Review by Chris

December 21, 2000

Heero and Trowa leave the house of Noventa's wife in Sicily. Trowa asks if Heero is satisfied, but he says he isn't. As they walk through the city, they realize they are being followed by a car. Heero offers to take care of it, but Trowa says he's in no condition to do that. Trowa steals a motorcycle and drives through an alley. The car follows him, and Trowa jumps off the bike at the alley's end. The bike falls into the ocean, and the car crashes into an electrical pole. Heero and Trowa then talk about how it will be difficult to transport Heavyarms now. Noin introduces herself and offers to transport it. She tells them that she works for Zechs, and he wants to meet Heero and possibly have a rematch with him. To Trowa's surprise, Heero agrees. Elsewhere, Treize thinks about how the Zechs issue is causing a lot of talk in the Romefeller Foundation. Relena has her butler Pagen do some computer research, and he tells her he can't contact Zechs, and Noventa's wife is looking for Heero. Relena wants to meet Zechs.

In Sicily, Inspector Acht watches as Noin's plane takes off. He believes that following her will lead him to Zechs. On the plane, Heero tries to adjust to piloting Heavyarms with its heavy gatling gun. Noin watches and admires their determination. At his base, Zechs orders the left arm of the Tallgeese be disassembled to repair the right arm of the Wing Gundam. Noin offers Heero and Trowa jackets, and they ask where they're going. She says the South Pole because it's the only place in the world they can fight without being noticed. Pagen gives Relena a letter that was forwarded to her from Noventa's wife. The letter says that she forgives Heero for his mistake and asks him to let go of his pain. Noin is informed that several OZ carriers are following them. She and another soldier head out in Aries to fight them off. Acht damages the Aries, and Noin lands to help him. Acht and a squad of Leos surround them. Noin's plane circles around and is shot down. Trowa goes out in the Heavyarms and destroys them all, but not before Acht manages to send out a distress call.

This was as okay episode. It's mostly just building to an inevitable battle between Heero and Zechs. My question is why? No one else seems to be able to understand why Zechs wants to fight Heero again and insists on having the Wing Gundam perfectly operational. I guess he can't stand the thought of an unfinished battle. The ugly and annoying Inspector Acht is luckily killed in this episode, but he is able to send out a distress call because Trowa was just standing there talking nonsense about people not living after seeing Gundams. Had he just finished him off, no word would have gotten out.

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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