Dr. Nick: Oh boy, this scene. As much as I generally like the DC additions, this lake scene is just incongruous in so many ways.
- It introduces the apparent plot hole of Kaworu being informed of where Adam's body actually is.
- It features a wrong number of Seele monoliths.
- Even the art direction is busted, as the angel statue's visual consistency just goes out of the window. In the original on-air scene, it looks like a plausible bit of public art, whereas in here it's this grotesque foreshadowing monster.
And since the scene in question is a later addition, the usual production crunch explanation doesn't hold water. Was some new staff brought over to take care of this particular sequence?