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Good episode. Not fantastic, not awe-inspiring television, but a solid episode with characters that I care about in a convincing, affecting plot.

Carol and Morgan are the most interesting characters, played by the best actors. The show could follow them at this point, and I'd probably be happier.

Fantastic season finale. The whole season has been good, but the last half of the season has been outstanding. At some point, the directing and the acting became so confident. All of the character moments felt earned and natural, moving far beyond some of the awkward attempts in season 2 (which was still pretty good).

A persistent voice in the writer's room: "Do you know what audiences of medical drama really want to see? Courtroom dramas."

So many dumb plot decisions and clunky writing.

Loved the opening scene between Paige and Philip. I'm happy any time those two talk about Philip's past.

Really good episode and a great review.

After handing over the keys to Derek's trailer, Owen walked toward the hospital with one of the smallest possible cardboard boxes ever made. That's apparently everything Owen owns.

Great review(s), Kayla.

I wanted Owen to go on a Riggs rant while on the stand. That might have redeemed this painfully unrealistic episode. I couldn't believe for one second that Callie would have been so stupid to think that moving Sophia away from Arizona for most of a year was in any way a good idea. So, so bad.

—A Great and Terrible Idea—

The music drowning out dialogue and the excess of cover songs used to annoy me to no end.

—On Riggs and Owen—
As much as I hate Riggs and Owen fighting, I kind of loved how Riggs just keeps shitting the bed with Owen. They should lean into that.

Dumb idea, but such a fun episode came out of it. Loved these moments:

Agreed. I think some people want Doctor Who to be a darker, more adult show. But they're ignoring so much of the show's history when they criticize it on those grounds.

Truly enjoyed how Loretta's great aunt shut down Avery. It's yet another example of an outsider thinking he's smarter/better than a Harlan resident and being proved wrong.

Loved some of the directing choices. In Kim's scene with the Kettlemans, the camera does a one-shot on Kim (an empty chair next to her) and a two-shot on the Kettlemans, showing the Kettlemans united and emphasizing the empty space next to Kim. When Jimmy is convincing the Kettlemans near the end, the camera splits up

The last time I had a deeper sense of Raylan as a character was when he was still wrestling with his identity issues—his past, his father, his borderline role of lawman/criminal. That was definitely before the Crowe Family, Ava-in-Chained-Heat misstep of last season. Raylan continues to be his usual charming, badass

Freejack is adapted from the sci-fi novel "Immortality Inc." It's been years since I've read it, but my memory is that the lead character is from the 1940s and he's driving his car down a dark road when he's pulled into the future. I don't know the production process for the film, but it seems so Hollywood to

When Saul unrolled the paper towels and then opened a drawer to make his contraption, I thought, "If this were Breaking Bad, we'd be excited to see what Walt was going to make." Loved that, with Saul, it's his sex robot voice-maker.