Aside from today's episode, Rolo hasn't done much, as of today I will consider him an important character, but before, eh, mildly is a term I guess I'd use. And I don't think that the negative feelings need to be toned down because I like Geass, but there is a better way of expressing them, we don't need sarcastic bashing-esque comments because there is a shot of Kallen's butt that really does nothing to harm the story.
And HellCat, where on Earth has the plot been lost? They show a fun Ashford academy episode and suddenly the plot is gone? Good grief, that is absurd. Because they decide to have a light-hearted episode before getting down to the serious portions, all of a sudden China is gone? Sorry, but I don't think it works like that. The plot is moving along fine, maybe a bit more character development would be nice, but the plot is going somewhere. Today's episode proves that if nothing else does.