Well, this episode was another step down, but it improved as the story progressed. The plot is, Padme goes on a diplomatic mission to Cato Nemoidia with Senator Rush Clovis to find out if he is truly conspiring with the Separatists and the Trade Federation senator Lott Dod. This episode was very short on action and didn't deliver the bang that we've certainly seen in these last few episodes, but it showed how political missions can turn deadly and included a great and surprising idea of Anakin being jealous of Padme and Clovis. I'm not really keen on Clovis, as while he did help Padme, he still was a Separatist and conspired with them to build Poggle the Lesser's droid foundry on Geonosis.

Just a little question to ask anyone who's willing to answer, did Clovis die? I ask this because he mentioned that Lott Dod might kill him if he found out that he lost the hologram disk, but Clovis did more than that. Not only did he threaten to kill Dod, but he helped Amidala get away. And another thing to add, at the VERY end of the episode, we saw the droids cocking their blasters.

IGN Rating: 7.7/10
My Rating: 8.1/10