Finished! It was a ton of fun, and I really loved playing through the story with someone new. She seemed to really like it too. After we wrapped it up, we ended up watching the overture and starting 2 because she was still so hyped about it, so it looks like this'll be going on for a while still.

Just wanted to do some side missions for gems. Nothing important.

We played the rest of the Maid DLC and started the Spy DLC. She REALLY loves Kish, so it was a lot of fun to give him a funny voice and enjoy the story again. Episode 8-17 cleared. Next session will probably be the last one.

I started to replay the game for the sake of a friend who just wanted to 'watch somebody play something like she saw on Youtube playthroughs.' It was a unique request, but I wasn't going to turn down the opportunity to replay one of my favorite games. AND getting to show it to someone who actually wants to see something I like? It's practically too good to be true.