Once again we get another intense episode. Although the plot doesn’t advance too much, there were some key events which will drastically impact the episodes to come. C.C.’s role was almost negligible in this episode. I’m curious to find out just who she is talking to. It’s likely that once we do find out it will be critical to the story. There was some background information regarding Cornelia that helped make sense of things. Without question the best part of the episode was when Zero announces the formation of “Kuro no Kishidan”, or the “Black Knight Group”. It’s almost guaranteed that he will soon have a large following. I’m not exactly a big fan of their uniform upon first impression. It reminds me of Akito’s outfit from the “Martian Successor Nadesico” movie except nowhere near as cool.