I must stop with the Batman Begins comparisons, but the hard-a55 trainer routine was coming the moment I saw Stick meet Matt for the first time. That being said it was still pretty good, funny and Scott Glenn was fantastic with the deadpan humour.
What was rather surprising was how he left Matt when he was so young - mainly due to his own preachings: don't hold any ties with friends. This has very much helped and detrimented Matt's own development to become this warrior, but again the half measures aspect i.e. That he will not kill (similar to Batman with Ra's Al Ghul; Batman with the Joker - OK last batman reference!!) should also come to bite him in the future.
The episode was quite a nice change from the normal plot, yet maintained the same level of quality from the season so far.
What was rather surprising was how he left Matt when he was so young - mainly due to his own preachings: don't hold any ties with friends. This has very much helped and detrimented Matt's own development to become this warrior, but again the half measures aspect i.e. That he will not kill (similar to Batman with Ra's Al Ghul; Batman with the Joker - OK last batman reference!!) should also come to bite him in the future.
The episode was quite a nice change from the normal plot, yet maintained the same level of quality from the season so far.