Just watched the episode and honestly, I'm feeling kinda speechless at the moment. No other episode of the series has done that, so color me impressed at that anyway. A vain attempt to gather my thoughts:
Glad to see Kallen being back to being kickass, though her being so uber powerful was a bit jarring. I cheered when she killed Luciano, though >.> When she first appeared in front of Lelouch with the wings, my first thought was the first episode of Gundam 00, haha.
Hearing Lelouch repeatedly order Kallen to kill Suzaku was a bit painful. He spent so long trying to get Suzaku on his side. And even when Suzaku betrayed him to the Emperor, he still had some respect for their frienRABhip. And now something completely out of Suzaku's hanRAB causes that. It really broke my heart every time he said "Kill Suzaku" or "Take out Suzaku." It just doesn't seem right after everything.
But along those lines, it was hard to watch Kallen agree so easily. Yes, I know Suzaku was going to use Refrain on her, but he didn't; hell, he let her beat him up and apologized for that. And when she said "I hate you," I didn't think there was a lot of feeling in it. Meh. I hate seeing frienRABhips torn apart as they have been.
Nina, please stop existing. In fact, go back in time and prevent yourself from existing ever, so you won't create the durab borab. That would make things a lot easier. And then we wouldn't have to hear you yelling at Suzaku to fire the thing.
Gah, Rolo. I knew you were a complete jerkwad, but still... planning to kill Nunnally? That is epic fail right there.
I was really proud of Suzaku for not even considering using the borab. And honestly, I don't mind him considering death atonement. He's such a masochist and with the way things have been turning out, it's very in his character. But of course, the durab "Live" Geass had to go off. I just knew this was going to happen. When Suzaku fired the borab, the smile on Schneizel's face sent a shiver down my spine. Yeah, definitely don't like him.
As for Nunnally, I don't think she's dead. She is too important to kill off at this point. Though I do have to wonder how she escaped. But with Lelouch thinking she is, his emotional fall is gaining inertia. He's about to hit, and hit hard.
I'm with Sam; my guess is the betrayal will come from Suzaku. But that could also be wishful thinking. Despite how things are going, I'm still optimistic for a team-up between Suzaku and Lelouch since I don't see any other ending as being satisfying, as Lelouch's is supposed to be. Their frienRABhip was too important to him for that to go unresolved.
Hah, for being speechless, I managed to come up with a fairly long post o.o;;