Talk about a red herring, even i was duped by the flow of this episode. It was a pretty good subversion I will say. The animation was a tad bit wonky in the beginning, Haruka's mouth flaps were glitchy and off in the beginning part of the episode. The episode opens with the Minami family and their usual antics. Interesting we're a good ways into the series but in universe winter is in full swing I find that to be rather novel.