Bro-fist for ratings!
Summary:
The citizens of Central are wondering what's going on with their city, so many people turn on the radio. To the citizen's surprise, Mrs. Bradley is on the radio recalling how the Central Army tried to kill her and how she was rescued by Mustang's forces. Mustang's forces led by Breda and Maria have holed up at the radio station to keep the army forces at bay while the interview continues. After Mrs. Bradley recounts her story, Breda takes over the mic and states that the Fuhrer's train has been attacked on the way back from Eastern HQ and lies that the top brass in Central are trying to overthrow the Fuhrer. Out on the streets, Scar's Ishvalan comrades also helping to spread the misinformation. At Central HQ, Brigadier General Clemin phones the radio station and demands that the broadcast be stopped, but the station chief lies that they have no choice as Mustang's group is pointing guns at their heads. In reality, the radio station crew couldn't be more willing to broadcast the breaking news, and Maria takes over the mic and states that for the sake of justice they'll fight against the corrupt military. Among the many listeners of the radio station are Havoc, Scar's master, General Grumman, and Denny Brosh, and Brosh instantly recognizes Maria's voice.
I spy a big tank pointing its cannon my way.
On top of the walls of Central HQ, a Central military commander is wondering why his troops can't hold off the enemy. The commander receives an urgent phone call which reports that the enemy has brought in something big. The commander takes up his binocular and, to his shock, discovers a tank manned by the Brigg forces pointing its cannon right at him. The tank fires and blows up the Central commander's position.
Mustang deserves his own "fire"-works show.
In the 3rd Laboratory, Mustang spends a few seconds posing incinerating all the mannequin soldiers. Meanwhile, Envy chases May into a large ventilation shaft. Envy jumps after May and lands hard on one of May's transmutation circles, and this causes the floor to give way and both Envy and May fall into the large room where Ed and company were fighting the mannequins. Envy spots his opponents and tries to spark a fight between Mustang and Scar, but both men know better than to listen to the homunculus. Mustang then asks Envy if he's the one who killed Mae Hughes, and after avoiding the answer for a few seconds Envy finally admits to the murder. Envy then changes his face to that of Mrs. Hughes to insult Mustang further, and Mustang puts on his second alchemy glove to avenge his best friend.
The gloves are off on now.
BURN...
...BABY...
...BURN!!!!!
Mustang tells Ed and the others to move on while he handles Envy. Envy blocks the path of Ed and company stating that no one is going leave, but Mustang sets Envy's mouth on fire. Ed asks Riza if she and Mustang are going to be okay, and Riza states that they'll manage. After Ed and company walk through the giant doors, Envy transforms into his true form to crush Mustang, but Mustang burns out Envy's eye balls and then engulfs the homunculus in flames. As Envy writhes on the ground in pain, Mustang declares that he is going the drown Envy in pain and agony until he dies. Realizing that he's in trouble, Envy smashes the walls to distract Mustang and then the homunculus escapes through the giant doorway. Mustang tells Riza to stand guard while he chases down Envy, but Riza decides to follow Mustang anyways.
Hughes is dead! Dead and Gone!!!!
Somewhere beyond the giant doorway, Ed and company are making their way through the tunnels lined heavily by pipes and cables. Darius states that he has a bad feeling about the place, and May states that she feels a giant mass of "ki" down the path as if a large of group of people are there. Meanwhile, Ed and Scar are hanging out in the back of the group, and Scar knows that Ed is concerned about Mustang and his thirst for revenge. Elsewhere, Envy transforms into Hughes in order to distract Mustang, but Mustang incinerates the homunculus regardless. Envy then tries to get close to Mustang so the alchemist can't use his big flame blasts, but Mustang uses his other hand to launch pinpoint attacks at Envy'e eyes, and Envy has no choice but to escape down another tunnel. After escaping down the tunnel, Envy spots Riza and gets an idea.
A little later, Mustang and Riza run into each other in the tunnels and Mustang states that he had lost Envy. While Mustang has his back turned, Riza pulls out a pistol and points it at Mustang's head.
Who's who?
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This week's show wasn't as action packed as the two weeks prior, but the story is still moving quickly. The first one third of this episode was devoted to Mustang's subordinates manipulating information to sway the masses. Since Mustang's grand scheme is to eventually become the head of state, having public support is important. There might not be TV or internet in FMA, but manipulating radio broadcasts in such times is just as effective. The key to telling an effective lie is that there has to be some truth within the lies, and Mustang's group has Mrs. Bradley's testimony and the news of the attack on the Fuhrer's train to use. This effort doesn't directly help with the fighting, but it might prove important in the aftermath. It also serves to hide Mustang's true location from the Central army as well.
The main event of the episode though is of course Mustang finally getting his hands on Envy, the murderer of Maes Hughes. Given the history, Mustang vs. Envy is a fight that should have happened in the old series but never did, but now we are finally seeing it in animated form. With arguably the strongest attack power of any State Alchemist, an angry Mustang is a fearsome sight to behold. All of Mustang's pent-up grief and rage has finally found a release point. I was sort of hoping it would be a closer fight, but Mustang the runaway freight-train of RAGE was pretty good too. It's a fight where the emotions are running high, and Envy is certainly getting what he deserves. Mustang certainly has the advantage in power, but Envy isn't going to go away that easily, and next episode we'll probably see his disguises and underhanded tactics. It looks like Ed and Scar are going to involved as well, but they are not doing it to help Mustang defeat Envy... We'll see what happens next episode.
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