Yeah. I think it's just the pre-planning that Jimmy would have to do to get there. I'm sure there are folks who can do it to some degree, but planning out a strategy that takes into account the other person's every reaction, like a chess match 10 or 20 moves in advance—I dunno, just seems a little bit "TV". But…

Next episode: Hamlin lounges around in some sweats.
Mind. Blown.

Completely. I love that Chuck is a completely sympathetic "villain", such that I can't even use the word without putting it in quotes. And now, salt in the wound, when he tries scheming against Jimmy for revenge, Jimmy outdoes him THERE, too.

You're probably right. I'm very curious about their divorce, though. I'm not personally familiar with the "amicable breakup", such that the other person would come running even in the case of a health issue, etc. Was this the first we knew that his ex had no idea about his condition? I'd always assumed that the…

*Raises hand on first day of class* "Yes, when will we learn about fostering relationships with the dark underworld of crime?"

That's a good question. I wasn't quite sure why she was brought in, either. Salt in the wound, or to start un-rattling him—even if Chuck saw the play and called Jimmy on it? To which point, the fact she would fly 4000 miles and go to see Chuck, as he's testifying, at Jimmy's prompting, seemed a tad much to believe.

I will say, I thought that the way things fell in the court room felt maybe a bit TOO scripted—Chuck completely losing his composure didn't seem QUITE earned, and seemed a bit too "A Few Good Men"/"You can't handle the truth!" If nothing else, Chuck seemed to be a master of knowing when to "turn it on", and project…

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Totally. When the secretary left the court room, I expected her to call a cell phone that was placed in Chuck's pocket.

Glad to see McKean getting recognized for his performance. He might be my favorite part of the show, and that's saying something with the talent they have.

Absolutely agreed re: McKean. Everyone comes away hating the character he plays, but he is played to PERFECTION, to the point I still have sympathy for him, despite everything he did. I'm going to miss him when he's out, or the show ends.

Who hasn't?

I only finally saw the theatrical cut when I got the big deluxe set with five (!) versions of the movie. Director's Cut (or Final Cut) are really the only necessary versions. Pretty much everything about the theatrical version that differentiates it is worse than those versions.

Ironically, 30-years ago Los Angeles, too…

Indeed. Actually, the cloudy/smoggy daytime scenes from the trailer are kind of a nice touch, even if they seem a little incongruous with the "always night-time" setting of the original.

Well, we've already got Trump. If anyone can bring us to Blade Runner's dystopian, ecological nightmare setting with time to spare, it's him.

Man. Even worse that he's a Blade RUNNER.
But yeah, he looked pretty old in that running scene.

The new Voight-Kampff test is something to do with if the subject is "explosioney" enough.

Eh, maybe it's just my own impression, or preference. I thought the guy making eyes seemed to make it more like they're assembled, at least in part, rather than grown and given birth to from giant womb-bags, or something. I thought they were more life-like robots than organically grown artificial beings. But I may…

In THIS future, once everyone started dressing and building stuff like they did in the original BR, they all went, "cool, I think we're done!" And so it was.