An intense and wonderful episode.
In this episode the Mystery Inc. Gang goes on their biggest mystery yet as they face the Freak of Crystal Cove and try to solve the mystery that dissolved the original Mystery Inc. gang before them.
Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated was one of the few Scooby shows to have a continuing story arc from episode to episode. One of the best aspects of this show is how well it built up the stakes from episode to episode. This is one of the few cartoon shows where not only did each episode lead up to something bigger but when that something bigger came, it completely lived up to what it promised. Most of these shows have disappointing conclusions but this show lives up to everything it promises. This can easily be seen in this finale to the first season. This episode feels so much bigger than anything that came before. Not only is the monster creepy and threatening but this episode truly changes the relationships between the characters. Unlike most Scooby mysteries the mystery has a greater and much more personal effect than simply a monster being unmasked. The reveals in this episode are truly shocking with the most shocking unmasking in the history of Scooby-Doo. This not only feels like a great cumulation of everything that everything that this season has been heading towards, but it also promises something much larger and more intense in the second season.
This episode was written by Mitch Watson, who wrote many episodes of this show's first season and provided some voices of incidental characters. His non-Scooby work includes the live action made for TV movie, Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007) and the TV series, Beware the Batman (a very underappreciated TV show).
The episode was directed by Victor Cook, who not only directed many episodes of the show but was also the supervising director for the first season and a producer for the second. As well as this show, he also directed the direct to video movie Scooby-Doo Stage Fright (2013). His non-Scooby work includes such series as Spectacular Spider-Man and Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters.
This is truly a wonderful episode.
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