>>57222721This right here is another instance of what I said in this
>>57198275 post about Journeys feeling like it had a bunch of "lost" episodes. We get the first episode in the anime's history to not include Ash and Pikachu, with a story squarely focused on Goh, and an incident from his past that still bothered him years later. We get flashbacks, insights into Goh's character and feelings, and it all leads up to what was clearly meant to be an emotional and heartfelt reunion. The episode felt like a big deal for Goh's character and his development, and the impression I and others got at the time was, Horace wouldn't just be a one shot, CotD. Well, turns out he wasn't... but he also didn't reappear for something like 50+ episodes, and when he DID reappear, it made the earlier episode feel a lot less impactful, since Goh and Horace meeting again obviously didn't lead to them staying in contact or Goh being so moved/happy that he told Ash and the others about it the moment he got home from his family vacation. But anyway, point is, it really feels like there should've been at least one, if not two, episodes with Horace before the Articuno PM episode, given how much the writers seemed to want us to care about him and how much of an impact he supposedly had on Goh.
