agreed. it takes you out of it if you have to take a step back constantly rather than just enjoy being immersed in a story. i want smart shows, but not one that is a puzzle to be solved.

I hope not. My friends and I have been fretting that the end will be some lame reveal that none of it is real. Some St. Elsewhere or Newhart show garbage would really leave a bad taste in my mouth, retroactively spoiling a lot. I think even this latest reveal has done that to some degree.

Very interesting article, and I loved the selection of clips. Replacements, Bob Mould/Sugar, Lemonheads, Jayhawks…the guy seems very talented and I like his taste in music. Thing is, for all his talent and enthusiasm, it sure sounds like they pay him peanuts. That bums me out.

"We're watching his family unravel as well."

lawyer legerdemain!

I think I get your criticism, but I also think it makes sense here. He's Lorne Malvo in a certain environment. I thought the reviewer captured that well. When in one context governed by one set of social rules (school, "polite society"), he's effective at the game; in another context of toxic masculinity where he…

I don't think it is the step-father. He could have been faking, but I believed it when he wanted to brush off Box's initial call, as if he'd washed his hands of her and wasn't bailing her out of trouble. I think he was genuinely surprised she was dead. His argument with the financial guy at the grave could simply be…

Thanks for those specifics. Missed the creak and the displaced hat, although there's been lots of speculation about the camera dwelling on the mounted head and the cat as a clue (that there is another point of access/egress?)

"I'm trying to give you a moral compass. You've got no moral compass!"

A friend took me to a woman's apartment once, and this woman had a cat
(I hate cats and my dad was allergic so I was never around them) and she
casually scooped cat poop off her counters and couch cushions. I stood
the whole time, antsy on my feed to leave. And that wasn't some
fictional person given quirks for…

Yeah, the cat thing has become a mixed metaphor now—there's Andrea's cat that might be Naz but also Chekhov's canary in the mine and now the hearse driver's analogy for Andrea/women as cat's playing with a string. Then of course Stone plays with a cat through the door using a string. Some of this symbolism must be red…

I thought it might be the mortician to give us a scare before he filled out his story with a few more specific/concrete details. What made him so creepy was how vague he was and how he jumped to conclusions rather than giving a "just the facts, ma'am" account. So I half expected the show to set that up then turn it on…

I want, so badly, for Box to come out as a hero—insofar as he turns out to be a world-weary guy, sick of the grind, seen it all, yet who still cares about justice and prizes his integrity enough that he does something honest rather than whatever it takes to nail the case against Naz. I realize that's not the "anti-Law…

Thanks

Angela exhibited some sang froid this episode with those two douches (Darlene's Dark Army dick and the FBI mama's boy)

Yeah, the Suits ad showed a level of commitment.

We have? Dang, I either forgot or missed that. Are you able to help me out and point out where with any precision? The flashback with the doctor asking the bickering parents to leave the room seemed to point towards his father's guilt (which admittedly could be misdirection.)

I thought of Shayla and Billy Batts

And on the tv in Elliot's hospital room, declaring American democracy is dead (right?)

Yeah I've been wondering about why Darlene didn't know the connection between the two, and how sinister a portent that is.