I love Gargoyles, but whose idea was it to write out 2/3rds of the main cast for all but one episode of a 22 episode arc? Kingdom was a great episode and all, but it was nowhere near enough to balance out the other 21 episodes and it shouldn't have come halfway through the arc. Goliath and Elisa had already been missing for days by the time the Avalon 3-parter was over. Why didn't Kingdom happen then? And why were there no other episodes exploring what the other 2/3rds of the clan did while Goliath and Elisa were gone?
Where's the episode where Hudson has to grapple with possibly having outlived yet another younger member of the clan? Where's the episode where Lex laments that even with 20th century technology (including this fancy new thing called the internet), he still can't find a trace of his missing family? Where's the episode where Broadway finds some time-sensitive clue to Goliath and Elisa's whereabouts but the clan can't act on it in time because Xanatos decided to take advantage of Goliath's absence?
The lack of the majority of the Manhattan Clan is made worse by the fact that, at least in my opinion, the gargoyle the show focuses on almost solely in this arc is the least interesting one. Nothing against Goliath, but the Trio and Hudson are infinitely more interesting to watch than he is. And it is taking this man way too damn long to learn the lesson that sticking to tradition when it hurts your loved ones is a bad idea. Tevye learned the same lesson in way less time, and not because Fiddler on the Roof is a short play.
TLDR; The Avalon World Tour Arc needed less world touring and more Manhattan Clan.
I’m sorry but you can’t just give me a character who looks like a classical rendition of a demon/devil who puts on a cool guy exterior and who- in spite of getting spurned time and time again- consistently chooses to be kind and not expect me to be obsessed with him
*holds him gently* he even makes wisecracks he is the blorbo ever