Half of this episode was the remaining of Vol 1. Yes, unlike the anime the novels know how to pull a cliffhanger to hook you to read novel 2 with Kate being kidnapped. Of course, I can also imagine they thought "we already ruined her relationship with Connie so surely no one will give a fuck about it" because despite being only one volume, Kate does a lot for Connie, something which the anime didn't care at all.
And then the other second half is the first chapter of vol 2, and holy shit they did it again, reversing the order of events for no damn reason. What I am talking about? Well, in the novel and manga, Amelia visits Connie and tells about Cecilia's background BEFORE they resolve Kate being kidnapped, in specific when Randolph comes to ask about more Jackal Paradise's users, she appears before him. They are really ruining the mysteries for an inexistant sense scenes coherence.
Well that's it, every week is wondering how this staff will surprise me with their incompetence despite me understanding their suffering of having to adapt three volumes in a whole season...which could be done if they had brains on their heads.