Review by Chris

February 10, 2001

On the satellite fortress MO-II, Treize examines his forces, as well as his new mobile suit Tallgeese II. On Earth, Lady Une is still in a coma. Nearby, the repaired Wing Gundam is left alone now that Treize is gone. On Peacemillion, Duo hears that Heero has left in one of the captured Virgo II carriers. He and the others realize that Heero has gone to rescue Relena. Wufei ignores them and works out. Heero arrives at Libra and crashes the carrier into the cargo bay. In the confusion he manages to escape. He finds Relena in her room, and she is surprised to see him. She tells him she needs to speak to Zechs, and he replies that he has to as well. While Quinze expresses his anger over the incident, Zechs says he predicted Heero would do it eventually. Relena and Heero hide out in a computer room, and she tells him how amazing he is. He says that he's nothing compared to her. Using the computer, he finds the location of Zechs.

Treize and his forces move out and head for Libra. On Earth, Lady Une vanishes, and the Wing Gundam is stolen. Heero and Relena find Zechs sitting in a dark room, and Heero pulls a gun on him. Relena tells him again that he must stop what he's doing, and he shows them the image of Treize's forces on their way. He says that this battle will lead to pacifism. Heero says he understands and puts down his gun. Zechs says goodbye and vanishes, since it was a hologram all along. The real Zechs sits on the bridge and tells Treize to stop. Treize challenges Zechs to a duel, and Treize refuses. Zechs orders Quinze to fire at Treize and MO-II. Dorothy objects, and Zechs has her seized as a traitor. He pushes the button to fire himself, and Dorothy tries to stop him. As the energy burst heads for the Tallgeese II, the Wing Gundam appears out of nowhere and pushes it out of the way. It is consumed in the blast, as well as a portion of MO-II. Lady Une emerges from the ruined (again) Wing Gundam, and Treize is glad to see her. He orders all of his forces to destroy Libra.

Looks like the final battle is very close at hand with the developments this time. Treize's new Tallgeese II is nice looking, and it even resembles a Gundam (even though it isn't one). It's good to see Treize in action again and finally challenge Zechs to a fight. What I don't buy is how Lady Une suddenly just woke up and managed to not only steal the Wing Gundam, but also make it to the battle just in time to save Treize. Since they aren't that close to Earth, it should have taken her an entire episode to get to him. And what's with Heero? He says Relena is an amazing person? Gasp! Is he turning into a nice guy?

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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