Gah, I typed out a whole post and browser crashed. Don't want to retype this whole thing...
Anyway, there's a lot of philosophy in this show. If you just think this is about some shounen story where you battle to win money, you aren't seeing it.
Print money to save the present, but waste away the future, or let C "happen" and wreck the present. Either way is "bad."
While Kimimaro is portrayed as the "good guy" and Mikuni the "bad guy," Masakaki is the oddball. Especially in this episode, whith the whole "Kimimaro's card is Black" thing.
Actually, none of the characters are really completely "good" or "bad." Is Kimimaro really "good" for wanting to save the future if it's affected by "C"? Is Mikuni "bad" for screwing around with the present to prevent "C"?
Anyway, we see Q finally lose it and take out the IFM lady in one hit. >_>
EDIT: IMF lady is "Jennifer Sato"... Had to look that up.
The last episode should be quite interesting. I'm betting on some sort of neutral "you win but didn't win" kind of thing. Not sure how to describe it.