That was awesome. Wakaba got a lot of great scenes, Utena makes it through her nadir, the Shadow Play girls are apparently aliens and have taken off to go beyond the stars, and did I mention how Utena totally kicked Touga's ass? Because she did! Even after Touga had Anthy kiss the tip of the Sword of Dios, which as we've established is pulled out of her chest which would therefore make that...masturbation? Anyway, point being that Utena surpassed the power of Dios as wielded by Touga. And we also see that when Anthy is by herself, away from Touga, she still thinks of Utena with fondness, which to me says that the Anthy we've all come to know and love, isn't just what we wanted to see but was in fact really there.
So yeah, great episode all around, and oddly enough, the first episode with a duel that didn't feature 'Absolute Destiny Apocalypse'. Really let you know that this episode was going to stand out.