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When camping in the jungle, beware of the things that go BUMP in the night – and the things that go SCREEEEEECH for that matter. And the things that go GROOOOOWL... yeah, beware of those too.
After last episode's camping trip, the flock immediately goes on another one; this time without Stella, presumably to stop her from hurting herself over ancient fruit trees again. Luca's also absent because fuck them kids.
Judging from the title, the titlecard, and the description, this episode doesn't look like it'd be too important. And indeed, as we begin watching this episode, it appears to be another regular downtime episode, starring Poppy, Dahlia, and Willow. The former two characters have been surprisingly underutilised so far compared to the others, so it's neat to see them interact!
However, things take a sudden turn in the final minutes when the birds enter the monsters' cave, and are greeted by none other than... The Golden Egg!
Overall, I'd say this is a decent episode. I do quite like the twist of this "filler" episode suddenly turning out to be important to the overarcing story. Plus, We got to see some shenanigans from Poppy, who hasn't done much comic reliefing ever since her character-centric episode in the previous season.
We even get a look at more of Golden Island's wildlife. Specifically, the purple-and-yellow monsters from that halloween episode.
As for Dahlia and Willow, they are unfortunately the weakest part of this episode. We don't really get to see any sort of dynamic between the two. Throughout most of this episode, they're pretty much just the same character. The only real difference between the two here is that one gets affected by the Golden Egg, and the other doesn't.
It is quite a shame that THIS is the only time we ever see the two directly interact, as they could have quite an interesting dynamic. In the books (Angry Birds Stella Diaries), Willow states that she identifies with Dahlia the most, due to both of them having equally high amounts of passion to their respective crafts, the kind that makes the rest of the world disappear when you're working. Unfortunately, Willow is also quite superstitious and psuedoscientific, which puts her at odds with the more rational Dahlia.
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