Episode 8 wasn't so bad, as have been said. Because it was longer than a single scene and it had lots of action instead of what goes for dialogue in this show.

I can't help but pity the team that got the joke Jean as their leader. First he was established as so incompetent he probably couldn't have brushed his own teeth, but then he suddenly devised a plan to defeat the giant scorpion out of nowhere. And he still can't use any magic. The spear and shield girl seems to be hungry for his cock, but I don't see what the hell the other two, who seem pretty powerful, would benefit from having the doofus as their team leader.