We are beginning to see an improvement. This episode contains some engaging emotional scenes with characters we love, specifically Okabe and Mayuri. We get some minimal fan service, which is a refreshing break, but we once again want to strangle Okabe for his stupidity. I get the reason for his reluctance for not making any more attempts, but by now we know that by not doing anything the human suffering will be immense. Suzuha mother is gunned down in front of her being the closest and this does not even consider Kurisu. The story requires this and I understand it, but its episode 16 and that is dragging it out far too long. We all know that at some point Okabe pulls his finger out, the question is when. By dragging this out to, at least episode 16, we end up with a 24 episode series which mainly consists of us waiting for Okabe to make his move. The show could have moved straight into the, lets solve the puzzle stage which could of lasts as long as the producers wanted it to last and would have been a whole more exciting then Okabe being a girly boy. Of course in reality anyone who went through what Okabe went though would have probably lost his mind, but this is a TV series which is supposed to provide entertainment and I think the balance is wrong.