Yet again, a recognized quality franchise known for good story lines is in disarray. What went wrong? My guess is poor editing for continuity, but could also be problems with directing, script. While visually stunning, not in anyway interesting. Feels to me like in story meetings the creative team had a big hat full of characters, took turns drawing from said hat and throwing at story board to build story line, while very, very high. And in another lesson in film biz reality from Mel Brooks Spaceballs, we have Grindelwald the video, Grindewald the hair gel, Grindewald the makeup remover, and Grindewald the AR app. Might be fun to see the post-vewing questionnaire the test audience received to see what our knucklehead overloads want to feed our cinematic senses. On another note, are there any gifted across the pond thespians capable of portraying Grindewald's smoldering psychopath, 'cause Johnny Depp really needs a break and so do I. Perhaps, another way this franchise is teetering on the edge of sacrificing craft for the purity of pulp profit. Bottom line, placeholder episode failed to keep hubby and me immersed in 'movie-land'; the 12 year old boy and his aunt next to me were fidgeting too.