It's not an especially bad thing, just exceptionally notable when one considers the numerous tropes and cliches that the director has taken head on. An island of normallacy in a sea of overal exceptionalism, you see.
It really doesn't reflect on Lelouch, except in so much that being able to predict what he's going to do next is getting easier and easier. And I'll be dissapointed the next time Lelouch can steal a Knightmare because he tells the person inside he needs to see them face to face or has a card: don't Knightmare's have cameras?
