Well Vic's been gone from the show since the Broly movie premiere and what happened shortly thereafter. RT cut him loose almost immediately to get out in front of any PR mess, which I still maintain they should have waited but the move was fully justified given the situation that was developing.
Vol. 7 was probably the best overall, even better than 3 which is a bit of a surprise. Sure there were some things in the last three episodes that I wasn't a fan of - the epic fail in logic of trying to fight in a flying ship for one - but there were a lot more positives than negatives. I guess the big question I have for next volume is how long will they stay in Atlas for it? Will it be a short arc to try and defend it and fail/succeed? Or is it something that will span the length of the volume and than set the stage to move forward toward Vol. 9?
Lastly, have to admit I wasn't a fan of Jaune's new hairstyle either when I first saw it - than realized I didn't think about it once while I was watching the series this season. Guess it's not that big of a deal after all. :|