Well, I'd say that that was about half of a really good episode, and half of a regular-ass episode. You've gotta accept the clumsier-than-Star Wars exposition, because that's sadly how weekly TV works, in the States, and that was my only major complaint. Otherwise, I'm just sort of disappointed that this wasn't at all the episode that last week's previews suggested to me that it would be. ...And, again--a pointless, needless, and sort of momentum-sapping REFUSAL to answer even the most trivial of questions.
Also, PLEASE tell me that Captain No Line isn't the unexpected, out-of-the-blue "fan favorite" death that the producers confirmed with either EW or TV Guide (can't remember which)...?