Episode
                  28: Passing Destinies 
                  Airing Date
                  2000-04-12
            
            When I was a small lad I dreamt of running away and joining the 
            circus. I was going to bill myself as Ross Brooks The Amazing 
            Prognosticator. But life got in the way, I went off to Reviewer 
            School, and now I find myself spending my days covering Gundam Wing 
            and Batman Beyond. It’s a good life, sure. I have my groupies -- my 
            mother reads my column every day, and once Regis Philbin wrote me a 
            fan letter. I enjoy laying around my office thinking about Treize 
            Khushrenada, Milliardo Peacecraft and Terry McGinnis.
            But every once in a while a feeling comes over me that maybe, just 
            maybe, there’s a circus out there looking for a soothsayer. Maybe I 
            was meant to be that soothsayer. Maybe... but I digress. I have a 
            responsibility. To IGN, to Gundam Wing, to Gundamaniacs the world 
            wide web over. Imagine my surprise, then, when "Passing Destinies" 
            proved that indeed I have a talent for predicting the unseen, for 
            peering into the future and reading it like the cheap graphic novel 
            that it is.
            Allow me to quote from yesterday’s well-read column. "To be honest, 
            I could understand if the creators behind GW thought that a "time 
            out" wouldn’t be a bad idea. The political maneuvering, the 
            conflicting storylines, the Xs and the Os do get kind of confusing 
            every once in a while. In fact, I’d welcome a chance for someone to 
            bring us all up to speed on all the major players in the After 
            Colony scene."
            That quote, of course, was in the midst of a 500-word complaint 
            about "The Locus Of Victory And Defeat." Some of you might point out 
            that wishing for something to happen and predicting it are two 
            different things. I say "don’t bother me with semantics -- I meant 
            to predict it but I ran out of room." Today’s episode (surprise) was 
            just what Dr. Brooks ordered. Sure, it was another clip show (which 
            isn’t exactly what we needed after yesterday’s retread) but this one 
            was more focused. It served a purpose -- it neatly ended GW’s second 
            act and set-up Act Three.

                  The new Gundam iMac.
            It was basically a love letter to the 5 Gundam pilots and their 
            righteous cause. And there were some new scenes in it, too. Treize, 
            having been exiled after coming out against Duke Dermail and his 
            Mobile Dolls, reflects on the events of the recent past -- the 
            discovery of the Gundams, their dashing young pilots, Zechs and his 
            departure from Earth and the apparent death of Lady Une. At the 
            episode’s end, though, we realize old Treize isn’t retiring just 
            yet. Crafty Khushrenada still has a few tricks up his sleeve. Trust 
            that whatever he’s planning will be a doozy. And trust that its 
            repercussions will be felt the world over.
            Wait a minute -- I feel a prediction coming on. Tomorrow will see 
            the return of a regular episode with a new story and everything. 
            Count on it. That’ll be five bucks, by the way. Pay the World’s 
            Biggest Cashier on your way out. Thank you.

            --Ross Brooks used to bite the heads off chickens. They tasted like 
            frogs' heads.