Whew, lots of good stuff in this episode. We get minimal scenes with Shinn, so this episode was already off to a good start. It appears Mwu still has some memories of the past or he is starting to remember stuff. I thought it was cool to see Kira piloting Strike in its original colours again. Although while heading up into space with boosters it reminded me of GP-03 from Gundam 0083. It was about time Bartfeld got an upgrade. He should have gotten something better than a repainted Gaia, but better than what he was using before I guess. Kira could have taken out the enemies with just his Strike, but I guess they needed it to be damaged to give Cagalli a reason to pilot Akatsuki. The last few minutes of the episode was filled with nothing but action. We get to hear a longer segment of T.M.Revolution’s “vestige” once Kira gets a hold of Strike Freedom. Kira with fin funnels, now he better go beat the crap out of Shinn.