Fortunately the metaphysical aspects were quite limited, and it turned into a normal overpowered Gundam fight. Quite a killing machine indeed. Who knows, even Ali might need an upgraded mobile suit to fight against that monster, unless he can arrange it so that Setsuna runs out of juice and has to go back to the normal mode just before he faces him.

Other than the fight, not terribly much happened in addition to setting the stage for the next fight. I'm glad Saji had wits enough not to try to repeat his mistake, however much it hurt (though I doubt they would have let him, thus try).

Last but not least the gag order... What a joke. As if they could hide something like that. The lack of intelligence services and capabilities never ceased to amaze me during the first season but this is still something else, on a totally different scale. Since they seem to have Internet still around, everybody should know by now what happened to those two places.