I did not see that coming, honestly, what an escalation of events. But if you think about it, with all those treachery going on in the evil organization, I think it's just a practical idea to just execute the plan before anything comes up again that would complicate things. As for our heroes, I think this is probably the lowest they could go, being tormented mentally and emotionally to the point of breaking, just barely hanging in there. Now this is a setup episode, but for what purpose exactly is made unclear. Yet if you have been following the series so far, you can expect some dramatic, epic moment to cap off this story right in the end. It was always like that since the beginning, so hold on tight.