Naruto Shippuuden Episode 48

[Yukimura]

Sweet Christ, even my mom thought this was a boring episode.

The whole scene where Naruto gave his little speech was just painful to watch, the random expressions and the random camera switches and the horribly cued music, please just spare yourselves the last 8 minutes. Basically Sai wonders why Naruto is willing to go so far for Sasuke, Naruto says it's because Sasuke acknowledged him and then goes on to give a Narutoesque list of things he'll do to save Sasuke. Meanwhile Sai reacts more and more to each crazy thing Naruto says, apparently beginning to morph into a friendship loving ex-badguy like everyone else who's run afoul of Naruto's way of the ninja in this series.

Just skip the last 8 minutes, you won't miss anything worthwhile (But watch the preview and special, they're actually somewhat interesting).