History Recap / AttackOnTitanS2E3Southwestward

* PrimalFear: The fear of the dark becomes extra terrifying in this episode as there is a long stretch wherein various members of Mike's Squad are forced to travel across the perimeter of the Wall, desperately searching for the breach, in complete pitch black with nothing but the light of their torches. As Gelgar notes at any moment they could run into a horde of Titans and never realize it until it's to late.
* WhamEpisode: Krista, who up until now has seemed like just another member of the Cadets, is revealed to have some deep connection with the Order of the Walls.

* BeyondTheImpossible: It's an established fact that Titans become very sluggish or unresponsive at night so TheReveal at the end of the episode that an entire horde of Titans, let by the Beast Titan, can still move and attack the ruins of Castle Utgard in the middle of the night is completely unexpected to the Survey Corps.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Pastor Nick can only look on in shock at the various refuges that are being evacuated in Ehrmich District clearly not fully comprehending the terror that those who face Titans beyond the Wall have to content with. It's enough to shake his resolve enough to give the Survey Corps some pressing information: the identity of someone within the 104th Cadet Corps that his Order was told to monitor, Krista.

* PrimalFear: The fear of the dark becomes extra terrifying in this episode as there is a long stretch wherein various members of Mike's Squad are forced to travel across the perimeter of the Wall, desperately searching for the breach, in complete pitch black with nothing but the light of their torches. As Gelgar notes at any moment they could run into a horde of Titans and never realise it until it's to late.

Humanity continues its counterattack against the Titans but many veteran soldiers feel uneasy about their presence. The Cadets and their supperiors meet up trying to locate the breach and decide to spend the night in a rundown castle. However their peaceful night is about to be interrupted...

* PrimalFear: The fear of the dark becomes extra terrifying in this episode as their is a long stretch wherein various members of Mike's Squad are forced to travel across the perimeter of the Wall, desperately searching for the breach, in complete pitch black with nothing but the light of their torches. As one Corpsman notes at any moment they could run into a horde of Titans and never realise it until it's to late.

* CallBack: Hange reacts in shock when Mikasa mentions that Krista always hangs around with Ymir referencing the Talking Titan that Ilse Langnar wrote down in her notebook.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Pastor Nick can only look on in shock at the various refuges that are being evacuated in Ehrmich District clearly not fully comprehending the terror that those who face Titans beyond the Wall have to content with. It's enough to shake his resolve enough to give the Survey Corps some pressing information, the identity of someone within the 104th Cadet Corps that his Order was told to monitor, Krista.
* OhCrap: While all of the people that are in Castle Utgard are freaked out that Titans can still move at night Reiner and Bertolt are noticeable shocked at the presence of the Beast Titan.

* BeyoneTheImpossible: It's an established fact that Titans become very sluggish or unresponsive at night so TheReveal at the end of the episode that an entire horde of Titans, let by the Beast Titan, can still move and attack the ruins of Castle Utgard in the middle of the night is completely unexpected to the Survey Corps.

* GuiltTrip: The purpose of bringing Paster Nick with the Survey Corps to Ehrmich Distract is to show him the faces of all the people whose homes will be destroyed if the Titans break through the wall. While it's not enough to make him reveal his Church's secrets it's enough for him to reveal the identity his order was send to monitor.