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Interlude:The quality of the interlude is good, but the timing is not. Even if we believe DPC when he said that Zoey's story is integral, it only means that the storytelling is poor because we've had 2 seasons for 2+ years where Zoey simply doesn't exist. If we really need an interlude for whatever reason, IMO it'd make more sense to make it about the existing girls instead of introducing a new character. There are definitely some girls that could use more character background story.
"The definition of an interlude is a pause in something, such as a play, or is an intervening period of time in between two other things. A break in between your morning and afternoon work is an example of an interlude. An intermission between two acts of a play is an example of an interlude."
This "Interlude" comes at the midpoint of the game (DPC has said we're about half way through the game), so timing wise, as an Interlude, it comes at the exact right time.
An "Interlude" about the characters that have already been driving the game so far wouldn't be an interlude at all, it'd just be more of the same.
Was it enjoyable? It was fun. Did we need it? Possibly not, the same could have been relayed in significantly less time.
The big question is, did DPC need it? I'd say he probably did. He's been churning out BaDIK now, at breakneck speed, working long hours on the game with hardly any time off, for more than three years. Maybe he needed a change of scenery so to speak. Give the man his due.
My only real criticism of the Zoey story is it hasn't raised any new questions.
It's the unanswered questions that fuel the fan base, and this Interlude simply opened and closed a book on Zoey's recent past. But at the end of the Interlude, the only things people are wondering is what is up with Sage, and who are the Vixens (those two questions have stolen Zoey's thunder) .