off-handed about the fact that Mrs. Powers' live-in friend was actually her lover.  I liked that, though I'm certainly inferring.

What HowLovely said.  Adventure Time has had plenty of episodes that were stealthily about some heavy stuff, from "Holly Jolly Secrets" mentioned above, to "Freak City" - where the ultimate message about coping with disability is, wonderfully, not a happy-feely one - to simpler ones like "Henchman" which is simply…

One of the most powerful films I've personally seen, as much from a technical standpoint as a sweeping epic. The editing is white-hot precise in so many sequences, the passion of everyone involved just glows.  And that Sam Cooke stretch, just… moving.

In the song 'Greased Lightning' they refer to the car as a "real pussy wagon".  When I hear the term pussy wagon I still think of Grease.

The dog's name is Marcos.  Daniel, and eventually the rest of the kids, call him Fuckos. 

And yet there's something beautiful and relatable (in a heightened sense of adolescent attachment) about Naota's desire to be near Haruko, even once he realizes **SPOILERS I GUESS** that she intends (and has always intended) to essentially murder him and let the planet explode.  And in the weird, BDSM clarity of…

I love Mamimi's devastating disappointment at the end of this episode:  "Takkun swung the bat."  My favorite moment of a great episode.  He's out of her hands now.

I'd say that's pretty reductive.  Character's have their tics, but ultimately what makes this season one of my favorites is the clarity with which most are presented as hitting a point of no return.

The reason this episode works so well for me as the Season 1 ender is that final exchange with Larry and Hank, the best bit of which was omitted from the review.