From: phoenix@mediaone.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   >Phoenix posted the following:   
   >   
   >>However, I figure the purpose here is to set us up the next episode   
   >>where Pegasus finally does reveal his past.   
   >   
   >In a way that makes the implicit message even worse because it makes   
   >Pegasus look like a manipulator.  As far as I can tell, there's no   
   >story internal reason why Pegasus only reveals his past when he does.   
   >I mean, it's pretty clear that he wanted to wait until he could really   
   >trust Chibi-Usa but I don't see what changed between now and episode   
   >158 -- except that C-U showed Pegasus she's willing to let him dictate   
   >the terms of their friendship.   
      
   Hmmm... I see this differently. I think that Chibiusa's queries in   
   this episode made Pegasus reconsider his position in the next one.   
      
   Anyway, here is my take on this. In the original release of this   
   season, nine months have passed for the viewers since SuperS   
   premiered. Nine months of mostly filler episodes (much of it good   
   stuff, but still filler). In preparation for the finale, which is just   
   around the corner, I think the writers decided to remind the audience   
   that there is still a mystery to be revealed. In addition, despite all   
   the near misses, Chibiusa still has no idea of her own role in the   
   Dead Moon plans. So this episode reminds us that Chibiusa is still in   
   the dark and that we, the audience, still don't know just who Pegasus   
   is or why the Dead Moon people want to capture him.   
      
   This 'reminder' sets us up for the mystery to start to unfold with the   
   very next episode.   
      
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   Phoenix   
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