Dialga was a movie incident though, I just don’t particularly expect prehistoric shenanigans till some preview tells me so. The summary doesn’t indicate any of it.
That depends on the execution, though. Well, its cheap enough that the only female in the cast is relegated to a glorified background character. Not saying that this episode should be her focus, but still.
I think it very likely will be. I expect this to be quite an emotional episode, especially since we know from episode 1 that Goh had no interest in making friends aside from Chloe. Tokio was probably the only new friend he ever made until he met Ash. From how it sounds, it was quite a meaningful friendship as well, as he had finally found someone who could relate his strong interest in Mew. After being supposedly abandoned by him, I don't blame Goh for not trusting Ash in the beginning. It also probably explains why he doesn't think highly of himself, which was most strongly shown in episode 22 when he thought Raboot hated him and would be happier without him.
Celebi sending children to the future yet again,
I personally fail to see where exactly the bait and switch you're talking about is.
Could be that Goh's friend was sent to the future, i.e. present day.
In theory maybe the old writers really want to wrap that up now that there's a series that's giving them the chance.
