It seems to be a "love it or hate it" episode for a lot of the fandom, isn't it? I'm on the fence, though; I really did love parts of it, but overall it left me with an uncomfortable feeling that I'm still trying to sort out. (And yeah, I really want to write that AU, but I've got so many projects I'm supposed to be working on right now! Not the least of which is the poor neglected novel I'm writing ...)