Episode 8 was pretty bad and certainly the worst so far.
The plot of the episode was compleatly obvious and Storm Shadow has gone from a complex character to an stero typical evil asian with distinctivly diffrent speach pattern. The old story was that Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes would rule the clan together as the soft and hard master did but Storm Shadows ultimate test of loyalty towards the clan was to see if he would follow it if someone else led it.
This was just junk story telling. Its good that they have the restrictions for violence and death lifted somewhat but it can not be a replacement for a good story. Dont get me wrong though the series as a whole is good.