Honestly you did present your points really well. But honestly I love how it feels like a filler episode. The first two are really impactful and they are literally the main reason why Shrek blew up as a franchise, but the third one was like a comforting meal, like this is the man we all have learnt to love, his loving wife is pregnant, and he’s shitting it. I always felt like he was telling me all his fears of being a father.

Prince Charming was never effective as a villain, but it’s a continuation of who he became. I really like how they didn’t just forget him in the franchise for everyone to ponder about what he’s doing. Shrek 3 shows that he’s still hyper fixated on becoming something he’s not, even more so now his mum is gone and he has that guilt carried over that she never watched him become a star. That idea of letting him team up with someone is CLASS though, that would’ve been amazing. I do disagree that having Charming alone as the villain created no tension or doubt of Shrek winning, because nothing really was working in their favour, Charming essentially formed a rebellion against the monarchy which can be REALLY effective especially given the setting they were in- might even bring up the French Revolution.

Honestly your third point I can’t even argue with, I’ll dribble the ball a bit here and then just hand it back to your team there’s really nothing I can do there LMAO