Evangelion, NERV Headquaters - Episode Summaries

Episode Summaries - #5-8

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Episode #5 "Rei I"

The episode starts with the first operational test of EVA Unit-00. An error occured for an unknown reason and the EVA went beserk. Rei is forced to eject and her life is saved by Gendo, who rushed down to the cage and opened the door to the entry plug, thus burning his hand. Returning to present, EVA-00 is being restored. At school, Shinji gets curious about Rei and during gym class stares up at her. After being teased by Touji and Kensuke about liking her he asks them about her but they have no clue. He then goes to NERV after school and asks Misato and Ritsuko about Rei and Gendo's injuries. They don't really tell him much and Ritsuko ask him to deliver Rei's ID card to her apartment. Since no one answered Shinji let himself in and was calling for Rei but still no one answered. He then noticed broken glasses on her mantle (which were Gendo's). He lifted them up and tried them on only to turn around to see Rei only in a towel around the back of her neck. She came over and took them off him but as she did, Shinji fell on top of her. After that awkward moment they went back to NERV upon which Shinji asks Rei about his father. Shinji insults Gendo and Rei slaps him. A test with EVA-00 is a success and just as the fifth angel, a giant blue fortress, appears; however, it appeared to be a giant grain of salt. Shinji tries to engage it but gets beat down by a huge laser beam shot by the angel.

Episode #6 "Rei II"

While Shinji is unconscious, once again, Misato is creating a plan to deal with this new angel. She decides to use an experimental sniper rifle that the Japanese Defense Force owns and against the angel. The plus side is that if a direct hit is scored through the core, the angel will be destroyed. The bad news, in order to get enough power to destroy the angel they need to use the entire power supply of Japan. When Shinji awakens they tell him of their plan. He is to fire the gun while Rei in EVA-00 is to protect EVA-01 even if it means dying. Rei's EVA has been given a super resistant shield which will not last long. A beam is shot by the angel neutralizes the beam, causing it to go off target. While Rei is holding the shield up, as it quickly melts, Shinji waits for it to reload. The second shot doesn't miss. Shinji succeeds and then when he sees the terrible condition that EVA-00 is in, NERV ejects Rei's entry plug. Shinji focres it open as Gendo had done previously, saving her by opening the hot door. He tells Rei to smile and she complies, seeing signs of Gendo in Shinji.

Episode #7 "A Human Work"

Commaner Kozo Fuyutski is talking to Commander Ikari over the phone. Gendo is looking over some pictures of an odd looking robot. Misato is meanwhile up to her usual escapades, coming to school, turning on all the boys. Penpen and Shinji are shocked the next morning when Misato is already awake and in full uniform, opposed to usual drinking beer while in pajamas. She's invited to a special conference. It turns out that the Earth's military forces were building their own battle robot to replace the Evangelions. NERV sends Misato and Ritsuko to the convention where the unveiling is occuring. Ritsuko tries to criticize the robot. Instead, she is embarrassed and belittled as the Earth Military Forces show embarrassing photos of some of the Evangelions' mishaps. Pre-launch, Misato released her frustration on a locker. The protype being shown is powered by a nuclear reactor. For unknown reasons the machine goes out of control and no signals are getting through to the robot. Finally Misato has Shinji come EVA-01 to help her get inside the robot and stop it. With the robot's nuclear reactor going critical and Shinji trying to keep the robot from moving any closer in the general direction of some city, Misato desperately tries to stop the reactor. At the very last second (Why does everything they do have to be at the wire) the robot shuts down. Despite what everyone thinks, excluding Misato, she was not the reason why the Jet Alone stopped. Gendo had Ritsuko sabotage the robot but made sure it wouldn't blow up. Misato suspects Ritsuko is hiding something.

Episode #8 "Asuka Strikes"

This is one of my personal favs. In this episode Misato takes Shinji along with Touji and Aida to a fleet of UN ships carrying EVA Unit-02 and its pilot, Asuka Langley. Unbenknownst to them, Ryoji Kaji also has what is believed to be the first angel, ADAM. Asuka is a girl that is half German and half Japanese. Immediately, she takes center stage with a small comical bit where Touji is running with Aida's camera and trips just in front of Asuka. A draft comes and Asuka's dress is slightly elevated at Touji's position, and the rest is self-explanatory. He gets up and Asuka slaps him and says it was a viewing fee. Touji then does something I think is pesonally shameful. He flashes Asuka and she slaps him again. She greets Misato and to a slight bit of satisfaction, she finds out Touji is not the third child and Shinji is. Misato is embarrassed by Kaji during a meal. After Asuka tries to glorify her EVA to Shinji and make herself feel superior, an angel attacks. She and Shinji are both inside EVA-02 and fight the shark-like angel hopping from ship to ship. Meanwhile the angel has been tearing apart the UN fleet. Eventually, the EVA goes underwater and gets half trapped inside the shark's massive mouth. Misato develops a plan that has the UN fleet sink two battlecruisers and have them detonate inside of the angel. The problem is reeling the angel in using EVA-02. Asuka and Shinji are forced to cooperate, opening up the angel's mouth just before the battleships enter the angel's mouth. The plan is successful and the angel is destroyed.