Season 1, Episode 48: Sayônara
Original Air Date—11 September 2004
Al is in the hands of the homunculi, and Ed has precious little time to find him. Nearby, Mustang reveals his daring strategy, turning the Fuhrer’s attempt to silence him into a push for revolution. After a rapid chain of events, Ed and Mustang find themselves in a car together, giving the two stubborn alchemists a chance to close old wounds.

Season 1, Episode 47: Homunkurusu fun’in
Original Air Date—4 September 2004
Tucker used Al’s power in a new attempt to resurrect his daughter, and the transmutation has disintegrated part of Al’s armor. Anxious to stop the Philosopher’s Stone from losing more potency, Sloth captures Al. But Ed arrives to stop her. With Sloth, Wrath, and Lust all on the scene-and all with different motives- it’s time for a homunculi showdown.

Season 1, Episode 46: Jintai rensei
Original Air Date—28 August 2004
The brothers are separated, and both are in peril. Al meets with the increasingly deranged Tucker, while Ed returns to Dante’s mansion for any clue that could lead him to the Homunculi’s leader. Meanwhile, the Fuhrer sends Mustang and Armstrong to command his northern campaign. Will the boys have to fend for themselves in this increasingly dangerous struggle?

Season 1, Episode 45: Kokoro o rekka saseru mono
Original Air Date—21 August 2004
The confrontation between Hohenheim and the leader of the Homonculi continues, and we finally discover the “truth behind truths.” As Al receives a mysterious phone call, Ed proves he will do whatever it takes to stop the Homunculi-even defile his mother’s grave. And back in Central, Colonel Mustang decides to challenge the entire military leadership on his own.

Season 1, Episode 44: Hikari no hôenhaimu
Original Air Date—7 August 2004
With the mastermind behind the seven sins organizing a plan to capture the boys as well, Ed and Al must convince Mustang’s faction that the Fuhrer is not what he seems. The strange reappearance of their father only complicates things further, as we learn he has his own score to settle…one that goes to root of this entire conspiracy.