Oh, man, the plot's taken a completely different turn from where the show started. That episode was crazy-frantic. I can't wait for the next season to begin. This is going to be interesting.
I was kind of bugged by the year jump in the timeline, but it does set things up for new directions in the story arcs. The first two seasons only spanned a few months of story, so I guess they did need to move ahead a bit.