Elena Just keeps giving me more reasons to love her!
As for relevant-to-story commentary:
I liked the tour of the HQ, but I have no idea where anything is or where the hell they went. Are they now underground? Are they in a dome? Where is ANYTHING in in here? The episode was going good until they cut the tour short. I think he needs more of an intro to their world. But I like how they compensated with the ambush at the end. "Reality of war" and everything. Though I'll admit it was a little "boring", the pacing of the original E7 wasn't all that fast either. I'm just wondering how this plot is going to match up with the epic-ness of the original. I like how this show has so many different nationalities and not just all-Japanese. It really keeps that diverse Gekko State feel.
I think Maggie is the new Maeter.
I really thought Gazelle n friends were gonna get caught and be forced to be janitors or something while they continue their mischief and sneaking around. I know they look cool in suits, but I feel they lost their uniqueness (Like the Team Rocket Trio just went legit or something). All in all, an interesting setup for the next episode (whose name I can't stop laughing about). COME ON BABY,
LIGHT MY FIRE!

I really hope they outfitted Nirvash with a laser this time or i will be very disappointed. Last series, Nirvash spewed a laser by episode 2 and then stuck with the "Doomarang knife". Ao needs to learn some close-quarter combat soon or Nirvash is just gonna become another Gundam goddamn. I mean...
Almost as hard as fighting a Holy Paladin.