This topic is now going to be a rip-off of Bizzle's.

My problem with it is that the show was getting really good. We got some progress with these characters we had to see the annoying side with for so long (Shinji first 5 episodes, Rei actually seemed like she was going to have an emotion), the deaths were getting gruesome, and we started seeing what the Evangelions truly were.

Then... here's a recap! Here's some weird guy who I swear Shinji wants to bone for no reason! Here's some weird event that takes up a whole episode that is never really explained, just so we can have repeat animations and fanservice! Here's a bunch of **** we threw together with the rest of our budget and we'll call that the ending!