My spoiler-free, link-loaded Evangelion episode guide:
| Episode | What happens? |
| 1 | We meet the perpetually-depressed Ikari Shinji. |
| 2 | Shinji presents Misato with fan-service. Misato is unfazed. |
| 3 | Shinji has a bad day "at the office". Touji and Kensuke go for a joy ride in EVA 01. |
| 4 | One of the longest still-shots of the series is in this episode. |
| 5 | Shinji sums up his courage and grabs Rei's chest. Rei is unfazed. |
| 6 | EVA 00 and 01 do battle against a giant blue grain of salt. |
| 7 | EVA 01 vs. the ugliest mecha ever conceived in anime. |
| 8 | Asuka and Touji sexually harass each other. Shinji wears girls' clothing. |
| 9 | Shinji wears girls' clothing. Asuka drop kicks him. |
| 10 | Misato plays with Asuka. Shinji listens in. Penpen is shocked at Shinji's reaction. |
| 11 | NERV forgets to pay the electric bill. Misato rides on top of Kaji. |
| 12 | Misato is promoted. Party time! |
| 13 | NERV installs Win95. An Angel promptly hacks the system. |
| 14 | 1st half: A rehash of eps. 1-13. 2nd half: half a new episode. |
| 15 | Asuka and Shinji kiss. Misato throws up. Asuka gargles afterwards. |
| 16 | Ritsuko devises a cunning plan to drop 999 N2 bombs on an unsuspecting Shinji. |
| 17 | Episode 17 kicks off a traumatizing 3-episode arc. |
| 18 | EVA 01 paints the town red... |
| 19 | Everyone and everything gets trashed. |
| 20 | A month passes in some 20-odd minutes. Misato and Kaji "get it on". |
| 21 | The episode that tries to make sense out of a lot of things...yeah, right! |
| 22 | Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! |
| 23 | Cripes, Eva is depressing these days... |
| 24 | Shinji finds love. It's turns out to be a complete and utter disaster.=6 |
| 25 | Episode 1 of 2 that leads episode 24 into the Evangelion movies. |
| 26 | Episode 2 of 2 that leads episode 24 into the Evangelion movies. |
