The Owl House is proving itself to be too good for Disney

polygon.com:

The Owl House’s past few episodes have showcased the series at its best. As plucky misfit Luz searches for a way home and also tries to get to the bottom of all-powerful Emperor Belos’ plans, she grapples with her own emotions about being torn between two worlds. It’s the perfect blend of world-building backstory and character-focused downtime to balance out the overarching plot.

But even though the show has been at its best, the fact that the last two episodes had a bunch of big reveals back-to-back-to-back is frustratingly bittersweet. With only four episodes left of this season — and only a tiny abridged third season on the horizon — it’s clear that creator Dana Terrace and the rest of The Owl House team are working within the framework handed to them. It’s still deeply satisfying, but the show and the team behind it deserve more.

[Ed. note: This article contains major spoilers for the most recent episodes of The Owl House.]

In “Hollow Mind,” Luz and Hunter (Zeno Robinson) — Emperor Belos’ dutiful nephew — find themselves trapped in Belos’ mindscape. While trying to escape, Luz also decides to explore his memories and find out his motivations, while Hunter passionately insists that Belos is good at heart. They stumble across a small, childlike Belos, who Luz initially wants to protect. But as they delve deeper into Belos’ dark and twisted mind, it becomes evident that his true intentions are evil — he is actually a human witch hunter, the very same human that Luz went back in time to find in hopes that he could lead her home. Belos has been working with a shady spirit known as the Collector, and has somehow survived for hundreds of years in order to carry out his master plan of murdering all the witches and demons