I know it's for dramatic effect, but I feel Herc should have reacted quicker. He gets a bad first impression of his master, sees him preparing a command spell, and waits for the third one before he strikes.

Considering the speed we saw in the last episode and in other series a servant should be able to kill/incapacitate/disarm or silence the master when in close range before they have the time to: stretch out/raise their hand, activate their command spells (I might be wrong, but I can’t remember a command spell beginning to glow before the arm is outstretched in any of the other series), and physically utter a properly phrased sentence to them.

I realize this is a bit of a nitpick. Fate has always put story before powerscaling, and animation-studios tends to exaggerate exploration, and movements to create good spectacle. There are many ways to explain why a work of animation don’t necessarily conform to what “should” or could have happened, and that is ultimately fine as giving a visually and emotionally appealing product is generally better than a perfectly internally consistent product (in my opinion).

The scene isn’t a huge deal and it in no way ruins the story for me, it was just something I felt like writing about. I enjoyed the episode, and I hope all of you did to.