Well, Blogger seems to finally be working so here's the post I wrote minutes after the latest act finished!
I seriously didn't see this kind of episode happening in PGSM. I just didn't expect the writers and director to be capable of this kind of artistic and creaive telling of a story. They use several techniques that make this episode stand above the rest including sepia tone, flashbacks, flashforwards and.... good acting! I have never really been emotional about an episode of this series but, while I didn't cry, I was definitly disturbed by several of the casts' superb acting and the story in general. Mars and Venus obviously and Jupiter also offering some nice backup. Ami is suprisingly unaffected (externally anyway) but that makes sense when you consider that she never was that close to Minako. Usagi is...well... Usagi. I'd say she looks slighly retarded in her crying scene.... but her fans might start bashing me. ;)
5/5 episode! See it for yourself! Only 2 more episodes left!
Next episode: Did someone say Dark Endymion? ;)