Ah, thankfully the inconsistent animation of the previous episode was just a one-of-a-kind thing. This episode made up for it with pretty nice animation and a number of very creative shots and camera-angles (you especially have to love the Armstrong-scene in this episode).
Anyway, there’s lots of interesting stuff going on in this episode that introduces even more side-plots. We finally get our fist glimpse of the strange blond-haired woman we’ve been seeing in the OP. She’s the head of the Armstrong family. One particular filler episode from the first season suddenly gets an entirely different dimension. ^^;
Kimbley also waste no time to go after Scar, although his subordinates desperately need a lesson in the art of ambushing (seriously, did they really think that it was a good idea to corner Scar, a man who is known to fight back, on a bridge, from two sides? It’s like saying; “go ahead; escape. We’ll just shoot ourselves.”). The creators are also hinting a bit too much that Scar is travelling with that moustached guy that’s been hanging around him. they’re trying way too hard to hide his face.
In the meantime, Ed and Al also meet Bradley’s son and Grumman has taken up cross-dressing. A very eventful episode overall, I’d say.
Rating: * (Good)
“We finally get our fist glimpse of the strange blond-haired woman we’ve been seeing in the OP. She’s the head of the Armstrong family”
FYI, she is the oldest daughter of the Armstrong family. Alex is the fourth child. He has two other elder-sisters (who have only appeared in an omake panel) and a younger-sister called Catherine (who has appeared in a gaiden chapter of the manga and ep 37 of the 1st anime). That filler episode from the 1st series (ep 37) is not really a filler, it’s from the manga too, so what it said about the Armstrong family was right, just not enough.
Don’t you remember what Scar did to Dr Marco’s face? Couldn’t it just be that they don’t want to show his new “look” just yet? 😉
yes that filller was in the manga and Amrstong is the middle child his father is the short and wide dude his mother is tall lady his younger sister is catherine and his older sister is Major Genarel Olivia Milla Armstrong she also has the armstrong sparkle’s also here is a fun fact Gruman is Riza’s Grandfather
“t Scar is travelling with that moustached guy that’s been hanging around him. they’re trying way too hard to hide his face. ”
Doctor Marco. It isn’t really difficult to guess. Scar totally screw his face in the last episodes and Marco is travelling with him. He also can’t be seen by the army or the humunculus will know that Marco isn’t dead.
Armstrong’s elder sister looks like Risa Shidom from Cross Game.
i found a picture of the entire armstrong siblings from a comedy panel included at the end of the manga volumes. it not not part of the manga series so isnt a spoiler. all i can say is that im glad alex’s two other sisters (amue and strongine apparently) dont make it into the official story. ughh!
http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/File:ArmstrongFamily.jpg
armstrong’s family scares me.