Freemage . wrote:

  I think Mark may have just been using this set-up to clear out all the
weenies before moving on to the plot.  Maybe he figures any of us that
are left are now commited to the storyline,

...or just plain committed...  ;)

so he can send us anywhere
he wants.
  The scary part is, he may be right....

Even to the point of seeing Rei and Chibi-Usa fight over Mamoru?  Yeesh,
that *is* scary.