I haven't seen the episode itself yet, but having watched the first few minutes of the raw:
ROTFLMAO @ CHEMISTRY
What fucking morons. They look just as silly as their music sounds.
Edit: First, as for the frame, I am guessing they will remove it somehow. Or perhaps the episode will air as a re-run some time later (for example tomorrow?) and they'll use that version as raw instead. Maybe. Just guessing.
Now, for the episode itself: THAT WAS SOME GOOD SHIT!
Finally Cagalli is back to her more resolute self. Jona get owned badly (mwah hah!) and Cagalli's new image song (I'm assuming it's hers) is a lot better than Precious Rose (her last image song). Actually, it was awesome. Cagalli's voice actor probably earns half her salary for her crying, because she does that a lot (and for some reason her crying is a lot more moving than for example when Kira does it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]). Akatsuki is one badass gundam, and I'm glad that Strike Rouge got ditched (that was a true abomination).
Yeah, great stuff. Can't wait for the sub. Does anyone else have the feeling that Kira will show up just in time to save Cagalli next week?
Also, the PS2 Gundam Seed game they made a commercial for near the end looks awesome. I want it!
Finally, I like how everybody is like "this episode was so-so" yet a million more things happened here than in ep 39. All of you need to get off Kira's cock, because you need to understand that Seed is about more than him and his overpowered mobile suits.