This was pitiful and bad beyond comprehension. I suppose by now I should be ready to expect any kind of stupidity, no matter how gross, in Naruto fillers, but still the skills of the script writing monkeys can time after time totally surprise me. Too bad the surprise is purely negative each time.

But still I'm foolish enough to hope the next arc will be better... Like DarthEnder said: Perhaps Shino + Anko will give some small meaning to the next story.