This episode confirms my love of Lelouch: not because he’s a CLAMP noodle boy, not because he’s oh-so-pretty, but because he is one hell of a charismatic mastermind and easily one of the best anti-heroes to come out of recent seasons. Maybe the best.

Miles ahead of that notebook-wielding douchebag. What was his name again?

The beginning of this episode had a bit of the Jack Bauer syndrome going on. As in, “if everybody listened to Jack, the terrorists would be taken cared of in two hours.” Except in Code Geese’s case, it’s “if nobody listened to Lulu’s empty promises, they wouldn’t get into so much trouble.”

Though he has the guy at gunpoint, Rolo doesn’t blow Lulu’s brains all over the pretty computers. Nope. Instead, Lulu promises to get C.C. where Rolo can nab her and Rolo…believes him. Awww. So cute, those huge mistakes.

Blah blah blah, things happen, fast forward to the mecha fighting. The Britannians get their pasty white butts handed to them by Lulu and his cunning plan, death abounds (presumably). But then…oh no! Rolo’s on the scene (and pissed) and prepared to kill Lulu…!

The ultimate victim this week is Rolo, who took a break from being a bad-ass killer to be…a kid. A sad, lonely kid, who’s never had a home or a family and who’s been exploited his whole life for his Geese power. (Do I hear violins…?)

But Lulu has done what he’s always done, and what makes him so brilliantly dark: he’s manipulated the feelings of those around him in his favor, without directly relying on his Geese. In this case, he’s saved Rolo and Geesed a Britannian into firing at him when he’s down, this giving Rolo a few moments to reflect on his relationship with his “brother” and to do what we might call “the right thing.” This, of course, is only right if Lulu actually means all the things he’s saying about being brothers and being there for each other and blah blah blah feel good. And, of course, he doesn’t.

Like so many Elevens last season, Rolo, wanting desperately to believe in his brother, steps right into Lulu’s trap. As Lulu intended, as he anticipated and planned for.

Scene. Curtain. Bow. Goodnight!

Next time: the best part about this episode (no Susucku) comes to an end. Shucks!

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