I loved Shaw's eyeroll after "I couldn't make you look bad if I tried."

"My name's Billy, too!"

I could tell you that Albany makes a surprise run all the way to the Final Four, but is knocked off by Coastal Carolina—which goes on to win the title—in an OT thriller.

You're in for a treat. This episode is fantastic.

Hey, what's the March Madness group name? I remember someone mentioned we were doing one here.

Thanks for choosing that to discuss, not the story or the characters or anything else Buzz mentioned.

I'm really loving her arc right now. Yes, she does fall back into old patterns at the end of the episode and , but her time with Desi has been really fantastic for her, providing these small victories she desperately needs (her performance at the open mic concert was great!). If she can start to find that…

I'm scared for Fiona, more so than ever before. Every single moment in this episode was heartbreaking, especially whenever she tried to make her felony charge out to be less serious than it really was; those subtle moments really hit me hard. And then, when she was told about the hooking job and when she was verbally…

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I also loved Fat Al's group of people that Hood and Carrie ran into earlier on, all of whom got beat up, but then immediately pulled large guns out of thin air and surrounded them in about 2 seconds.

Yeah, the last twenty minutes just felt like they were trying to convince us to stick around for season 3 or something. This would've been one of the episodes that would benefit from a shorter running time.

I wasn't a big fan of keeping Rabbit alive, but man oh man, this episode really makes a case for that decision. Fittingly, he doesn't die in a storm of bullets, but rather in a scene in which the show dials back on the violence; he's reached a point where he's fully accepted his death, and it's nice to see all three…

That fight in the church is just pure fun, what with the music and the sliding across the floor and Job/Fat Al bursting in and shooting up the place. There are obviously cliches, but the show's able to take something like Hood's decision to sacrifice himself—even though we know he won't die—and make it emotionally…

I thought the flashbacks were fantastic, as they not only delivered some really interesting character interactions, but also placed that final emphasis on the themes behind our main character's arc: the fact that Hood was the one who initiated much of the shit that's occurred. Even when he's out there saving Banshee…

I'm still in awe that both shows were on the air for five years. They're two of my favorite shows, so I'm really glad, but still.

Ah, okay. Well, thank you for keeping it going last season, and Boooo for not covering season four.

I think Phil comes across as dismissive quite a bit. I wish we had someone who was as big a fan of Banshee as Myles McNutt is of Strike Back, as I'm pretty sure the latter is being covered even though there's not enough readership. It's my understanding that McNutt convinced them to allow biweekly reviews.

Good!

Okay! It's well worth it; let me know what you think.