Couldn't agree more.
The overall flow, or lack there of, in this episode really took me out of it. The MC would just appear out of nowhere to scenes and exit without us really knowing where he's off to, it was bizarre. We are so used to seeing the MC travel and communicate to us where he needs to go that day well in advance; these isolated scenes made the whole episode feel pieced together which is not the norm for DPC. A date with Jill and her friends literally begins and ends at the doorsteps to the house, no build up or cool down. You would think that directly after a scene like that would be the time for Jill and the MC to have a talk about where they stand in the relationship, instead, it gets deferred to after the MC makes his choice and Jill only brings up the issue of you seeing other people a literal sentence before you resolve it with her. Despite Jill getting the most attention in this episode, because of the nature it's presented, things feel rushed.
Honestly, most of the plotlines here felt rushed. You're forced into committing to a LI for no major reason other than season 2 needs a finale, and because you're pushed into this decision, the MC can't go about cutting things off with others in the best and logical way, all for the sake of creating avoidable drama. Sure, it would be a shock to Jill to find out Bella and MC are dating, but did she really need to walk in on them fucking? Sure, Bella would be disappointed and isolated after being turned down by the MC, but he couldn't tell her something like that to her face? Hell, this episode makes a point to show how all of the LIs have become a group of loving friends, would it be that hard to get them all in a room together and have a honest heart-to-heart with them? Judging by their characters, although they would be upset, I think each of them would be pretty understanding about you making a choice. At the very least, you'd actually tell Maya and Josy you picked them before the season ended.
This all felt hurried along, like DPC had a series of plot points and choices he wanted the player to make in the episode, and because season 2 is the arbitrary deadline to make these happen, we're just racing through them to fill the quota. There were some seriously great moments in this episode, which you'd expect nothing less from DPC, but much like Episode 4 (the season 1 finale), there's a real disconnect between what the player feels/knows and what the MC pursues.
Overall, this episode just leaves a bad taste in your mouth, which is unfortunate because it didn't need to. Rather than "talking in circles" about the plot twists like DPC said would happen, it seems a lot of us are thinking about the actual future of the game in the macro. Is the game going to be the same fun and wild ride that we've been enjoying now that the MC has to commit to LIs? It's an honest question and the more I think about the Halloween party on the horizon, the less excited I am given the new parameters we've been railroaded into. Is someone romancing Bella really going to have fun at a DIK house party that she likely won't attend?
The balance between detailed romance gameplay and reckless college partying gameplay now seems at real odds, where the majority of your playtime will now be turning down various romantic or sexual options in order to stay true to the LI you committed to. If DPC expects us all to run with 5-6 save files to experience all of the content in a single episode from here on out, this game will turn into a real chore - episodes that become a mile wide, but only an inch long for each playthrough. People keep ridiculous amounts of saves like that by choice as a way to test the combinations of outcomes they can get, not because they have to in order to get a reasonable amount of content from each update. Obviously diverging paths have been the foundation of BaD, but with the amount of variables thrown into the mix with this finale, I have a hard time seeing how things can stay on track and still be fulfilling.
Hopefully DPC has a plan for all of this, but the lack of plot reveal in this episode really makes you wonder if this game will have enough steam to justify the planned length.