Okay, but in context the "uncritically examined hyperviolence" side of the episode comes in for a *metric fuckton* of examination, set against the therapy scenes/Rick's refusal to engage when he finally shows up at Dr. Wong's.

Book!Laura has the benefit of being filtered through Shadow's perspective 98% of the time, especially early on. That makes the realization that there was something wanting on her end of the relationship easier and slower there.

Not true. Chuck is, by all indications, the best-respected lawyer at HHM and (when he has his shit together) the superior legal mind by a fair bit. Howard defers to him constantly, goes along with his bullshit even when he sees it for what it is, and bends over backwards to keep him involved with a firm he…

Chuck *needs* Jimmy to fail.

Saw this in a small theater screening today, and I can report that there were several instances of open laughter.

Man, I dunno.

It seemed pretty clear from Joanna's interactions with Elliot (and her hired muscle's reaction to the phone tracking info) that she didn't suspect Knowles at all up until now. If anything, the boyfriend was probably her intended patsy for Sharon Knowles murder — he lacked an alibi, since she met him at that same ECorp…

To my surprise, the "unicorn" speech from Michael K. Williams' character tied a lot of the series together for me. Freddy identifies Naz's apparent innocence as precisely what draws him, and ultimately that's what the story as a whole is about: a system that does not value innocence *per se* grappling with a…