It is fun to see Camilla, or "tall Luz" as one of the kids at Hexside called her, finally getting to see the demon realm. Her reactions mirror those of Luz when she first traveled there, and they are greatly contrasted by how skilled her daughter has become at navigating the demon realm after all the time she lived and was educated there.
We finally get to see just how powerful the show's secondary antagonist, the Collector, really can be. As he's just a child, albeit one with phenomenal cosmic powers, every horrifying act that he performs is treated like a game. As he turns witches into dolls and controls their actions like puppets, it seems like he doesn't realize how much he is hurting them.
It seemed a little odd that the season premiere didn't spend too much time dealing with the kids being separated from their families. In "Thanks to Them", that story thread became merely pictures that the kids drew and hung up in the empty house that effectively became their clubhouse. Here, it is given a larger focus, even culminating in a magical power overload that acts as a metaphor for clinical depression.
Adding to the depression, another character is reeling from the loss of a loved one in the previous episode. They end up comforting each other through a literal breaking of the vines holding them down.
"For the Future" does itself a favor by finally dealing with the absence of family in the lives of the children in the usual nuanced way that The Owl House handles tough subjects. The danger of the antagonists plays in the background, which is where it should be at this point in the story. That said, the final scene ties the two villains together and teases a power-packed finale.
Final Verdict:
4½ out of 5
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