Levi has to face a very distressing person from his past who basically sets up shop and is ready to take over. On that note, while the giant-sized Titans are still very much a danger to the Scouts, this premiere also introduces hazards that connect on a much more personal level. It’s been too long since the world has been treated to some Levi badassery and even though he has lots of time to make up for here, he has plenty of great moments in this premiere. Levi was sorely missing during the show’s second season and it’s encouraging to see that he looks to be a major figure this year. One of the greatest things about the Attack on Titan season 3 premiere is that it not only puts the perma-awesome Levi front and center, but it appears that this year will also explore his past to greater detail and put him on an emotional mission of revenge.
Even still, the sinking feeling that something is afoot is still not enough to prepare the audience for what actually happens. It’s a chilling atmosphere that this premiere handles particularly well just because the show’s executed surprises of this nature to great success in the past. “Smoke Signal” contains that unnerving feeling that’s present in only the best Attack on Titan episodes where everything is calm, but you just know that something is wrong that these guys have somehow screwed up in an immense way and they have no idea how or what’s about to befall them. The show feels unpredictable in a way that it hasn’t in a long time. The premiere plays with feelings of restlessness that plague the Scouts while they heal, as if commenting on how so much of last season put Eren in captivity by saying, “Don’t worry! This year won’t be so stationary!” The Scouts are forced to keep moving and it very much feels like their security blanket is now gone and that anything might happen. “Smoke Signal” indicates that this season doesn’t want to disregard these revelations, but actually explore them to a greater degree.Ī good deal of “Smoke Signal” is spent in recovery mode after the chaotic events of the second season’s finale. The show’s second season dropped some pretty big bombshells, like who the traitors that were actually Titans in disguise were, more details about the Colossal Titan and Armored Titan, Eren’s new “Coordinate” skill, and even that the Titans are actually a part of the very walls that Trost uses to protect themselves from the outside dangers.
Attack on Titan has continued to broaden its scope in fascinating ways over the short time that it’s been around.
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