Does Stove Dream of Junkie Stew?

"Would you like to hear the story of the mariner's revenge?"

A lot of shows get bogged down in trying to one-up the Most Powerful Being Yet factor, so I'm kind of hoping we stick with the inner life of David for a long while before bringing in the gods. There's already so much ambition on display here.

It's a great paradox that their non-touching is such a conflict, yet these two have literally been inside each other, so it shouldn't still be a block in their relationship, and yet it is… I share your hope that the writers can sustain this juggling act.

I'm trying to parse her appearance during flashbacks and her appearance while "speaking from the dead." She looks like a totally different person, and I'm jazzed to find out why. (One of about 27 mysteries left to reveal.)

30-odd years of people pronouncing your name wrong will do that.

It's sweaty work, being right all the time.

Eh, after seeing that clip linked to below, it's clearly 80% scripted, with the only off-book moments being Berle getting grumpy with the audience (and it struck me as more Don Rickles-style anger than genuine anger) and Ru's diaper joke. And even though Berle calls her out for adlibbing, it's a pretty mild exchange.…

Electric Holodomoraloo

[carries Krushchev up staircase in fit of passion]

It's usually annoying when you can see the work of the writer's room so blatantly on-screen, but this time it was hilarious to think of them groaning over how they're going to wrap up the revenge plot, then just throwing their hands up and turning the Grossante stuff into farce. They even tease us by using the…

She seemed pretty into him, before he went full infierno.

I see an 'A' grade up there.

Just think of the selection!

How you doin', farty boner corpse?

Batteries never die, gasoline never goes bad, zombie muscles don't rot, etc.

An unholy pact between Lynch and Gilliam immediately came to mind.

It would seem to benefit from hotboxing… but that requires some foresight on the part of junkies.

Bill Irwin pops up in damn near everything, whereas I feel like I haven't seen Gary Sinise on-screen in a decade. Probably because I don't watch those endless network crime shows.

Didn't we see him later covered in blood, though? Maybe that was just David's projection, but I'm not optimistic about that guy.