Ok, so Episode 2 leads off with some belligerence by Dong Zhuo where he threatens the assembled Imperial Court Officers, declaring (in reference to an exchange he and Cao Cao shared during their pre-assassination-attempt meeting) that he would make soup from the flesh of would-be conspirators, and that even though he’s been told (by Cao Cao) that noble flesh tends to be sour, he doesn’t mind because frankly he likes sour soup.

This scene establishes the more terrible facet of Dong Zhuo real...