[Telmah]

I really liked this episode.

Spoiler for Rei episode 2:

Here you have a "perfect" world--none of the bad things happen at all--its unique in the way. It isn't so perfect though after all because without the trials Rika and company face, they don't come together as a group. It will doubtless prove a difficult decision for her...does she create pain for her friends in order to create the unity of their friendship? There's all kinds of potential for this to be an illusion of some sort too...really, really difficult to predict.

The reason I like it so much is it puts doubt in the idea of a perfect world. Pain happens for a reason. Without suffering we cannot achieve real happiness either--its the contrast that brings things out in life.