Shinn buries his gf in a lake... i half-expected her to come to the surface
kicking and screaming 
"I'M STILL ALIVE YOU IDIOT!!!"  To sop his
hurt, he's gonna take on Kira / Freedom now?!  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!!
Poor Murrue... again, a brilliant emotional performance by Kotono Mitsuishi!
As for Dulandial's speech... somehow I felt like starting a bookburning
session on anything written by Naturals while newly minted ZAFT soldiers
goosestepped off to battle after all was said and done 

  Nothing like 
an external enemy mixed with alittle patriotism and some border 
incidents.... About the only thing wrong with it is Mia / Lacus v2 by 
his side towards the end of the speech was just wrong...  words like 
CRADLEROBBER and 
JAILBAIT come to mind.  Lacus v1 was 
about ready to unsheath claws and cut some ribbons at the sight of her 'replacement' 
 
Looking forward to the next ep... as Archangel goes head to head with
Minerva -- with some gratituous Murrue bounce factor again 

 -- so 
will Kira kick some n00b-Shinn butt? or give himself a handicap cuz he 
doesn't want to do us fans a favor and shishkabob the guy out
of the story 
 
Regards