Better cinematography, dialogue, music and direction than last week. The Annie stuff is fascinating and set against the devastating backdrop of the rumbling. Armin's words to Mikasa were chilling - and I think that's what makes this episode work. The dialogue is really excellent, and displays moral dilemmas and questions asked by the entire show. I also really enjoyed the Jean and Floch scene - it was very well directed yet didn't feel overblown like some of Floch's "evil" scenes have. I still have a few problems with how ugly some of the camera focus is, and nothing groundbreaking happened but overall a really enjoyable and mature episode.
