This episode shows us how different TSR can be from its two predecessors.  However, we’ll save that tidbit for later.  The episode opens up on Chidori, who’s fumbling around in her bedroom, trying unsuccessfully to wake up for school.  She doesn’t notice, but there is a man standing on the top of a distant building, taking photographs of her.

Later, in school, Sousuke finds out from a classmate, Kazama, that pictures are being taken of Chidori and posted on the internet.  Sousuke is as overprotective as ever, and eventually gets beaten up by Chidori.

Next, Full Metal Panic! explores new territory as it ventures into the realm of full-frontal nudity… well maybe just partial frontal nudity.   At any rate, in this new spirit of things, it introduces two characters, female characters (wheee!).  It also so happens that these two ladies are sisters.  They are only distinguishable by their hair length.  The one with the long hair is Xia Yu Fang, and the one with the short hair is called Xia Yu Lan.  Apparently these two characters were portrayed by males in the manga (personally I’m glad that this was modified… really glad).  These two are extremely close, and appear to be lesbians… I mean they’re REALLY close.

These twins seem to currently be located at the Republic of Balic and under the command of a lunatic named Gates.  Gates is a crazy man and ends up killing the bad guy from the last episode with a single bullet.  It’s apparent that this guy, who is a horrible singer, will become trouble for Mithril.  After this odd scene, Gates abuses Xia Yu Lan, which obviously doesn’t make the other sister very pleased.

Back at school, for the sake of protecting Chidori, Sousuke has been busy installing some kind of crazy radar/satellite, to the dismay of the rest of the school.  The satellite nukes any nearby electronic devices.

After many amusing encounters, Sousuke finally locates the culprit of the internet pictures.  He’s some nerd who wants revenge on Chidori for winning some sort of school election.  Sousuke stops him from posting a picture of Chidori picking her nose by starting up his satellite again, after Chidori made him shut it down.

However, the man from the beginning of the episode is still watching Chidori from afar.