We got Kaylon backstory (shown rather than just told this time), laughs, love, character growth, brief satisfaction for Claire, long-awaited softening of Charly, slavery parallels and even a warning about the dangers of toxic femininity.
It took me longer than it should've to get the joke when Bortus condemned the Janisi for their sexism. I also didn't expect LaMarr's swollen, bloody face. This show's humor is at its best when it comes out of nowhere.
I imagine that a lesser writer would've left Isaac with permanent feelings and we would've never gotten that emotional scene with Claire needing to choose. Decisions like that show the quality of the writing, IMO.