Though there wasn't any action i thought it was a good ep at the very least it answered some questions and opened up some new plot possibilities. Apparently the "meat puppet" technique was infact Zero's and the 30% of their chakra needed was infact for use in that technique rather than for the extraction of the Bijuu. On top of that the possibility that the Sands Third Kazekage is the leader of Akatsuki. A much more likely possibility than some previous guesses that it was the dead and buried Fourth Hokage. And to top it all off we learned that if they extract shuukaku Gaara is going to die. Personally i like the fact that they took the time to explain/present these things to us and enjoyed the ep.

So, who thinks Gaara is actually going to die next episode? I can't really see them actually killing him off, but on the other hand i kind of hope they do since that would be much more interesting to the over all plot than Naruto and the gang charging in just in the nick of time to save him.