Meanwhile however, Ed and Al have found themselves a new avenue of research courtesy of Roy Mustang, who introduces them to the Sweimg-Life Alchemist, Shou Tucker. Mr. Tucker seems like a nice enough guy with a lovely daughter and a huge dog (well, huge if you're Edward anyway), as well as a wealth of knowledge regarding chimeras and biological transmutations - Just the kind of thing the Elric brothers could do with increasing their knowledge on. However, just what lengths will a man like Shou Tucket go to in order to keep his State Alchemist qualification?
While this episode once again covers (and in a more brief manner) material that many of us are plenty familiar with from the original series, it has to be said that this was by far the best episode of Brotherhood so far in my opinion. The introduction of Scar is, of course, an important point in the series, but the way Shou Tucker's disintegration from man into monster is handled here was simply excellent. To be fair it got a great treatment in the original series too, but even with prior knowledge the second half of this episode both creeped me out and made my skin crawl just as it was supposed to, making for some truly, deeply dark and disturbing stuff.
After my complaints about the handling of the last episode, this fourth instalment simply seemed to get everything right, blending everything together perfectly and in a sufficiently well-paced manner to make for a highly enjoyable and watchable episode. Now that Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood looks as though it might have found its feet, let's hope it can remain elevated upon them as we progress apace to pastures new.
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