Gundam 00 Episode 09

[Yukimura]

Great Ep, I'm surprised at how early in the series CB is getting the heat put on it. But it's good to see that they aren't any smarter than any of the other groups they fight against, they just happen to have much better technology. Christina freezing up like that was awesome too, she may talk a big game but of all the CB memeber she always struck me as the least suited for the grittiness of battle. They really need to just send her to the intelligence cell of CB.

The preview has me really excited. Hallelujah makes another appearance and the last time a Gundam had its arms and legs bound like Virtue did it whipped out funnels (AKA bits AKA DRAGOONs AKA little mind controlled rocket propelled lasers) and ruined quite a few peoples day. If that's Virtue's hidden ability it would be awesome.

[masamuneehs]

so, wow, they did a bit of a time skip... even though you can sorta see how each of the first eight episodes may have represented a half of a month each.

It's nice to see someone acting. Go HRL, go!!! (I was rooting for them)

Did anyone notice that strange piano variation music playing very softly in the background while the Gundams were docking and then the awkward sequences with Setsuna? He and Tieria so want to fuck each other... (not really)

A shit ton of good background in this episode. We learned a lot about Felt and Lockon, not to mention how CB operates. I like how the relationships between CB members are rather open and direct with the love connections in a strange way. It's refreshing to not see so many 'secret crushes'.

"Are we really going to fight? This ship isn't armed!" This made me lol, as it was the most absurd strategical setup flaw for CB from way back when the MS designs and the Ptolemaios design were shown in model kits and promos....

Can we please talk about how awesome the HRL was in this episode? Setting up such a massive net to catch CB (although they could have used more mobile sutis, it seems to me...), using the transports as diversions, then the kamikaze transport ship, those were all absurdly sweet moves. The minefield should have straight up destroyed the Kyrios. It was simple protagonist BS advantage that Hallelujah survived such a trick.

And, I was totally wrong, Hallelujah and the HRL girl's connection simply exists because of their own nature... It wasn't initiated by anything more than them being in close proximity last time...

This show is kicking ass.

what isn't cool is the possibility of Lockon having some separated twin brother. (from the sequence before the OP) The soap opera character cliches still loom with the threat of ruining this thing.

[Buffalobiian]

They guy who took over Christina's shift wasn't too bright. He looked straight at the error panel, and went "All's well!"

So with all of CB's infiltrating intelligence, they didn't pick up anything about this surprise attack. Guess I'll add secrecy to HLR's awesomeness, or maybe just Sergei's. So the incident was Sumeragi's failure. They got me good. Sumeragi's still one of the top strategists to me in the series, but I always thought they talked about her and that incident in a positive way. Now we see why the professor and Billy were worried about her thoughts of it. She probably caused a catastrophe of some nature, and was mentally shocked by it for some time.

And if you thought one Haro was good..... meet the siblings!

@Ryllharu: thanks for the tip.