Never understood the hate for this episode. It’s actually one of the better ones from the season. Plus it has a good Morton Stevens score to boot!
I know that I used to also like When Does a War End (I thought it was one of the better ones of the season too) but it’s definitely gone downhill since I rewatched it some years ago. Mostly because of David Dukes who’s completely ineffective as the psycho type. He looks like he’s about to take a crap at the end while trying to kill Muromoto. Laughably bad!!! I mean the episode is nowhere near Tread the King’s Shadow level of bad, but it’s definitely not good.
Angel in Blue on the other hand held up quite well on a rewatch.