Escaflowne 19
I remember someone complaining about this episode a few weeks back and id agree with them. Its probably the first episode where the show kinda stumbles.
So the bad guys plan is to use their super destiny alteration machine to spy on the main girl and change who she falls in love with. Sounds daft but in the show it makes sense.
The problem is it relys on one character, Van, acting irrationally stupid and kills off any chance of a relationship with the main girl. And then the shows tries to make out that Allen and Hitomi are an awful couple, when in reality they are the best match for each other.
It really felt like a concession that this is still a shoujo so we need a bit of mis-direction and confusing love triangle nonsense.