This is the turning point of the entire series.
One day, a terrorist attack by a Japanese resistance cell (the Japan Liberation Front) accidentally captures Lelouch. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, —the son of Japan's last prime minister. While Lelouch fights with his mind, Suzaku fights with his body as a Britannian soldier, believing the system can be changed from within.
His first command? To a squad of Britannian soldiers: "You are all dead. Kill yourselves."
His Geass, which has been growing unstable, activates accidentally . His joke becomes a command. Euphemia, smiling, stands before a crowd and declares: "I hereby order all Britannian forces to... massacre the Japanese."
Logline: A exiled prince, granted the power of absolute obedience, becomes a masked terrorist to overthrow a tyrannical empire, only to find his greatest enemy is the childhood friend who fights for justice within the system.