Season 2 Turn 04
Ok, neat-flashback with Rolo. He's been a child assassin. Nice exposition and explanation of his point and purpose, I suppose.
Lelouch explaining what I already figured out. Lelouch begins manipulating Rolo.
OK, so Lelouch is staring right at Rolo with his geass activated and... nothing. Especially since that's the WHOLE GOD DAMN REASON EUPHEMIA MURDERED A BUNCH OF JAPANESE. God dammit, why is this so inconsistent? Right then and there, it should have geassed the s*** out of Rolo no matter what.
Heh, C2 can't put a gun together.
So they're going to kill that Chinese guy. Good, his voice pisses me off.
Rivalz got his bike back! Thank god that story was finally closed. I was at the end of my seat!
Ok, so underground spies are confronting Villetta about the fact that Rolo is MURDERING THEM. Thank you. I don't feel like I'm going insane anymore!
Guilford looking at a Cornelia photo. She's missing, not dead, by the sounds of it.
Oh snap, they killed that Chinese leader with a spear attached to a rope! That dude is totally going to be called Scorpion for the rest of the watch-through.
There's only two guys working those computers in the spy-base. Is that all that's left? Oh, and a Dalton reference? Does anyone give a s*** about that guy? Who cares, he's about to get geassed.
Rolo is good at replicating voices? That's super.
Zero for the save! What type of sneaky plan do you have?
Deithard is planning something. I wonder.
Yeah, like they're actually going to duel.
The Chinese leader was called a Eunuch? That would explain the voice!
And here comes the plan. He's dumping them all overboard while he rides his shield like a surfboard. That's... something. They got dropped off into Chinese territory.
Oh s***, Kallen making a Lelouch like speach. He's wearing off on her.
Rolo is hunting down Lelouch! Ha, Rolo is screwed! He's... gonna be saved by Lelouch? This is getting really, really stupid. Now Lelouch explains how he's his little brother and all that nonsense. So Lelouch clearly hates him but he's going to save him? So Rolo returns the favor. And Lelouch is still protecting him? I gotta assume this is part of some larger plan by Lelouch.
Tearful reunion! Rolo is having a breakdown.
Ok Lelouch is now explaining the ridiculous Xanatos Gambit. Yep, he hates Rolo. Figures. Nothing is ever straight forward on this God damn show.
Schoolzaku returns!
I always enjoy these type of episodes more. It's less set-up and more "Lelouch proves he's smarter than everyone." Are they a bit ridiculous in terms of how ridiculously convoluted these plans are? Yes. But that's part of the charm. Most times, Lelouch thinks of everything. And it's only on the rare occasion where he's completely screwed. And it's not like Yu-Gi-Oh where its like "OH NO, THAT MOVE HAS ME COMPLETELY SCREWED" then five seconds later "HA, YOU PLAYED RIGHT INTO MY STRATEGY" or something stupid. Lelouch is a genius, he's supposed to be able to clown most of these fools. But generally, it's been two set-up episodes and two pay-off episodes. And the next one looks like a complete filler so that's gonna be it for tonight.
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