User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 182: The Burning Earth, Review./@comment-24367018-20140517095131

Well I have no words for this episode. Good or bad, it just seems as though 25-odd minutes of my life just didn't happen... I blame the pace, yeah that's it. It's TOO. DAMN. SLOW.

As for the whole Cosmos lip thing, that was probably there for the sole purpose of freaking people out.