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dawnsdeskcat
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The nuance of the Chalky/Daughter Maitland/Narcisse story is more satisfying than I imagined it would be when the season started. Knowing Daughter's story of sitting horrified and powerless in the closet while her mother was killed made her stabbing of Dunn even more affecting (even if her allegiance is still cloudy).

Love that Pete restored his own notion of order with Bob. It's believable that for him justice wouldn't necessarily be in cutting the Don proxy loose. Taking the opportunity to reinforce an interloping grifter's "servile" status to the well-born/well-connected makes a huge amount of sense, feeding the superiority and

I'm here for Ida and the Nerval touches, which were more subtle and effective than a lot of this episode.