What was the point of this episode?

I guess it shows why Nerv was put in charge of getting rid of angels and how the rest of the world was trying to fight them.

Also it gives Japan a chance to moan about getting nuked again.

>>155529934
To explain how they get their funding

>>155529934
Show that Nerv isn't actually concerned with defending the earth from angels and that they have a different agenda than everyone else.

>>155529934
monster of the week filler bullshit just like 90% of evangelion's other episodes

>>155529985
This pretty much

Also Misato and The lesbo got character development if I remember right

>>155530133
>lesbo
Derp, meant the chick that is into Gendo

>>155529934
It shows in retrospect how Gainax pissed away its money creating useless filler episodes only to run out of budget and resort to making a vague trippy ending to an otherwise respectable series.

>>155529934
Exposition and development of Misato as a character, and to a lesser degree Ritsuko. It also showed us the financial politics involved in Nerv and its relations to other organizations.
Not to mention of course adressing possible complaint questions of "why didn't they use unmanned robots, like powered by nuclear energy or something?"

>>155529934
Jet Alone was the true hero of the series.

>>155529934
Anno showing his contempt for Jet Jaguar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVFq5LueSA

>>155529934
Well, the main question about setting is "WHY THE FUCK THAT LITTLE FAGGOT INSIDE THAT THING?!"
As you see in this episode - they cant be controlled by competent people remotely

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i forgot about this episode, come to think of it idk

It's to trick you that Eva is going to become a normal anime at this point.

>>155529934
to show that Seele had its hands in everything.

>>155531490

You forgot Kaji.

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Well, first of all, to show us Shinji becoming somewhat comfortable with his new position as an Eva pilot. He doesn't resist when he's given the new task, he just does what he must do.
Second, to show us a bit of SoL in Misato's house, we're now comfortable to see it as one of the "bases" of psychological development of those characters.
Third, the actual theme of the episode is hope. It may seem strange at first, but Eva's main theme is Anno's view of hope. We see people of Nerv glaring daggers at these guys with their Jet Alone, we see that guy and Ritsuko being all smug about each other, we are demonstrated how people may sometimes hate each other for seemingly stupid reasons. But what do we see next? Nerv and these guys actually are working together to stop the threat, they give each other advises, they are not hateful towards each other anymore, they form a bond to save humanity. This is what Anno tries to tell us. We may sometimes hate each other, we may berate each other and be all smug about ourselves, but that doesn't mean we can't sometimes put this stupid sense of superiority aside and help each other. There's still "hope people can one day understand each other". Anno believes in people, he believes that even the "lowest" human beings can learn to love and support each other. That's what that episode was actually for. The theme of hope is a final word in End of Evangelion. Yes, you may never find happiness, but there's always hope, as long as you wish to live.

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>>155536529
Oh, also remember what was the password for Jet Alone's computer? That's right.