An interesting episode. Even the WMDs I was missing during the first season make an appearance. Gotta say pieces are falling into their places. But after obliterating capitals the A-LAWs better branch into a secret police direction as the general population likely won't celebrate such actions. Union and AEU, at least, were democracies so if there's any realism in this series, quite a few dissidents should appear. Well, we have yet to see whether they destroyed their own forces as well... That will be even harder to explain.

Arms race looks good as well, though going along pretty expected routes, and the fight against the new A-LAWs machine wasn't very long at all. Marina scenes were deadly boring and clearly there only to give her some screentime. Ali, however, delivered even outside of a mobile suit. Going just "Yo!" to Nena...

Edit: My episode was also corrupted, disrupting the video stream right during Ali's scene. I guess I gotta redownload, seeing how even the crc has changed.