This was a pretty good episode. Nice mix of action + dialogue. That guy with the apparent extra head on his back, I wonder how his technique works. Yeah, it's most likely a sound attack, but how does it work? We'll probably find out later on.
I still think the scene with Sasuke and Sakura shouldn't have been as long as it should have been. It's plain obvious that Sasuke won't listen. I just loved it when he deceived her, then gave the cheap shot, haha. YEAH, IN YOUR FACE SAKURA! lol
I agree with AssertnFailure about Sasuke being the leader of the 4 Sound ninjas since he's Orochimaru's favorite. I guess that's logical since some people are actually like that.
Heh, next episode is gonna be AWESOME. I wonder how Shikamaru came up with the team he planned out. COME SOON!! lol