Ah well, silly but great episode really. Both the episode fights were unnecessary.
The abandoned farmhouse screamed 'bait', and when you hear/feel things burrowing then just bail out of there fast (I lost too many fights to the ankhegs in baldurs gate to try that again).
The ambush on the slavers also had nowhere near enough detail or recon in the planning, and they'd already heard that they spend the first night after returning home drinking and carousing.
I appreciate that means friends in chains a bit longer, but the party can stealth pretty well, and a straight up fight was lost when they saw it was 5 vs 7, and that assumed that their new 'friend' would not buckle when she saw her ex slave-mates up close. Keg (who I did like) was either not tough enough and got kicked, or she did something to offend Lorenzo. Either way, she couldn't face him. Ah well, Molly's not really that much of a loss, and it did make an enjoyable car crash session to watch, and was pretty much how I'd previously expected the Kraken fight to end up in C1.
It'll either forge them into a better co-ordinated unit, or people (Caled and Nott) will be walking next sess.
Beau could end up haunted by Molly if he plays Matt's 'lingering soul' class next.