Maybe the finale will be "Let The Mystery Be" but over the S1 credit sequence

I wonder if it was a shoutout to the fan theory about Pastor Tim actually being Directorate S and trying to recruit Paige via religion

Yeah, his was my impression of Tuan. Elizabeth wasn't showing pride in him as a kindred spirit —- she was thinking of Paige when seeing how the job can turn a kid into a sociopath.

I guess if you look at the season as a whole, the Darkhold is the big bad. (or the McGuffin!)

Also the subtle gag of Mac being saved by a picture-perfect, total-badass karate kick (delivered by, of all people, Charlie)

Runaway Bride, also starring new client Julia Roberts!

The beauty of that Cubs joke is that it would've also worked had they blown it this season, given their long history.

I get the feeling that aside from The First Female Player Ever and the Padres having a Hall-of-Fame catcher for 15 years, the producers don't want to change 'real' baseball history too much. If the Padres didn't have that real life "never thrown a no-hitter" jinx on them, I suspect there might've been impetus to…

Now I'm just thinking of Homer eating all the doughnuts in the world. "I don't get it, James Coco went mad in 15 minutes."

I like to think that between Stone and Box, this is the real True Detective S2 rather than that shambling mess we got with Farrell and company.

Inspiration speech power rankings….
1. Dany
2. Everyone else tied
Last. Mace Tyrell

My memory sucks, have we ever actually met Kimmy's dad before? If not, is he Stan and Aderholt's new boss?

It can't be stressed enough how this show seems to improve whenever it shakes up the regular character pairings. It's the seventh season, time to try some new alignments within the cast.

Funny hidden detail: Jasmine's OK Cupid profile said she's had some bad experiences with catfishing.

I disagree about the 'great closer' label. The Lost season finales in S1, S2, S3 and S5 are four of that show's very best episodes.

I recall that the original plan for Jack on 'Lost' (back in the planning stages when Michael Keaton was playing him) was that the whole first episode would set Jack up as the hero and he'd be surprisingly killed off at the end, so the audience would be totally thrown. Maybe Lindelof kept that idea in his head and…

Only certain setups are 'full-episode' plots, and those are the ones that I presume are more elaborate or keep evolving in ways that Nathan/the production team doesn't necessarily expect. Had the original audience disliked the "play," it's possible another direction had been planned out, or this might've just become…

I think you're right, and Bayon will remain united…until Joe loses an immunity challenge. Then I think Fishbach will be able to command a large enough group to vote him out.

DoubtBlock?