Ep. 36: Lacus, branded a traitor, challenges Athrun's purpose as he pilots the Justice to capture the Freedom.
Aired on June 14, 2003
Lacus has been denounced as a traitor to the PLANTs for delivering the Freedom to an unknown pilot. She confronts Athrun, forcing him to determine what he is truly fighting for. Meanwhile, Athrun receives orders to pilot the ZGMF-X09A Justice. His mission is to locate the Freedom, with instructions to either recapture or destroy the mobile suit. This encounter places Athrun in a difficult position, balancing his duty to the PLANTs against his personal connection with Lacus and the circumstances surrounding the Freedom's transfer. The narrative focuses on the ideological conflict between the two characters as they face each other in combat.
Episodes
- Ep. 32 · Miriallia attacks Dearka on the Archangel before saving him from Flay's gunfire
- Ep. 33 · The Archangel crew faces questioning over Heliopolis escape and Strike delivery to Kira Yamato.
- Ep. 34 · Flay, Mu, and Natarle face transfer while Lacus entrusts Kira with the Freedom.
- Ep. 35 · ZAFT and Earth Alliance clash in Operation Spitbreak as Kira arrives to save the Archangel from destruction.
- Ep. 36 · Lacus, branded a traitor, challenges Athrun's purpose as he pilots the Justice to capture the Freedom.
- Ep. 37 · Kira and the Archangel reach Orb while ZAFT destroys the Panama mass driver
- Ep. 38 · Earth Alliance threatens Orb while Azrael attacks with three new mobile suits
- Ep. 39 · Athrun pilots the Justice to aid Kira against the Forbidden, Raider, and Calamity.
- Ep. 40 · Earth Alliance attacks fail as Orb leaders sacrifice themselves to destroy factories