We get another Tachikoma Days short as we see the tanks watch the team from wherever they are. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

So what have we learned tonight kiddies?

DO
NOT
FUCK
WITH
MAJOR
MOTOKO
KUSANAGI
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This...is the closest this season comes to with having the big climatix scene from the movie. Not bad for something on a TV budget and reminds us both how bad ass the major is...and why you don't fuck with the family. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

(Sees the Major about to get crushed by a giant mech)
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It looks like the asshole will make it...until he spots the ACTUAL Laughing Man...and the rest of the goons...

*BANG*BANG*

...spots the asshole. Oh, and thanks to Laughing Man's hacking, Batou can't see him one bit...but sees the file just fine. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The suit manages to wreck the Major's body...just as Saito shows up with a BFG. That's when the Major wakes up, demands the gun...

*BOOOOOOOOM*
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM*
*BOOOOOOOOOOM*

...and let's out some stress. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The Major shows up just in time to help Batou get the asshole out...

*BANG*BANG*BANG*

And put the goons full of speed holes. One problem...the government boss gave the ok to give 'em a giant armor suit. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

So, that number Imakaruse called? Yeah, the American Empire. Turns out he's ready to leave the country (For obvious reasons)...but the goons are getting closer and so's Bataou. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The asshole realizes what the Laughing Man said is true, and thus he...calls the government for help...

I hope this was on purpose and knowing Section 9 was tracking him...or I have to ask if there was a brain to get hard... #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

The Laughing Man points it out: If those things are no longer placebos, why are you NOT taking the machines?

Well, we skipped to the OTHER reason he vetoed the vaccine...turns out he got pissed that somebody made something that worked...but wait, he has Veto power! #GhostInTheShell

"Let's say we ask the American Empire..."
Whoa. Rewind. WHAT?!
(If this is alluding to what I think it is then GiTs has something VERY in common with The Simpsons)
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Oh, and the kicker to the kicker? Yeah, the Micro Machines work...NOW!

See, the people that got 'em years ago were test subjects...for what amounted to as a placebo. If it did work? That day, you get TWO lottery tickets and wait for the lightning to hit ya three times. #GhostInTheShell

We find out via the asshole that, yep, the Laughing Man hacked him and the two are talking about what happened and why: Namely, the asshole rejected the vaccine...because damn it, if they got the vaccine first, then NOBODY will approve the mone---I mean Micro Machines! #GhostInTheShell

Aramaki leakes that Togusa was in the raid, hoping to spook 'em into doing something stupid...

Which is kinda easy, given it's the government.

...so it's time for the government to take on Section 9. See? Stupid. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Man, if Crispin Freeman carried the last episode Richard Epcar's Batou is REALLY doing a great job so far in this episode. I can hear the sheer RAGE in his voice!
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"WE DO KNOW!!!"
I see that we are continuing Batou being REALLY pissed off!
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Batou is ready to crack some skulls while Aramaki tells him to calm down as, well, the government's already gonna erase a few things, so it's time to pay the asshole that started all of this, Imakaruse.

And Aramaki is gonna see the Government boss that started last night's attack. #GhostInTheShell

We open with Togusa about to go under the knife and Section 9 demanding, for obvious reasons, his memories from the last 16 hours. With no choice, as this also includes his reactions influencing there's, they go for a reading of everything. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

Up next, Togusa survives and now Section 9 wants both answers...and payback. "Left-Behind Trace – ERASER" #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex

We get the Tachikoma Days as one of 'em sees another bottle of natural oil. #GhostInTheShell #StandAloneComplex