Sorry for reviving an old thread like this, but I just finished the series yesterday, and it's not a series to keep quiet about IMO.
As most of you would agree, it was GOOD. I didn't intend a marathon, but I just couldn't stop. It's been a long time for me that I hád to finish the series as fast as possible. I haven't read all of the 97 pages of this thread, so I'm sorry if I say things that are already said.

When Rolo killed Shirley I wanted to jump into my PC and rip the guy to shreads. (very much like Lelouch wanted to himself) For some reason I always imagined Lelouch ending up with her, after granting C.C.'s wish of dying. Somehow I'm always rooting for such impossible romances..

Something that bugged me the last few episodes was that I don't understand why Lelouch made himself a tyrant. If he had a better idea for a world, why not do that instead. He started out by reforming the world, so why not continue? He could've warned the world about Damocles' threat, mobilized everyone and take it down. Instead he made the world his enemy. Did I miss this reasoning in the series?

About him being dead or not: I really think he's dead. He'd lost everything he fought for, even Nunnally disagreed with him and was prepared to kill him. He was aware of what horrible things he did, in order to achieve what he did, so I think a part of his whole final plan was to atone for his sins. The main thing he did was giving people hope for the future in the form of the symbol called Zero.
I think that C.C.'s saying that the Geass doesn't make you lonely refers to the redemption between Lelouch and Suzaku. They came together as best friends to accomplish their goals. They parted as friends as well.

When I read about a 3rd season I was hoping it was about completely erase Geass from the world. I remember C.C. in Season 1 yelling towards the Geass mark something like "don't infect me". The origin of the Geass is something you can base a new season on. The flashbacks showing masses of 'infected' people, just screams for an explanation. Somehow I also wanted to see that Lelouch's true intentions were revealed to the world to redeem him. A 'spinoff' kind of series isn't a good idea IMO.. Code Geass = Lelouch.

As with most series that end pretty sudden, I always long for a whole x-years/months after episode. The 2 minute wrapup is a bit short in my opinion. Even though I liked the ending, the whole stage was set for a kind of 'reset' ending. The world of C was pretty much a big reset button. I would have forgiven that ending here, even though I normally see it as an escape from a real ending. Even if the S3 was about annihilating the Geass, a reset end would be nice IMO. Too many good characters died.

Nevertheless this is one of the few series that ended with me being teary-eyed at the end.
It sucks that there are no Blu-ray releases that are subbed, because I'd love to own this series. I refuse to go from HD to SD quality, just because the US companies are too lazy to release them in HD.