Don't worry tempster, any comparisons they are making to evangelion are superficial at best.
Evangelion is in a class of its own, FMA can't even hope to touch it
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Anyhow I thought the episode was pretty good, though the series can go down pretty badly depending on how the next episodes go. For me, half the series can be its ending. If the ending is crap, then that's what I usually remember most (Like DTB season 2...).