I agree. Everyone complaining about seeing Ichigo's bankai is just bending to Kubo Tite's will. Though I do think it would have been cool to see how he learned it without actually seeing the bankai's form, and then later actually see it when he will pull it out on Byakuya (for dramatic effect).
After learning that Masaya Onosaka played the hollow in that episode, it became much more appealing to me.Episode 50, now that was a disaster. They gave us Kon and that silly Don Kanonji. It wasn't even that funny