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Oh lord, politics. Hit it with a stick.

Impressions:

A rather uninteresting transitional episode leading into what should be far far more interesting next week, if for no other reason than the cast apparently puts on motorcycle jumpsuits and fights crime. Is anybody else sensing that this show is having some issues figuring out what it wants to be lately? Last week was gag comedy, this week was about 15 minutes of politcal rambling, and next week appears to be crime fighting and some kind of horror-film mutations. However, never let it be said that I have anything against people dressing up in spandex to fight the bad guys. In fact, there’s seriously not enough of that lately in action shows.

The first half was dominated by the arrival of Charlotte’s fiance, who, in an effort to make him more interesting, I have decided to refer to as General Major Webelo Stubbins. GMW Stubbins brings with him about five or six straight minutes of political rambling, mostly involving pissing off the van Hossens, ending with some kind of SWAT team attacking the hotel. I’m not entirely certain how or why, since the only person they should have expected to be there who is a direct successor or power-holder is Teppei’s grandfather, hotels aren’t generally known for the amount of money they have in them, and it generally doesn’t work out too well to ransom somebody to themself, but hey… let’s run with it. It’s probably just some crazy person/group out to ruin Teppei’s life/kill all the Arimas anyway, given the message at the end, in which case, I’m rather amazed at the number of other crazies he’s managed to pull in. At least Teppei’s not being forced to plan a welcome party for GMW Stubbins to appease some random new girl’s whim.

And yes, these are Charlotte’s panties.

Preview:

Die Hard.