Episode
                  47: Collision in Space 
                  Airing Date
                  2000-05-09

                  
            We've been waiting for it, they've been promising it and now it's 
            finally here. The official beginning of the end. The battle to end 
            all battles. Earth versus the Space Colonies. Well, really Earth 
            versus the White Fang, but you know what I mean. The first punch was 
            thrown by the Libra when White Fang pointed its massive laser cannon 
            and decimated the North Pole. Now Treize Khushrenada and a seemingly 
            endless supply of Mobile Suits attack the Libra. At first the Gundam 
            boys watch from the sidelines but it eventually becomes clear that 
            while they don't necessarily want to fight for Earth, they must 
            bring down Libra -- it's just too darn dangerous. 
            It's kind of cool to see all the varying threads come together to 
            create the fabric of this colossal outer space battle. What's weird, 
            however, is that like the previous Gundam Wing episodes where people 
            like to talk to themselves, this time it seems that everyone else 
            can hear them. At one point Miss High and Mighty Dorothy Catalonia 
            says something on the bridge of the Libra and then Treize (in his 
            Tallgeese MS) agrees with her. Huh? Is everyone on the same 
            frequency here? "Listen up, people. Good guys on channel one, bad 
            guys switch over to channel two." 
            In what would have been a thrilling sequence if the series was shot 
            in live action (which would have probably made this series the most 
            expensive ever!), the Libra heads for Earth in order to blow the 
            blue marble into smithereens. Knowing that they can't outshoot the 
            giant space fortress, the Peacemillion fires all thrusters and heads 
            directly for the laser cannon. The Libra is too bulky to dodge the 
            smaller ship and the Peacemillion crashes right into the Libra. 
            Amazingly, neither ship is destroyed but the good guys managed to 
            end the threat of the laser cannon taking another shot at Mother 
            Earth. Yee-haw. 

                  Welcome to Earth -- evil aliens and humans born in space not 
                  allowed. 
            In what's got to be considered a bit of a letdown, though, Heero 
            spends major hang time with Relena while the battle rages on. These 
            two crazy kids barely even speak! It's clear Relena wants Heero and 
            we can only assume that he feels likewise since when they're not 
            together he's always sighing her name. Yet when they get together 
            with the drama of a war playing out right outside their window, 
            nothing happens. Heero, my friend, that Zero System might've done 
            something bad to you after all. 
            While Heero and Relena are studying their shoelaces, Quatre, Duo and 
            Trowa board the Libra and make their way toward the Mobile Doll 
            control system. Their plan is to deactivate the White Fang forces, 
            in effect bringing Zechs to his knees. It's a good plan but logic 
            goes out the window when you're dealing with a crazy man. If truth 
            be told, our boy Zechs is living just next door to psycho. 
            In any event, this was a fast moving episode that certainly torqued 
            up the action more than just a few notches. What happens next is 
            anyone's guess. 

            --Ross Brooks, who has renamed his car the Peacemillion cause he 
            likes to ram things.