One word: AWESOME! This episode was the first (and only so far) episode to feature bounty hunters really working together. This group: Aurra Sing, Cad Bane, Robinino (a.k.a. "Bubble Brain"), Shahan Alama, and the assassin droid Helios-3D was especially effective. In the past, Lucasfilm has sometimes introduced potentially cool villains (take Vindi for example), but the episode is coupled with little action and/or the villain gets defeated within one episode. In this episode, Dave Filoni made it clear that Cad Bane is a villain they intend to use more many, many more episodes. Aurra Sing also kicked butt in this episode, proving that she is both a great fighter (and sniper) and very cruel (she shot a helpless guard in the face after blowing up all of his buddies!). This episode was the best episode of Season 1, hands down. This episode deserves a 9.2/10, and nothing less. As many of you know, my ratings vary greatly from IGN's. That was definitely the case here! (wink, wink!)

IGN Rating: 8/10
My Rating: 9.2/10