The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episode 2: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 1
The first real episode. It's looking very promising, setting itself up to be a fairly high-brow character-driven comedy, with very solid writing, great art, and impressive direction. A definite winner.
a.f.k. also gets a shout-out for the very competent and lively translation, something that's getting sadly rare in the fansub scene lately.