I don't think Chuck mentions his brother in this episode. When he opens up to the doctor about the "worst experience of his life," he's not feeling sorry for himself or scorning Jimmy. He's crediting the humiliation with finally waking him up to his mental illness. Chuck could backslide, but at this point in the…

There hasn't been much invested in that character.

Yeah, he's gotta figure into their downfall. Paige feels like she's on a tragic trajectory.

Huh…what do you know!

Or a visiting professorship at UC-Santa Cruz…

Yep…the whole season was planting character seeds that you hope make the unraveling more satisfying.

No harm in pointing out a typo in the review.

Terror child?

Absorbing television, but what's the word for the opposite of a cliffhanger? Straphanger? Something like 75% of the episodes end with Philip feeling a pang of existential dread as he stares into the middle distance.

She stole the episode in a matter of seconds.

Flash-forward 10 years: Martha and her daughter are standing by the oven in the kitchen wearing aprons. "Today, I teach you how to make mama's famous sad potato."

I look forward to Henry finding out the truth about his parents and then confronting his sister…"So, um, you just were going to leave me in the dark here? That was the plan?" Doesn't Paige feel any guilt about deceiving her brother this whole time?

I wonder what Elizabeth will make of Gorby. Perestroika and Glasnost are just around the corner.

I saw it as it dawning on her that her bourgeois cover has been her reality for most of her life and not as simple as taking off a wig.

They easily could have squeezed the series into one or two fewer seasons, but there's sure to be a payoff next year. Right? It can't end with Paige earning a black belt and Henry running off to boarding school.

How about Paige and Henry tie her up and throw rocks and pebbles at her 'Lottery'-style while Philip stands over her singing the Star-Spangled Banner in a Reagan mask.

That's a good take. To me, her helping Mike fraudulently enter Chuck's home seems most inconsistent with her character.

"I cannot hear about this sort of thing. Ever again. Okay? I mean it, Jimmy."
"You don't save me. I save me."
Can someone explain why Kim was OK with Jimmy committing a crime to 'save' her on Mesa Verde?

Philip and Elizabeth both want out, but where to is the question that's always hovered above and now demands an answer. What does Philip want? He wants to know he's not a monster, that all of this murder and deceit were for some greater good. But the job has left his soul beyond repair. What are his options? Staying,…

Granted, I'm judging the show by a standard few on television meet. That said, I fear BCS is sagging under the weight of Breaking Bad. Heisenberg and his myth haunt the prequel. The legend of Walt was liberating for BB writers because all that early-series spadework of concocting his genius-masterminding lightened the…