Wow. Overall I thought this episode was pretty good. The action at the end made up for the slow beginning, IMO. I guess they had to introduce everything for those not familiar with the story. The graphics/animation is different than last year, but I guess I'll get used to it. I wonder if they had a change in staff or something.
The major's speech to Togusa at the end, about how he can 'hold his head up' was kind of surprising in that it seemed to imply that previously Togusa was doing a poor job, IMO. I never really got that feeling from the 1st season. Though I guess there was the episode where he blew his cover in the health institution.